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Which distro of Linux has the fancy desktop? - mizzy - 2006-05-10


That installed it (thanks :)) but the same thing is still coming up :( It did install successfully (pkconfig) and I even re-booted the machine before running ./config again, but the same again...

 



Code:
checking for /usr/include/python2.4/Python.h... yes checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for GDESKLETS... configure: error: Package requirements (pygtk-2.0 >= 2.4.0 pyorbit-2 >= 2.0.1 gnome-python-2.0 >= 2.6.0) were not met. Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you installed software in a non-standard prefix. Alternatively you may set the GDESKLETS_CFLAGS and GDESKLETS_LIBS environment variables to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details.




 

This laptop and tar files don't seem to agree for some reason :S Is there anyway of making a .tar file into a rpm? It likes them a lot! lol



Which distro of Linux has the fancy desktop? - znx - 2006-05-10


Heheh .. ok..

 

Quote:configure: error: Package requirements (pygtk-2.0 >= 2.4.0 pyorbit-2 >= 2.0.1 gnome-python-2.0 >= 2.6.0)
 

You should insure that you have all of those packages:

 



Code:
yum install pygtk-dev pyorbit-dev gnome-python-dev




 

Try that, see if those are the correct package names, if not try this:

 



Code:
yum search pyorbit




 

And see if you can find the correct package name to use. :)



Which distro of Linux has the fancy desktop? - mizzy - 2006-05-10


The search worked! (the other's didn't) search results..

 



Code:
pyorbit.i386 2.0.1-4 base Matched from: pyorbit pyorbit is an extension module for python that gives you access to the ORBit2 CORBA ORB. pyorbit-devel.i386 2.0.1-4 base Matched from: pyorbit-devel This package contains files required to build wrappers for ORBit2 addon libraries so that they interoperate with pyorbit pyorbit.i386 2.0.1-4 installed Matched from: pyorbit pyorbit is an extension module for python that gives you access to the ORBit2 CORBA ORB.




 

So I yummed all the top 2. It installed one and wouldn't install the other o_O The one that didn't install was pyorbit-devel.i386



Code:
yum install pyorbit-devel.i386 Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 346 kB 00:03 updates-re: ################################################## 1006/1006 Added 443 new packages, deleted 654 old in 14.88 seconds Parsing package install arguments Nothing to do




 

So I did yum search pyorbit again and this give me:

Code:
yum search pyorbit
Searching Packages:
Setting up repositories
updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
base 100% |=========================| 2.7 kB 00:00
//var/cache/yum/base/repomd.xml:50: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismat ch: img line 48 and div
</div>
^
//var/cache/yum/base/repomd.xml:51: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismat ch: img line 45 and div
</div>
^
//var/cache/yum/base/repomd.xml:73: parser error : Entity 'nbsp' not defined
<div id="border"> </div>
^
//var/cache/yum/base/repomd.xml:79: parser error : Entity 'copy' not defined
<span class="text">Copyright



Which distro of Linux has the fancy desktop? - znx - 2006-05-10


Quote:not sure if its just FC4 being buggy, lol.
 

upgrade to FC5 .. and try ;)



Which distro of Linux has the fancy desktop? - mizzy - 2006-05-12


Quote:<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentcommentid="8379" data-ipsquote-username="mizzy" data-cite="mizzy" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="2284" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>not sure if its just FC4 being buggy, lol.
 

upgrade to FC5 .. and try ;)



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Will try that and let ya know how I get one! cheers :)



Which distro of Linux has the fancy desktop? - mizzy - 2006-05-15


Right, after A LOT of messing and figuring about (which has also taught me some neat tricks!) I have finally got gDesklets on my lappy and I officially now have a 'Cool Desktop' :) :D :)

 

I firstly upgraded to FC5 (so lush! What was I ever doing with FC4?!) and tried the above again, but it didn't work. After a bit of dabbling, I got it to work. I'll past what I did here so others can learn.

 

As root I just did:

 



Code:
yum install gDesklets




 

..and that installed it! I was shocked, after the days of messing about that I had :) It needed a python compiler, but with that yum code, it also installed the needed one + the application.

 

Then to run lil desklets on your computer, you simply have to visit the gDesklets website, drag & drop the download link into the gDesklets shell (the program) and its done!

 

I'm still having lots of fun just adding desklets and playing with it lots! When i've decided what i'm keeping, i'll post ya a screenie of it ;)B):)

 

Happy Bunny at las :) :D



Which distro of Linux has the fancy desktop? - mizzy - 2006-05-17

That yum cmd is magic, I don't bother looking for an rpm or tar file with that!!! :):)


Which distro of Linux has the fancy desktop? - mizzy - 2006-05-17


Ahh yes, my screenie B):)

 

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Anyone know how to remove the desktop icons? [img]<___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_dry.png[/img]



Which distro of Linux has the fancy desktop? - zepcom - 2006-05-18


Quote:That worked (yay :) ) but then it said that I needed another compiler?! o_O 



Code:
checking for GDESKLETS... configure: error: The pkg-config script could not be found or is too old. Make sure it is in your PATH or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable to the full path to pkg-config. Alternatively you may set the GDESKLETS_CFLAGS and GDESKLETS_LIBS environment variables to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details. To get pkg-config, see <http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig>. See `config.log' for more details.

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I followed the link, it don't take me anywhere where I can download it o_O So I tried this on the offchance that it would work..

 



Code:
yum install pkg-config-dev


which give me the following;

 



Code:
yum install pkg-config-dev Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 431 kB 00:02 updates-re: ################################################## 1151/1151 Added 11 new packages, deleted 75 old in 6.46 seconds Parsing package install arguments No Match for argument: pkg-config-dev Nothing to do




 

Which i'm guessing didn't install or update? maybe i've got the code wrong, I just guessed that it would be that. Any idea's?

 

Sorry to be a pita :( but I'm determined to get a cool desktop :):):)

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Here's a trick to save some steps in the future for you potentially....

 



Code:
yum search "searchstring-without-quotes"




 

thus... if you would have ran



Code:
yum search pkg-config




you would have seen:



Code:
Searching Packages: Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files pkgconfig.i386 1:0.15.0-3 base Matched from: pkgconfig The pkgconfig tool determines compilation options. For each required library, it reads the configuration file and outputs the necessary compiler and linker flags.




 

Hope this helps ... I have found many oddly-named packages (instead of "gvim" the graphical GUI editor of VI ... it's called vim-X11 on my distro -- this is how I found it!)

 

--zepcom



Which distro of Linux has the fancy desktop? - znx - 2006-05-18


Quote:Ahh yes, my screenie B):)
 

eyecandylious !!!! ;)