Linux Microsoft Skype For Business Lync 2. Client . The. general steps were: # apt- get install pidgin pidgin- sipe. And then restart Pidgin and add a new Account. The Office Communicator. Protocol: Office Communicator.
Username: Your Office 3. Skype for Business username - probably. Password: Your password is obviously required - and will be stored. Server. So far it has worked fine here.
Linux Microsoft Skype For Business Lync 2013 Client. Posted in: technology. Tagged: linux, ubuntu, microsoft, skype, lync. I was surprised to learn that.
Unfortunately a few days ago the above set- up stopped working, with. Failed to authenticate with server”.
It seems that you must now use. Sipe plugin, which fixes “Office. RC4 in. TLS- DSK”. As this version was only completed three days ago, it is not. Ubuntu repositories that I have been able to. Broadly speaking I followed these key stages: Install build tools if you don’t already have them: sudo apt- get install build- essential. Install checkinstall if you don’t already have it: sudo apt- get install checkinstall.
Download source files. Extract source: tar - xvvzf pidgin- sipe- 1. Change into source directory: cd pidgin- sipe- 1.
Read carefully the README file in the source directory. Install dependencies listed in the README: # apt- get install libpurple- dev libtool intltool pkg- config libglib. These dependencies may change over time, and your particular. README and. that information should take precedence.
Lastly, as an ordinary user, you should now be able to compile. Ssh Keygen No Passphrase Prompt Definition. If it. fails at any stage, simply read the error and install the missed. Once complete a Debian. For some reason I found that at this stage Pidgin would no longer run.
I. tried removing and reinstalling pidgin but to no avail. In the end I. created a symlink (ln - s /usr/bin/pidgin. If you know the. reason for this I would be delighted to receive your feedback, as this.
I have come across before. Restarting Pidgin and the Office Communicator sprung into life once. Sadly I would imagine that this won’t be the last time this plugin.