davidsco27 the devel repository is not supposed to be used for "productivity", in fact is something developers use to upload the latest ports so they can share them with other people, who than give feedbacks to point out what is good, what can be better and what is really really bad...
Whenever you try to install an app a warning is issued, you have to decide if you can take the chance to try something that can or cannot work or not...
Simply uninstall pidgin, disable the devel repository, use the search option to find a known working version of pidgin and install it... as simple as that, no more no less.

st5150 look in the Application Manager, there's the list of repositories you're using, check if the extra-devel is enabled or not

Here's the thread about pidgin and the latest diablo ssu http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=24017