Comments on: Pidgin Status Update from Twitter

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:48:38 +0000

I figured it out, thanks to http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-twitter-profile/wiki/HowToInstall

Key here was this bit: You should install version 5.10 (x86) unless you have a Pidgin version less than 2.5.0 and are on Windows: then you should install Perl 5.8 (x86). It is important that you install the x86 (32-bit) version because the x64 (64-bit) version will not work with Pidgin, which is 32-bit.

Since I was on Pidgin 2.5.1, I had to have Perl 5.10.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:08:08 +0000

I ran into some issues, but now that 5.8.8.824 is installed, and XML-XPath is installed, Pidgin is still reporting Perl as disabled. Pidgin 2.5.1 if that matters.

By: pajai

pajai — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:30:19 +0000

In fact I did too. I tried first with Vanilla Perl. Did not work. Then with the last version of Active Perl (5.10.0). Perl still wasn’t recognized.

That’s cool that it works with version 5.8.8. Should be documented somewhere.

By: Alex Schröder

Alex Schröder — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:19:09 +0000

Gah, URL got stripped.
http://www.emacswiki.org/alex/2008-05-14_Pidgin_and_Twitter

By: Alex Schröder

Alex Schröder — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:18:02 +0000

I’m surprised that it was so easy for you. When I tried it I ran into problems with library locations, Perl versions, etc.