Fix-it script for Pidgin tray icon status under Lubuntu

fix_pidgin_elementary.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Quick-fix script for Pidgin status tray icon in Lubuntu"""

__appname__ = "Lubuntu Pidgin Tray Icon QuickFix"
__author__  = "Stephan Sokolow (deitarion/SSokolow)"
__version__ = "0.1"
__license__ = "MIT"

import os, re, sys

ICON_RE = re.compile('user-(.+?)-panel.(svg|png)')

def fix_pidgin_icons(src, tgt=None):
    src_base = os.path.join(src, 'panel')
    tgt_base = os.path.join(tgt or src, 'status')

    for size in os.listdir(src_base):
        src_size_base = os.path.join(src_base, size)
        tgt_size_base = os.path.join(tgt_base, size)

        for icon in os.listdir(src_size_base):
            if ICON_RE.match(icon):
                src_path = os.path.join(src_size_base, icon)
                tgt_path = os.path.join(tgt_size_base, ICON_RE.sub(r'pidgin-tray-\1.\2', icon))

                src_path_rel = os.path.relpath(src_path, os.path.dirname(tgt_path))
                dest_dir = os.path.dirname(tgt_path)

                if not os.path.exists(dest_dir):
                    os.makedirs(dest_dir)

                if os.path.isfile(tgt_path) or os.path.islink(tgt_path):
                    os.remove(tgt_path)
                print "Symlinking: %s -> %s" % (src_path_rel, tgt_path)
                os.symlink(src_path_rel, tgt_path)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if os.geteuid() != 0:
        print "Re-calling self via sudo..."
        os.execvp('sudo', ['sudo'] + sys.argv)

    fix_pidgin_icons('/usr/share/icons/elementary-mono-dark')
    fix_pidgin_icons('/usr/share/icons/elementary')
    print "\nIf you still experience problems, try re-running this script after running this command:"
    print "\n\tsudo rm /usr/share/icons/elementary/status/*/pidgin-tray-*.*"

It is out of date. For Trusty(14.04) i think

fix_pidgin_icons('/usr/share/icons/elementary-mono-dark')  -> 
fix_pidgin_icons('/usr/share/icons/Lubuntu-dark-panel') or 
fix_pidgin_icons('/usr/share/icons/lubuntu')