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Empathy uses Telepathy for protocol support and has a user interface based on Gossip. Empathy is the default chat client in current versions of GNOME, making it easier for other GNOME applications to integrate collaboration functionality using Telepathy.
Current features
* Multi-protocol: Google Talk (Jabber/XMPP), MSN, IRC, Salut, AIM, Facebook, Yahoo!, Gadu Gadu, Groupwise, ICQ and QQ. (Supported protocols depend on installed Telepathy Connection Manager components.) Supports all protocols supported by Pidgin.
* File transfer for XMPP, and local networks.
* Voice and video call using SIP, XMPP, Google Talk and MSN.
* Some IRC support.
* Conversation theming (see list of supported Adium themes).
* Sharing and viewing location information.
* Private and group chat (with smileys and spell checking).
o Empathy Conversation window
* Conversation logging.
* Automatic away and extended away presence.
* Automatic reconnection using Network Manager.
* Python bindings for libempathy and libempathy-gtk
* Support for collaborative applications (“tubes”).
Install Empathy in Ubuntu Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy
First you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.lst file
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Add one of the following
For Jaunty Users
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
For Intrepid Users
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
For Hardy Users
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
Save and exit the file
Add GPG key
sudo apt-key adv
--recv-keys--keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com FA3A1271
Update the source list
sudo apt-get update
Install Empathy using the following command
sudo apt-get install empathy
If you want to install support for SIP, MSN, IRC and voice & video
sudo apt-get install telepathy-sofiasip telepathy-butterfly telepathy-idle libtelepathy-farsight0 python-tpfarsight
Now you can open empathy from Applications->Internet->Empathy IM Client
What about instructions for getting empathy working under Karmic, especially video chat with Google talk?
Thanks and appreciate Your tips.
Good question. I’ve yet been able to launch a video gchat with others who are using google’s web interface. I think it’s still being developed, you can follow this link to learn how to report your bug
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1920
Thanks, I’ve been trying for a while to install Empathy. It worked just fine =)