How to Install and Uninstall pidgin-plugin-pack Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "pidgin-plugin-pack" package

Learn how to install pidgin-plugin-pack on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "pidgin-plugin-pack" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall pidgin-plugin-pack on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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3. Information about the pidgin-plugin-pack package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: pidgin-plugin-pack
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 1220
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Felix Geyer
Architecture: amd64
Source: purple-plugin-pack
Version: 2.7.0-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libenchant1c2a (>= 1.6), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgtkspell0 (>= 2.0.10), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpurple0 (>= 1:2.6.0)
Filename: pool/universe/p/purple-plugin-pack/pidgin-plugin-pack_2.7.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 376454
MD5sum: b5b1b2c76edfb418cb49247f5e9a3a54
SHA1: ffa74df7f9a284addb7ed1790bfbca06b7f1dec1
SHA256: a0e4495de4c874ec056117405cd1824db3b6c50fe96b36db266c9eed375e0560
Description-en: Collection of Pidgin plugins
Plugin pack is a collection of many simple-yet-useful plugins for Pidgin.
A brief description of each is below.
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/exec: execute commands and optionally send their output in an IM/chat window.
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AutoProfile: user profile and status message content generator.
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Album: archives all buddy icons for all buddies in the user's buddy list.
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Auto Reply: auto-replies on any protocol, also can be specific to each buddy.
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Bash.org: provides links to random or select quotes on bash.org and qdb.us.
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Buddy List Options: options to hide buddy list on creation and hide menu in it.
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Colorize: colorizes outgoing message text.
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Conversation Badge: shows the protocol icon in the conversation menu tray.
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DeWYSIWYGification: allows user to type in HTML without it being rendered.
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Dice: simulates the rolling of dice.
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DiffTopic: shows changes when the topic is changed in a chatroom.
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Magic 8 Ball: shows random expressions from a Magic 8 Ball toy.
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Enhanced History: an enhanced version of the history plugin.
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Flip: flips a coin and shows the result in the current conversation.
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gRIM: annoy your buddies with a timed series of messages.
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Google: writes the results of an "I'm feeling lucky" search to a conversation.
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Group IM: send an IM to a group of buddies
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Highlight: adds support for highlighting user specified words.
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Ignore: ignore either all or just chat communication from a specific person.
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InfoPane: use different views for the "details" information in conversations.
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IRC Helper: Handles the rough edges of the IRC protocol.
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IRC More: adds a couple options to the IRC protocol:
- Customized default quit/part messages.
- A CTCP version reply.
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Irssi Features: implements many features of irssi:
- day change notifications
- /window, /layout, /lastlog commands
- auto-text formatting
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List Handler: import and export buddy lists in various formats.
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Chat User List Logging: logs the list of users in a chat when you join.
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My Status Box: per-account status selectors with other features.
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Napster: NAPSTER Protocol Plugin.
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Nick Said: to jump to where your name or other words were said in a chat.
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Old Logger: stores buddy logs in flat files (legacy format).
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Plonkers: announce your ignore list to a chat room and other privacy features.
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Purple Schedule: Schedule reminders at specific times.
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Separate and Tab: adds two new window positioning methods.
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Sim Fix: fixes messages received from buddies using broken SIM clients.
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Simple Network Paging Protocol (SNPP):
allows sending to pager servers (like sendpage or qpage) via SNPP.
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Message Splitter: splits sent messages into smaller ones of a specified size.
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SSL Info: adds a menu item to display info about the SSL plugin in use.
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Switch Spell: allows changing the spell-check language for each conversation.
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Timelog: view Pidgin logs that fall within specific time ranges.
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XChat Chats: makes Pidgin use XChat's indented view.
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XMPP Priority: Adds account options that allow users to specify the priorities
used for available and away for XMPP accounts.
Description-md5: 18577dbe1fca6f6bed00a946e5d8c8f2
Homepage: https://www.guifications.org/projects/purple-plugin-pack
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu