diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 2a94259ef1..f9afdfa267 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ program you invoke.  Development restarted Feb 12, so commented until a new rele
 <!ENTITY gimp-version                 "2.6.12">
 <!ENTITY icedtea-web-version          "1.0.1">
 <!ENTITY pan-version                  "0.133">
-<!ENTITY pidgin-version               "2.10.0">
+<!ENTITY pidgin-version               "2.10.2">
 <!ENTITY rox-filer-version            "2.10">
 <!ENTITY thunderbird-version          "11.0">
 <!ENTITY xchat-version                "2.8.8">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 98d86a0b16..b598ab4d78 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>[krejzi] - removed libfame 0.9.1.</para>
         </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[krejzi] - pidgin 2.10.2.</para>
+        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 
diff --git a/xsoft/other/pidgin.xml b/xsoft/other/pidgin.xml
index c775e9d08d..7b25fdb0e0 100644
--- a/xsoft/other/pidgin.xml
+++ b/xsoft/other/pidgin.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <!ENTITY pidgin-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/pidgin/pidgin-&pidgin-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY pidgin-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY pidgin-md5sum        "e1453c9093c4f32beec19abd14069a3f">
+  <!ENTITY pidgin-md5sum        "f2b210f2562865d870f193ff1fe8ea75">
   <!ENTITY pidgin-size          "9.5 MB">
   <!ENTITY pidgin-buildsize     "244 MB (additinoal 106 MB for API documentation)">
   <!ENTITY pidgin-time          "1.9 SBU">
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     <para>Compile <application>Pidgin</application> by running the following
     commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>LIBS=&quot;-lm -lX11&quot; ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-screensaver \
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-screensaver \
   --disable-meanwhile --disable-avahi --disable-nm --disable-tcl \
   --disable-nss --disable-gnutls --disable-idn --disable-vv \
   --disable-gtkspell --disable-gstreamer --disable-dbus \
@@ -143,13 +143,13 @@ cp doc/html/* /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api</userinput></screen>
   <sect2 role="commands">
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
 
-    <para><parameter>LIBS=&quot;-lm -lX11&quot;</parameter>: This avoids
+<!--    <para><parameter>LIBS=&quot;-lm -lX11&quot;</parameter>: This avoids
     problems linking with <command>ld</command> from
     <application>binutils-2.22</application>. This parameter is not needed with
     earlier versions of <application>binutils</application>. If you
     haven&apos;t installed <application>libX11</application> and are just
     compiling <command>finch</command>, remove the &quot;-lX11&quot;
-    part.</para>
+    part.</para> -->
 
     <para>
     <option>--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=$GNOME_SYSCONFDIR/gconf/schemas</option>: