ubuntu 10.04 Pidgin and plugins

Install pigin and plugins:
sudo apt-get install pidgin
sudo apt-get install pidgin-plugin-pack

Install spell checker for Russian language:
sudo apt-get install aspell-ru
Select "Switch Spell 2.4.0" in Tool\Plugins. After this In all chart windows you need to select language in menu "Spell Check"

Install "Extended Buddy List Sort Plugin”:
I do not understand what is going in heads of Pidgin developers but sorting of contacts they have awful and useless. 
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:konradgraefe/pidgin-plugins
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pidgin-extended-blist-sort
sources: http://freakazoid.teamblind.de/2008/12/13/pidgin-extended-buddy-list-sort-plugin/
https://launchpad.net/~konradgraefe/+archive/pidgin-plugins