twitim – Twitter client for GNOME
Twitim is a Twitter client for GNOME. It is implemented with Gtk2-Perl.
* Custom watchlists
* Sounds and pop-up notifications
* Support XMPP
Install twitim in ubuntu
you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list file
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
add the following line
deb http://www.tsurukawa.org/debian/squeeze/ ./
Save and exit the file
Update source list
sudo apt-get update
Install twitim
sudo apt-get install twitim
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