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I can't find Pidgin in the Software Center of a freshly installed Ubuntu 16.10.
I recall having installed it from the Software Center earlier in Ubuntu 16.04.
I am relatively new to Linux and don't know how to compile it from source.

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Julián Gabriel Poggio
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    Make sure you have a fully updated system before using the Ubuntu Software. In terminal do sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade or just run Updates and install what's offered. Reboot. Pidgin should be there as it appears on mine. And, for the record, your options aren't "install from a store" or "compile from source". There's many software not in Ubuntu repositories but has packages for Debian/Ubuntu (.deb) or RH derivatives (.rpm) and PPAs, and... –  Feb 09 '17 at 18:46
  • Tried updating everything and now I can see it in the Software Center, thanks! – Julián Gabriel Poggio Feb 09 '17 at 19:18

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Pidgin is available in the universe repository : 

apt policy pidgin
pidgin:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu9
  Version table:
     1:2.10.12-0ubuntu9 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe amd64 Packages

You can install it by using a terminal command : 

sudo apt install pidgin
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