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I have no idea why Ubuntu went from Pidgin to Empathy, I loved Pidgin, but it does what I need, so I am going to give it a go.
Most of the plug-ins I needed were already installed; except for one I really like having, Facebook. Neither Empathy or Pidgin offer it without a plug-in.
For Pidgin just download the FaceBook Plug-in (currenty pidgin-facebook-1.63.deb) from http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-facebookchat/
install the package as normal. (i.e. double click and click install)
For Empathy download the Facebook Plug-in from http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-facebookchat/
install the package as normal. (i.e. double click and click install)
then go into your terminal and type:
sudo rm /usr/share/telepathy/managers/haze.manager
Then reboot your machine and open Empathy back up and setup your accounts and you should see Facebook as an option.
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Well, it shows up, but it seems like its able to set parameters… I get following message:
Failed to set parameters: Protocol facebook not found…
I did as you said… Any suggestions?
umm no, is the advance menu blank? In that case have you tried a restart, you could just restart the app but restarting the computer may be your best bet.