Jaunty Jackalope plasmoids with the Intrepid Ibex (KDE4.2)

[Rog131]

The KDE 4.2 has lot of plasmoids as default and more plasmoid binaries can be found from the Jaunty repositories and the PPA repositories. At the moment the plasmoid binaries from the Jaunty are working with the Intrepid:

Check first the official repositories !


Testing

Downloading from the > Ubuntu Packages >> Search: Keywordlasmoid - Distribution:jaunty:

plasmoid-cpuload (plasmoid-cpuload_0.3-0ubuntu3_i386.deb)
Plasmoid that displays CPU Load

plasmoid-spellcheck (plasmoid-spellcheck_0.4-0ubuntu3_i386.deb)
Simple plasmoid for fast spell checking


Update

Package naming > Topic: Plasmoids are now...

So now > Packages that names contain plasma-widget in suite(s) jaunty,


Downloading from the > PPA >> Search: plasmoid

plasmoid-adjustableclock (plasmoid-adjustableclock_0.9~jaunty~ppa2_i386.deb)
a plasmoid to show date and time in adjustable format

plasmoid-cashew-off (plasmoid-cashew-off_0.1~jaunty~ppa2_i386.deb)
a plasmoid to hide cashew


All four plasmoids were working with the Intrepid. They may or may not work in the future when the Jaunty will get new packages:

at the moment:

gcc --version

tells with the Intrepid:

gcc (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu11) 4.3.2

and with the Jaunty:

gcc (Ubuntu 4.3.2-2ubuntu12) 4.3.3 20090117 (prerelease)

[MoonRise]

Re: Jaunty Jackalope plasmoids with the Intrepid Ibex (KDE4.2)

Thanks! I like the updates on things Kubuntu. Keep it up Rog as your time permits. Much Appreciated!

[Marlin]

Re: Jaunty Jackalope plasmoids with the Intrepid Ibex (KDE4.2)

I can attest to "Stock Quotes", "Cashew Off", and "Weather" all working. I have missed these plasmoids the most since <ahem> upgrading to KDE 4.2.

Thanks for your work Rog!!!!!

[Nate]

Re: Jaunty Jackalope plasmoids with the Intrepid Ibex (KDE4.2)

So if I'm running 4.2 rc, would I just change my universe repository, for example, to jaunty, then install the plasmoids, then change jaunty back to intrepid?

[Snowhog]

Re: Jaunty Jackalope plasmoids with the Intrepid Ibex (KDE4.2)

I don't believe that is what Rog131 is saying. His first link, and his statement, indicates that he is downloading the specific .deb files directly to his desktop and (I believe) installing from the downloaded .deb files.

[kyonides]

Re: Jaunty Jackalope plasmoids with the Intrepid Ibex (KDE4.2)

This is weird... I thought KDE 4.2 included plasmoid-previewer but it doesn't... Well, I know I'm using now Intrepid with KDE 4.2, but the curious thing is that plasmoid-previewer and I guess it's plasmoid-weather would only run if I have installed libplasma2 (that was replaced with libplasma3 after installing / upgrading to KDE 4.2)...

Where can I find plasmoid-previewer because it's quite eye-candy... I even added kubuntu-members repo and couldn't find it there.

[Snowhog]

Re: Jaunty Jackalope plasmoids with the Intrepid Ibex (KDE4.2)

Previewer is available in 8.10 KDE 4.2.00. I just checked with Add Widgets... > Previewer

[kyonides]

Re: Jaunty Jackalope plasmoids with the Intrepid Ibex (KDE4.2)

Nope, couldn't find it there... It's weird... Is there an alternate download repo / site where I can get it from?

Here's the konsole output...

sudo apt-get install plasmoid-previewer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 plasmoid-previewer: Depends: libplasma2 but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

[Snowhog]

Re: Jaunty Jackalope plasmoids with the Intrepid Ibex (KDE4.2)

You sig line shows you are still running KDE 4.1.4. Is this correct?

[kyonides]

Re: Jaunty Jackalope plasmoids with the Intrepid Ibex (KDE4.2)

No, not anymore, I should update my sig but I mentioned it earlier...

Yeap, here it is...

This is weird... I thought KDE 4.2 included plasmoid-previewer but it doesn't... Well, I know I'm using now Intrepid with KDE 4.2, but the curious thing is that plasmoid-previewer and I guess it's plasmoid-weather would only run if I have installed libplasma2 (that was replaced with libplasma3 after installing / upgrading to KDE 4.2)...

Where can I find plasmoid-previewer because it's quite eye-candy... I even added kubuntu-members repo and couldn't find it there.

[Snowhog]

Re: Jaunty Jackalope plasmoids with the Intrepid Ibex (KDE4.2)

So, did you follow the instructions for upgrading to KDE 4.2 here?

[kyonides]

Re: Jaunty Jackalope plasmoids with the Intrepid Ibex (KDE4.2)

Yes, I did and that's why I find it weird the installation never included plasmoid-previewer and plasmoid-weather(-extragear) in the available plasmoids list...

[Sunny Rabbiera]

Re: Jaunty Jackalope plasmoids with the Intrepid Ibex (KDE4.2)

About the weather report, it doesnt seem to work for me.

[Rog131]

Re: Jaunty Jackalope plasmoids with the Intrepid Ibex (KDE4.2)

Yes, I did and that's why I find it weird the installation never included plasmoid-previewer and plasmoid-weather(-extragear) in the available plasmoids list...

plasmoid-previewer

Is part of the package: kdeplasma-addons and package: kdeplasma-addons-data.

kdeplasma-addons

plasmoids for KDE 4 Plasma - main package

KDE Plasmoids module is a collection of additional Plasma data engines and widgets (applets). It is part of the official KDE 4 distribution.

This package contains Plasma data engines and widgets (applets). Install this package if you want to use plasmoids from the KDE Plasmoids module.

kdeplasma-addons-data

plasmoids for KDE 4 Plasma - data files

KDE Plasmoids module is a collection of additional Plasma data engines and widgets (applets). It is part of the official KDE 4 distribution.

This package contains the architecture-independent data files needed by kdeplasma-addons.

You will need both packages. kdeplasma-addons has the engine part and the kdeplasma-addons-data has the info part (.desktop files - is what the "Add Widgets" will show.)


Sometimes, after installation you will (here , with the KDE 4.2, i need to) need to either:

a) log out and log in
b) or restart the plasma desktop with the konsole kommands (this is from > Development/Tutorials/Plasma/GettingStarted

Otherwise you can restart plasma, so the Applet will be displayed in the Applet Browser:

kbuildsycoca4
kquitapp plasma
plasma

plasmoid-weather(-extragear)

This plasmoid is part of the KDE trunk, it will be part of the KDE 4.3 or maybe it will be published with the KDE 4.2.1. If you wan't to use it now:

a) download the sources and compile it
b) use the PPA repositories for the binaries (.deb).


More of the weather plasmoids > Topic: Weather in taskbar for KDE 4?

[kyonides]

Re: Jaunty Jackalope plasmoids with the Intrepid Ibex (KDE4.2)

In my case I couldn't get the plasmoid I mentioned before because I had to uninstall the previous version of kdeplasma-addons(-data) and never checked out if I ever reinstalled... Thanks for pointing me into the right direction.