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Add pgp public key and refer to it in our security disclosure method

2021-08-03, Sorvival

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Add pgp public key and refer to it in our security disclosure method

The idea behind this is to make sure people that choose to use email to let us
known about a potential security issue in Pidgin encrypt the content of the
emails using a set of pgp keys of trusted Pidgin developers. For now we only
have the pgp key of grim but more keys can easily be added later on.

At the same time, since Hugo does not currently have a built-in shortcode for
linking directly to static resources, I had to add a new shortcode for doing so

Testing Done:
Ran `dev-server.sh` and made sure content looked as intended and links worked.

Bugs closed: NEST-46

Reviewed at https://reviews.imfreedom.org/r/860/

---

title: Install

date: 2019-01-16T20:14:59.000Z

replaces:

- pidgin.im/download/

- pidgin.im/download/windows/

- pidgin.im/download/linux/

- pidgin.im/download/mac/

- pidgin.im/download/source/

lastmod: 2020-01-14T05:00:21.000Z

weight: 10

aliases:

- download/

- download/windows/

- download/linux/

- download/mac/

- download/source/

---

## Pidgin

### Windows

This version of Pidgin downloads an appropriate version of GTK. GTK is now

installed locally for Pidgin, and not system-wide, thus Pidgin will not

interfere with other GTK apps on your system.

If you would like to have GTK included in the installer, we have an [offline

installer]({{% sourceforge-download "-offline.exe" %}})

that bundles everything except spell-checking dictionaries.

If you're looking for a portable version that doesn't need installation, [we

also have that available]({{% sourceforge-download "-win32-bin.zip" %}}).

### Linux

We do not provide pre-built packages for Linux and Unix distributions. We

recommend installing Pidgin using your operating system's standard package

management tool.

If your operating system doesn't provide a pre-built package, or if their

pre-built package is out of date and you want to upgrade, then you can try

[building from source]({{< ref "development/building" >}}).

#### Debian/Ubuntu

```bash

sudo apt update

sudo apt install pidgin

```

### FreeBSD

```

pkg install pidgin

```

### macOS

For a native macOS experience we recommend [Adium](https://adium.im/), which

uses libpurple (the core of Pidgin) for much of its protocol support.

If you're sure you want to use Pidgin on macOS, you may find the packages

provided through [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/),

[pkgin](https://pkgsrc.joyent.com/),

[Fink](https://finkproject.org/download/) or

[Macports](https://www.macports.org/install.php) more convenient than compiling

from source. Please note, *we do not provide support for issues related to

installing Homebrew, pkgin, Fink, Macports, or their packages of Pidgin*. Contact those

projects directly with questions or concerns.

If you're sure you want to use Pidgin on macOS and you don't want to use

Homebrew, Fink or Macports, you can [download the Pidgin

source](#source) and compile.

### Source

This download is for the source code of Pidgin {{< current-version >}}.

If you want to **use** Pidgin, you should either download and use our Windows

installer or look for pre-built packages from your operating system

distribution.

If you are looking to **modify** Pidgin, you may want to look at our

[instructions for contributing code from our

repository]({{< ref "development/contributing" >}}).

### Older versions

If you need binaries for older versions of Pidgin, visit our [package repository

main page](https://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/Pidgin). That is also

where you can find the checksums for each file and their corresponding gpg

signatures.

## Finch

Finch is a text-based IM client written in C which uses the ncurses toolkit.