Install or Integrate Skype / Skypeweb Pidgin Plugin in Ubuntu
To integrate Skype in Pidgin Ubuntu, use the plugin named skypeweb.
Download it from git page: https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/tree/master/skypeweb
On most Linux distributions its compilation and installation is simple as follows:
sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev libjson-glib-dev libpurple-dev
git clone git://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin.git
cd skype4pidgin/skypeweb
make
sudo make install
Tested and working in Ubuntu 16.04 and latest pidgin version (Pidgin 2.10.12 (libpurple 2.10.12)).
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