Mark, I was under the impression the 64-bit came bundled with the 32-bit plugin as well.
Have you tried it with the 64-bit? Did it not work? We have a few 64-bit Windows workstations at my job and we were able to get it working without much effort. -Tres On Dec 7, 2013 2:14 PM, "Mark A. Ristich" <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to use Pidgin on my local network between windows, mac and Ubuntu > machines. > > > > As pidgin supports Bonjour, this would be perfect, except that some of my > windows machines are 64 bit. > > > > The advice to also install the 32 bit version of Bonjour is impossible to > follow, as the Apple site with Bonjour only has the single install file > which does not ask what version to install but simple installs as it sees > fit. > > http://support.apple.com/kb/DL999 > > > > I did finally find a 32 bit bonjour.msi (via a download of FileMaker Pro – > which has separate 32 and 64 bit versions of bonjour included) but that > wouldn’t install either (saying I need to install the 64 bit version). > > > > I’ve seen various mentions that not 64 bit version of pidgin is needed, > but given that it is impossible to install a 32 bit of bonjour on a 64 bit > windows machine, I don’t understand how to follow the advice given here. > > > https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Protocol%20Specific%20Questions#CanIuseWindowsPidginforBonjour > > > > http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2009-October/019104.html > > > > So how do I manage to find a 32 bit version of bonjour to install on my 64 > bit windows 7 machines so I can get pidgin to work with bonjour. > > > > I’ve never used a forum or asked for help, so don’t really understand the > protocol. Hope this method works. > > > > Thank you so much for your help, > > Mark > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support >
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