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Slackware 12.1′s default pidgin (version 2.4.1) no longer can login to yahoo protocol. It’s need to be upgraded to latest version, 2.7.2, while this writing made. We disable some feature while configuring. Below step by step to do it:

1. download pidgin source (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/Pidgin/pidgin-2.7.2.tar.bz2)
2. extract pidgin source
3. move to pidgin source folder dan ./configure
4. error, need dependency: intltool
5. download intltool’s source (http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/intltool/0.40/intltool-0.40.0.tar.bz2) and build (http://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/12.1/development/intltool.tar.gz)
6. extract intltool’s build
7. copy intltool’s source to intltool’s build folder
8. move to intltool’s build folder and execute Slackbuild there
9. install intltool’s binary
10. back to step #2
11. error, need gtkspell, disable gtkspell
12. ./configure –disable-gtkspell
13. error, need gstreamer, disable gstreamer
14. ./configure –disable-gtkspell –disable-gstreamer
15. error, need vv, disable vv
16. ./configure –disable-gtkspell –disable-gstreamer –disable-vv
17. error, need meanwhile, disable meanwhile
18. ./configure –disable-gtkspell –disable-gstreamser –disable-vv –disable-maenwhile
19. error, need avahi, disable avahi
20. ./configure –disable-gtkspell –disable-gstreamer –disable-vv –disable-meanwhile –disable-avahi
21. error, butuhneed nm, disable nm
22. ./configure –disable-gtkspell –disable-gstreamer –disable-vv –disable-meanwhile –disable-avahi –disable-nm
23. make
24. remove current pidgin (pidgin-2.4.1)
25. make install (as root)
26. execute pidgin, /usr/local/pidgin
27. error, need libpurple
28. download libpurple’s source (http://slackbuilds.org/sources/12.0/purple-plugin_pack-2.1.1.tar.bz2) and build (http://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/12.1/libraries/purple-plugin_pack.tar.gz)
29. do similiar to step #6 – #9 for libpurple
30. back to step #26
31. success (any feature are disabled)