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Running Ubuntu Gnome 17.04.

I have added my Google account in the Online Accounts. It is enabled for chat.

Yet when I start Pidgin for chatting, it keeps asking me to add an account.

Am I doing something wrong here? How do I tell Pidgin to look-up Online Accounts?

Also, there is no messaging menu where I can set my online status, etc.

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  • I believe you'll have to manually set up your google account with Pidgin (which is pretty cumbersome). If I remember correctly for the chat option in Online Accounts to work one needs Empathy.
    – pomsky
    Oct 3, 2017 at 11:51
  • I think there's no Pidgin plugin for Online Accounts, unfortunately.
    – Redbob
    Oct 3, 2017 at 11:59
  • @pomsky That's funny because Empathy is not installed by default. Pidgin is! :)
    – deshmukh
    Oct 3, 2017 at 12:07

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