Installing Pidgin on Feisty... just install tcllib!

I bought a new laptop and installed Feisty on it. I expected Pidgin to be in the repositories but it wasn't. A quick google led me to these links: http://download.ubuntu.pl/_Feisty_Fawn/pidgin/ http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-install-pidgin-200-on-ubuntu-feisty-with-plugin-pack.html#more-203 . I downloaded the .deb files from the first site and began to install them, but dpkg complained about missing tcl libraries.

I did an aptitude install on "tcllib", ignoring all the warnings and crossed my fingers. After the install, I saw that the second-to-the-last line of console output was "Setting up pidgin (2.1.1-1) ...". I checked my list of programs and sure enough, Pidgin was already installed!

So that's weird, installing the Standard TCL Library installs Pidgin. I got what I want but I'm not sure it's proper to package an application with a library.