Upgrade removed Pidgin and did not install Empathy fully

[Vadim Peretokin]

The upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 removed my Pidgin, and did not install empathy fully. So I ended up with no IM client after upgrading.

$ sudo apt-get install empathy
[sudo] password for vadi:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libfarstream-0.1-0 libpurple0 libtelepathy-farstream2 telepathy-haze
Suggested packages:
  empathy-call
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  empathy libfarstream-0.1-0 libpurple0 libtelepathy-farstream2 telepathy-haze
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 27 06:37:46 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GsettingsChanges:
 com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
 com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1335470245
 com.ubuntu.update-manager show-details true
 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 765
 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-26 (0 days ago)