how to install additional plasmoids/widgets

[toad]

Re: which widgets / plasmoids (incl. instructions)

Thanks.

Your backports and your partner repos are not enabled...

[sithlord48]

Re: which widgets / plasmoids (incl. instructions)

@toad you can change the panel color by going to desktop options and toward the bottom plasmoid theme (you can download them from kde-look.org from the add button)
this is the only way i know of ... sorry not @ kde4 machine ATM so the button might have a diffrent label

[toad]

Re: which widgets / plasmoids (incl. instructions)

Cheers,

yeah, I've tried a few but they are all 'pre-cooked'

There is a howto for making your own theme but it involves all sorts with svg and knowledge of C being the first candidates. Since I know sweet fa of either that is out of bounds for me...

[Dat]

Re: which widgets / plasmoids (incl. instructions)

Didn't know that they should be enabled. I enabled them and found that 80 updates were available. I'm currently downloading the updates, but the connection is slow so it might take a while. I'll try running the command again after the updates are done. Thanks.

BTW, does anyone know where to get SuperKaramba 4.x? Apparently, you need it for the Sigma Dock.

[Snowhog]

Re: which widgets / plasmoids (incl. instructions)

Superkaramba version 4:4.1.3 is available for selection/installation in Adept Manager or Synaptic - I just checked.

[Dat]

Re: which widgets / plasmoids (incl. instructions)

Thanks, it showed up after enabling the other repos.

I was able to install the Sigma Dock now

Still trying to figure out how to install other plasmoids/widgets.

When running the 'make' command, what is it supposed to do?
I tried running it for the todo widget and it just showed:

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[Snowhog]

Re: which widgets / plasmoids (incl. instructions)

From the todo list Plasma binary on kde-look.org.

How to install a Plasmoid

tar -xvf plasmoid.tar.gz
cd plasmoid
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix` ..
make
sudo make install OR su -c "make install"

You do have to have the development packages installed (compiler and such).

[Dat]

Re: which widgets / plasmoids (incl. instructions)

Already had them installed. For some reason, I just couldn't install the plasmoids right. I probably was in the wrong directory or something. Either way, I tried again just now and got it working

Great tutorial ^__^

[toad]

Re: which widgets / plasmoids (incl. instructions)

Glad it worked for you, Datman.

I just checked sigmadock and am not pleased. It is alpha, granted, so wait and see is prolly the right approach.

Any news on peachydock or the like?

[toad]

Re: how to install additional plasmoids/widgets

Rog, it appears your stock-quote plasmoid is not available for 4.2 yet. Any idea when it might be coming?

[boardstupid]

Re: how to install additional plasmoids/widgets

Rog131,

plasmoid-cashew-off is the best one yet.
Thank you for getting rid of that obtrusive eyesore.

Also, Lancelot is just simply stunning. I love it and it has taken a permanent place on my desktop.

Keep up the good work

[Rog131]

Re: how to install additional plasmoids/widgets

Rog, it appears your stock-quote plasmoid is not available for 4.2 yet. Any idea when it might be coming?

Stock-quote: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show...?content=90695
Copyright (C) 2008 Ryan Winter

Trying to compile ( KDE 4.1 plasmoids with the KDE 4.2 and Could not find requested component) -> seems to work.

KDE 4.2 version is for the JJ but it could work with the II. Only show-stopper that i can think would be the gcc version: JJ has 4.3.2 and II has 4.3.1.

plasmoid-cashew-off / plasma-applet-ihatethecashew

Cashew-off: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show...?content=91009
Copyright (C) 2007 Thomas Luebking

[Primoz]

Re: how to install additional plasmoids/widgets

I just tried to install a plasmoid with this how-to, but I can't "find" it to add to my plasmoids list.
And in addition to that now I can't even install plasmoids from internet...
It says that there is a problem with /tmp...

I have KDE4.2 and I did install everything that I needed to compile plasmoids.

EDIT:
I get this error:
Installation of /tmp/kde-primoz///99815-quick.plasmoid failed!
and installation of /tmp/kde-primoz failed

What is the problem?

[toad]

Re: how to install additional plasmoids/widgets

What's up with your tmp then? Is it full (check with du)? Have you accidentally borked permissions (post ls -la /tmp)?

[Primoz]

Re: how to install additional plasmoids/widgets

What's up with your tmp then? Is it full (check with du)? Have you accidentally borked permissions (post ls -la /tmp)?

It seems OK to me:
du:

$ du /tmp
4    /tmp/.X11-unix
4    /tmp/.ICE-unix
4    /tmp/kde-primoz/closeditems
20   /tmp/kde-primoz
8    /tmp/ksocket-primoz
4    /tmp/gpg-i7qgJK
du: imenika ,/tmp/kde-root` ni mogoče prebrati: Permission denied
4    /tmp/kde-root
4    /tmp/orbit-primoz
4    /tmp/ssh-FfVhzm8642
64   /tmp

ls -la /tmp

$ ls -la /tmp
skupno 48
drwxrwxrwt 10 root  root  4096 2009-03-03 12:12 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root  root  4096 2009-03-03 09:56 ..
drwx------ 2 primoz primoz 4096 2009-03-03 11:05 gpg-i7qgJK
drwxrwxrwt 2 root  root  4096 2009-03-03 12:12 .ICE-unix
drwx------ 3 primoz primoz 4096 2009-03-03 11:29 kde-primoz
drwx------ 2 root  root  4096 2009-03-03 09:56 kde-root
drwx------ 2 primoz primoz 4096 2009-03-03 12:12 ksocket-primoz
-rw-r----- 1 primoz primoz  5 2009-03-03 11:06 .ktorrent_kde4_1000.lock
drwx------ 2 primoz primoz 4096 2009-03-03 12:12 orbit-primoz
drwx------ 2 primoz primoz 4096 2009-03-03 11:05 ssh-FfVhzm8642
-r--r--r-- 1 root  root   11 2009-03-03 11:05 .X0-lock
drwxrwxrwt 2 root  root  4096 2009-03-03 11:05 .X11-unix