Comment 5 for bug 513346

Is there an easy way to do it without messing up my karmic? I mean, I can compile empathy 2.29.6 for sure, if it compiles without too much dependency problems (I have karmic) and no other stuffs like telepathy and another 1000 packages needed to install and/or compile :) Or is it ok to test from a live cd for example using an alpha release of lucid?