Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)
Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), released on 29 October 2009,[75] was Canonical's 11th release of Ubuntu. It was supported until April 2011.
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases#Ubuntu_9.10_.28Karmic_Koala.29
% file /usr/bin/meld
/usr/bin/meld: a python script text executable
You might consider updating to a newer release of Ubuntu, or using a program that is similar to meld. However, it looks like the repositories for 9.10 have closed, so that you won't be able to use the package manager to install anything from them.