Install empathy-common by entering the following commands in the terminal:
sudo apt update sudo apt install empathy-common
Description:
GNOME multi-protocol chat and call client (common files)
Instant messaging program supporting text, voice, video, file transfers and inter-application communication over many different protocols, including: AIM, Google Talk (Jabber/XMPP), Yahoo!, Salut, Gadu-Gadu, Groupwise and ICQ. . This package contains the architecture independent files for Empathy IM application.
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Empathy
Version: 3.25.90+really3.12.14-0ubuntu1
Section: universe/gnome