Voice chat in Linux with GTalk
The most used IM client in Linux is Pidgin. But the problem with Pidgin is that doesnt support voice chat. Also the gtalk software is not available for linux. Its only available as exe that is supported only by Windows.
When i was chatting with my friend using pidgin and he was in gtalk, he called me for voice chat. But i couldnt. Googling this problem i found a solution. the solution is Empathy. Use Synaptic package manager, go to Settings->Repositories->Third Party Software and then click Add and add the following line
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ubuntu hardy main
Then, Install the following packages using Synaptic Pagakage manager.
- Empathy
- telepathy-gabble
- telepathy-mission-control
- telepathy-stream-engine
After successful installation, open the Empathy application and use the menu, Edit->Accouts to add your gtalk account. Enjoy using voice chat with your favorite gtalk account using Empathy in Linux.
Empathy With my Gtalk account
Hi,
I not able to see Call option in my empathy. I am using Ubuntu 8.04 and I am novice. Please let me know how do I check the problem.
Regards,
Allahbaksh
Check your version. If you have 0.22.1 you can’t vc.
Empathy version has got to be 0.23.3.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Its really a nice info. I was looking for this kinda one. However for voice chat purposes i use Tokbox normally. That consumes very less Bandwidth..
Anyway Thanks for this great tip Rosario.
Great Tip Rosario. I have been scourging all over the internet to find a way to do this.
The thing is even my friends arent able to call me on Pidgin. However, I will install Empathy tonight and check if it works!
You are the man! Thanks!!
ive been looking for this one. tnx. on the reason why i installed virtualbox is because of ym’s voice. thx again man.
Hey..! I did everything that you have mentioned here.. But still I’m not getting the “Call” in the context menu..!
( Any Idea why?
Check out my recent post http://linuxmonk.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/finding-the-errors-while-using-empathy/
Check your version. If you have 0.22.1 you can’t vc.
Empathy version has got to be 0.23.3.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
here is the latest version and VC work perfect
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16694743/empathy_2.23.6-0ubuntu2%7Eppa8.04%2B2_i386.deb
hi guys..i m using fedora 9 with gnome.
I installed all d required softwares but no luck.
I can get all my friends and d call button also..But when i call m not able to hear any sound..neither my friends are able to hear me..they got the call though….my speaker and mic are working perfectly…
can anybody suggest me any solutions….
thanx…
Excellent tip, yaar. Keep going.
your information really useful.. thanks!
Thanks a Lot for your response…
yay! i finally got calling to work in empathy!! thanks guys.. i had the same problems that many people have.. i had an older version of empathy(weird cuz i download straight off the main site) anyways i did the steps written above and update empathy now i have voice calling! *happy*
Thanks a Lot for your encouragement…
I like your blog. Thanks for the info…
Also I want to use Yahoo voice chat, can it be done on empathy ? Please mail me if it can be.
Okay man I found that, anyway thanks.