Hello Folks.
When I want to install Pidgin, Following errors appears :


make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7/libpurple'
Making all in tests
make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7/libpurple/tests'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7/libpurple/tests'
Making all in example
make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7/libpurple/example'
CC nullclient.o
CCLD nullclient
../../libpurple/.libs/libpurple.so: undefined reference to `sasl_listmech'
../../libpurple/.libs/libpurple.so: undefined reference to `sasl_client_step'
../../libpurple/.libs/libpurple.so: undefined reference to `sasl_decode'
../../libpurple/.libs/libpurple.so: undefined reference to `sasl_client_init'
../../libpurple/.libs/libpurple.so: undefined reference to `sasl_dispose'
../../libpurple/.libs/libpurple.so: undefined reference to `sasl_encode'
../../libpurple/.libs/libpurple.so: undefined reference to `sasl_errdetail'
../../libpurple/.libs/libpurple.so: undefined reference to `sasl_getprop'
../../libpurple/.libs/libpurple.so: undefined reference to `sasl_setprop'
../../libpurple/.libs/libpurple.so: undefined reference to `sasl_client_start'
../../libpurple/.libs/libpurple.so: undefined reference to `sasl_client_new'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [nullclient] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7/libpurple/example'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7/libpurple'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7/libpurple'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7'
make: *** [all] Error 2


What is the problem?

you need to compile it from source?

Yes.

I change my configure command and :

make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7/pidgin'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7/pidgin'
Making all in m4macros
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7/m4macros'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7/m4macros'
Making all in po
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7/po'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7/po'
Making all in share/ca-certs
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7/share/ca-certs'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7/share/ca-certs'
Making all in share/sounds
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7/share/sounds'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7/share/sounds'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/pidgin-2.10.7'


Is it a problem?

There are no error messages so it looks like it has compiled correctly. You can try
Run the above command as root or using sudo.
jdk