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Just hit the same issue when I upgraded extra-protocols and I managed to make it work as follows:

Using X-terminal:

dpkg -r pidgin
dpkg -P pidgin

cd /var/cache/apt/archives
dpkg -i libpurple0_2.7.5-1nix0_armel.deb

Then I tried installing pidgin again, with aptitude install pidgin which was failing with the same error

So I had to force it:

cp /etc/purple/prefs.xml prefs.xml.bak

cd /var/cache/apt/archives

dpkg -i --force-overwrite pidgin_2.7.5-1nix0_armel.deb

Went back to /etc/purple, prefs.xml was the same, no need to change.

I'm not sure if it's the best solution but it worked for me. And probably if you --force-overwrite libpurple it will also work without removing pidgin.

Hope it helps!
 

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