i do this next:
downloaded the pidgin.repo
and do this:
[root@localhost Downlads]# yum install pidgin-2.0.0-0.1.fc6.i386.rpmLoading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
pidgin 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 3.3 kB 00:00
pidgin : ################################################## 8/8
Parsing package install arguments
Examining pidgin-2.0.0-0.1.fc6.i386.rpm: pidgin - 2.0.0-0.1.fc6.i386
Marking pidgin-2.0.0-0.1.fc6.i386.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package pidgin.i386 0:2.0.0-0.1.fc6 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: perl(Purple) for package: pidgin
--> Processing Dependency: libpurple.so.0 for package: pidgin
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for libpurple to pack into transaction set.
http://rpm.pidgin.im/fedora/6/i386/l....fc6.i386.rpm: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: libpurple-2.0.0-0.1.fc6.i386.rpm from pidgin: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.