Install pidgin from source
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential intltool
$ sudo wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/Pidgin/2.10.12/pidgin-2.10.12.tar.bz2
$ sudo tar -xjvf pidgin-2.10.12.tar.bz2
$ cd pidgin-2.10.12
$ sudo ./configure
# configure: error: GLib 2.16.0, run below command #
$ sudo apt-get build-dep pidgin
$ sudo ./configure
$ sudo make
$ sudo make install
# Launch #
$ pidgin
# Remove pidgin #
$ sudo make uninstall