pidgin-hotkeys software package provides Configurable global hotkeys for pidgin, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install pidgin-hotkeys
pidgin-hotkeys is installed in your system.
Make ensure the pidgin-hotkeys package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep pidgin-hotkeys *
You will get with pidgin-hotkeys package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Network |
| Package | pidgin-hotkeys |
| Version | 0.2.4-1.2 |
| Description | Configurable global hotkeys for pidgin |
| Sub Section | Net |