quick usb formatter

[michal.kvasnicka]

Quick-USB-Formatter ... good and simple apps for fast USB stick format: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=137493

But under Kubuntu 12.04 does not working properly. Is there anybody with some experience how to install and setup this application?

Edit:
latest known repo for Kubuntu 11.04: https://launchpad.net/~ferramroberto...ive/nattyextra

[dmeyer]

Quick-USB-Formatter ... good and simple apps for fast USB stick format: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=137493

But under Kubuntu 12.04 does not working properly. Is there anybody with some experience how to install and setup this application?

Edit:
latest known repo for Kubuntu 11.04: https://launchpad.net/~ferramroberto...ive/nattyextra

The standard KDE partioning tool isn't really complicated at all. Is it it really important for you to use this specific app?

[michal.kvasnicka]

The standard KDE partioning tool isn't really complicated at all. Is it it really important for you to use this specific app?

Not for me, but for my wife and kids . This tool is highly demanded by people, which are nor familiar with tools like KDE partition tool.

[dmeyer]

Not for me, but for my wife and kids . This tool is highly demanded by people, which are nor familiar with tools like KDE partition tool.

Have you tried building it from source yourself?

[michal.kvasnicka]

Have you tried building it from source yourself?

Yes, of course ... but without any success:

>~/Downloads/chakra-quick-usb-formatter$ mkdir build && cd build
>~/Downloads/chakra-quick-usb-formatter/build$ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 4.6.3
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 4.6.3
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindKDE4.cmake:98 (MESSAGE):
  ERROR: cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake not found in
  ~/.kde/share/apps;/usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/kde4-profile/default/share/apps;/usr/share/kde4/apps
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:5 (find_package)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
>:~/Downloads/chakra-quick-usb-formatter/build$

[oshunluvr]

Install this package and try again:

kdelibs5-dev

[oshunluvr]

FYI: It built and installed on my machine once I installed the dev package, but it hasn't shown up in the options. Could be it installed in the wrong place for (K)Ubuntu because it was written for Arch.

[dmeyer]

FYI: It built and installed on my machine once I installed the dev package, but it hasn't shown up in the options. Could be it installed in the wrong place for (K)Ubuntu because it was written for Arch.

Might need to log out and back in!

[michal.kvasnicka]

FYI: It built and installed on my machine once I installed the dev package, but it hasn't shown up in the options. Could be it installed in the wrong place for (K)Ubuntu because it was written for Arch.

I fear that this is the case...

[oshunluvr]

First thing I did...

[michal.kvasnicka]

FYI: It built and installed on my machine once I installed the dev package, but it hasn't shown up in the options. Could be it installed in the wrong place for (K)Ubuntu because it was written for Arch.

So, I give up to recompile this apps from the source, because there is some incompatibilities with (K)Ubuntu, which I am not able to fix. I am not Linux programmer, I can not solve this problem by my own, but I still think that this application is very useful for many of us, regular Kubuntu users, like me.

[claydoh]

I got it to install and open (NOT tested just yet) on Raring/kde 4.10. I do not see any reason it should not work on other versions.

My steps:

Install build-essential, cmake, kdelibs5-dev, and gettext

run cmake, etc as noted in the README, though I use
"cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix` ..", instead of using "/usr", not a big issue as the command returns /usr anyway

If I get time this weekend I will see about packaging this up on one of my ppa's.

[michal.kvasnicka]

If I get time this weekend I will see about packaging this up on one of my ppa's.

I will be more then happy for Precise package, too. Thanks for your help.

[Simon]

Not for me, but for my wife and kids . This tool is highly demanded by people, which are nor familiar with tools like KDE partition tool.

YIKES!!
In my opinion this is like handing your kids a can of gasoline and a box of matches... You should either;

A) educate them on how the system works
B) deal ALL the system administration yourself

How often do you really need to format a USB? I normally wipe the files. If I had kids I would educate them in terminal;
using dmesg to find the drive dev id, unmount the drive, and format.

dmesg | tail 
sudo umount /dev/sdc
sudo mkdosfs -n 'MyUSB' -I /dev/sdc

and then tell them to just use the KDE Partition Manager. On second thought, I wouldn't even give my wife root access if I had a wife.
Good Luck!

[claydoh]

YIKES!!
In my opinion this is like handing your kids a can of gasoline and a box of matches... You should either;

A) educate them on how the system works
B) deal ALL the system administration yourself

How often do you really need to format a USB?

Quite regularly, for flash drives and sdcards. Which of course never ever ever get corrupted and are always writable by every user in every distro all the time, always

I normally wipe the files. If I had kids I would educate them in terminal;
using dmesg to find the drive dev id, unmount the drive, and format.

dmesg | tail 
sudo umount /dev/sdc
sudo mkdosfs -n 'MyUSB' -I /dev/sdc

Yes, Kids listen to their parents all the time, and heed their advice always

and then tell them to just use the KDE Partition Manager. On second thought, I wouldn't even give my wife root access if I had a wife.
Good Luck!

Can I take it you have never had a wife, either? It may be hard on you finding and keeping a mate if you assume that they cannot be trusted to handle these things.