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I have accounts in gtalk and msn and I like to use anyone at a time. how can I do this??

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I have accounts in gtalk and msn and I like to use both at a time.
how can I do this??
plz help
===Thanks===

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Best Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#1

yes you can do that

first configure msn account

to have msn support:

paste the below commands in a terminal

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install libgtk2.0-dev libxml2-dev gettext libnss-dev libnspr-dev pidgin

and configure msn account

Then

google talk

refer

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=436651

and to login automatically to both the accounts

In the password field enter your account password

In the Local alias field enter your nick name, check remember your password option

and check new mail notification option if you want new mail notification

and click on save then again Click on accounts -> Add/edit

and check the enabled option to connect to your account automatically when pidgin starts

Regards

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PRABIN (prabindatta) said : 		#2

Thanks Bhavani Shankar, that solved my question.

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Richard Laager (rlaager) said : 		#3

There's no need to install all those packages manually. A simple 'sudo aptitude install pidgin' (or 'sudo apt-get install pidgin') would be sufficient.