Greetings Kubuntu Users:
Komplete is an "Automatix-type" program for KDE/Kubuntu. It is designed with KDE in mind. Currently in beta stage we're looking for testers. If you have any comments, suggestions or bug reports, please post it here.
GoogleNinja (the coder) says:
Link: http://dapperdrake.50webs.com/kompletebeta.tar.bz2 to download.
Installation: Untar the file and run
GoogleNinja offers a bit of clarification:
Komplete is an "Automatix-type" program for KDE/Kubuntu. It is designed with KDE in mind. Currently in beta stage we're looking for testers. If you have any comments, suggestions or bug reports, please post it here.
GoogleNinja (the coder) says:
"It has a few less features than Automatix currently. It's more a framework than anything else. If the current structure works then adding new and multiple modules will be a breeze."
Installation: Untar the file and run
Code:
sudo ./komplete-script
1) This is 99% the same code that automatix uses to actually do stuff. So when you are installing opera through this, it is doing to your system exactly what automatix does. I totally ripped em off.
2) The cool bits of Komplete is that its more of a framework than anything. To add another installation task, you will be able to just copy/paste a block of code at the top, make it executable, then throw it in a folder. It will then show up in the GUI, will interact with the progress bar, etc. To add a category, you just make a different folder. If you want to use it for something totally different, just trash everything in scripts/ and start from scratch. 90% of tutorials on forums have everything you need to automate the task already, I thought it would be nifty to have a GUI framework for it.
3) This is just the "it runs" release. It does less then automatix, the only difference you will (or should anyways) see is graphical. The next step is Un-install support (i already know how im gonna do it), and getting away from gnome-centric stuff. I have wrapper methods around all gui-ish stuff, so theoretically i could put zenity back in as a command line option, so you could pass --qt or --gtk and get displays using the different toolkits. What I see for this though is something that will allow me to set up kde as easily and quickly as automatix allows you to set up gnome, while letting me NOT have to install half of gnome to do it. My goal is to run kubuntu without even having GTK on my machine.
anyways, comments/flames are always appreciated, feel free to email me at hyuga.citan@gmail.com.
Matt
2) The cool bits of Komplete is that its more of a framework than anything. To add another installation task, you will be able to just copy/paste a block of code at the top, make it executable, then throw it in a folder. It will then show up in the GUI, will interact with the progress bar, etc. To add a category, you just make a different folder. If you want to use it for something totally different, just trash everything in scripts/ and start from scratch. 90% of tutorials on forums have everything you need to automate the task already, I thought it would be nifty to have a GUI framework for it.
3) This is just the "it runs" release. It does less then automatix, the only difference you will (or should anyways) see is graphical. The next step is Un-install support (i already know how im gonna do it), and getting away from gnome-centric stuff. I have wrapper methods around all gui-ish stuff, so theoretically i could put zenity back in as a command line option, so you could pass --qt or --gtk and get displays using the different toolkits. What I see for this though is something that will allow me to set up kde as easily and quickly as automatix allows you to set up gnome, while letting me NOT have to install half of gnome to do it. My goal is to run kubuntu without even having GTK on my machine.
anyways, comments/flames are always appreciated, feel free to email me at hyuga.citan@gmail.com.
Matt
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