Finch is a console-based IM program that lets you sign on to AIM, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, and other IM networks.

Finch is a text/console-based, modular instant messaging client capable of  using multiple networks at once.

If you've used Pidgin, you'll find Finch hauntingly familiar. Finch is a CLI instant-messaging program that is part of the Pidgin codebase and uses the libpurple instant-messaging libraries. Finch's user interface is modeled as closely to Pidgin as ncurses will allow.

Currently supported are:

AIM/ICQ, Yahoo!, MSN, IRC, Jabber/XMPP/Google Talk, Napster, Zephyr, Gadu-Gadu, Bonjour, Groupwise, Sametime, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and MXit.

Install Howto.

Ubuntu 11.04 “Natty Narwhal”:

    Install the repository GPG key:

    # wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -

    Add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:

    deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/ natty-getdeb apps
   
Update the package index:

    sudo apt-get update

Install finch-dev deb package:

    sudo apt-get install finch-dev

Ubuntu 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot” & Ubuntu 12.04 “Precise Pangolin”.

sudo apt-get install finch

Software Packages for Pidgin.

Ubuntu 11.04 “Natty Narwhal”:

• [pidgin_2.7.11-1ubuntu2.2.dsc]
• [pidgin_2.7.11.orig.tar.bz2]
• [pidgin_2.7.11-1ubuntu2.2.debian.tar.gz]

Ubuntu 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot”.

• [pidgin_2.10.0-0ubuntu2.1.dsc]
• [pidgin_2.10.0.orig.tar.bz2]
• [pidgin_2.10.0-0ubuntu2.1.debian.tar.gz]

Ubuntu 12.04 “Precise Pangolin”.

• [pidgin_2.10.3-0ubuntu1.1.dsc]
• [pidgin_2.10.3.orig.tar.bz2]
• [pidgin_2.10.3-0ubuntu1.1.debian.tar.gz]

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