Install libpurple-dev by entering the following commands in the terminal:
sudo apt update sudo apt install libpurple-dev
Description:
multi-protocol instant messaging library - development files
This package contains the headers and other development files not included in the main libpurple0 package. Install this if you wish to compile your own client-agnostic plugins, or would like to compile programs that use libpurple.
Homepage: http://www.pidgin.im
Version: 1:2.12.0-1ubuntu4
Section: universe/libdevel