Installation Instructions

Windows

Run the latest prpltwtr.exe

If for some reason the installer cannot locate Pidgin, you can download prpltwtr.dll and copy it to your Pidgin plugins directory. Please let us know if this occurs and we'll try to figure out what is wrong with the installer.

Start Pidgin

You should now see Twitter Protocol in the list of protocols.

If you choose to use OAuth (By checking Enable OAuth in the Advanced settings for the account), you only have to fill in your username. Otherwise, fill in both your username and password.

From Source

Download the latest prpltwtr.tar.gz and run make && sudo make install (May vary depending on how your system is configured). If make fails, please start a new ticket and describe your OS, the errors that occurred and whether you know how to resolve the issue. If make succeeds but make install fails, you can copy prpltwtr.so to your plugins directory.

Other

This is an open source project. If you don't see your favorite operating system here, feel free to contribute.

Comment by rob.mcfa...@gmail.com, Mar 2, 2010

"apt-get install libpurple-dev" if your make fails because it can't find "purple"

Comment by siehea...@gmail.com, Jun 4, 2010

In addition to downloading the latest prpltwtr.tar.gz you can also get a local copy of the prpltwtr repository - this way you can more easily update to a new version. Can you please add a note how to update your local copy to the next stable version?

Comment by mousebot...@gmail.com, Jul 4, 2010

Where can I find the latest prpltwtr.dll? I've searched and can only find the 0.5.0 version which is flagged as deprecated.

Comment by l.sreeva...@gmail.com, Aug 9, 2010

Hi,

I tried installing it. I didnt see any issues on make and install commands. Still i dont see Twitter protocol in list of protocols. Am i missing something???

Comment by pier2...@gmail.com, Nov 16, 2010

"If for some reason the installer cannot locate Pidgin, you can download prpltwtr.dll and copy it to your Pidgin plugins directory. Please let us know ..."

Anyone using Portable Pidgin needs only the .dll. However, you have not put a link on your DL page for the .dll only.

Comment by project member mikeage, Nov 29, 2010

@pier23ca: I was able to use UniExtract? to get the DLL out of the installer. Choose the third option an installshield? to get it to extract correctly.

Comment by sergio.v...@gmail.com, Dec 27, 2010

@l.sreevatsa Which system are you using? The installation is simple.

Comment by akli...@gmail.com, Jan 11, 2011

install and account adding were successful, but I can't login, error occurs: "Unauthorized" though I enter valid password. please suggest what's the problem?

Comment by mama21ma...@gmail.com, Feb 14, 2011

prpltwtr_0.6.0_i386_lubuntu.deb package: twitter-prpltwtr

repo http://mamalibre-repo.orgfree.com/Readme.txt

Comment by project member mikeage, Feb 15, 2011

Are the scripts you're using to make the .deb available? I'd be happy to add this officially if you'd like.

Comment by javier.c...@gmail.com, May 21, 2012

Finally got it working with ubuntu 12.04 Precise after doing "sudo apt-get install libpurple-dev" and "./configure --without-pidgin"

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