Plasmoid Installs

[yelsir]

So I'd like to add a better weather widget to my kubuntu desktop.
I'm trying to install some that I found on http://www.kde-look.org

However, I guess I must not have all of the needed packages installed.

For example, I downloaded the plasmoid from (top source file):
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/yaWP+(Yet+Another+Weather+Plasmoid)?content=94106

Then:
tar -xvf yawp-0.2.3.tar.bz2
cd yawp-0.2.3
./install.sh

-- Found Qt-Version 4.5.0 (using /usr/bin/qmake-qt4)
-- Found X11: /usr/lib/libX11.so
-- Phonon Version: 4.3.0
-- Found KDE 4.2 include dir: /usr/include
-- Found KDE 4.2 library dir: /usr/lib
-- Found the KDE4 kconfig_compiler preprocessor: /usr/bin/kconfig_compiler
-- Found automoc4: /usr/bin/automoc4
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/michael/Documents/yawp-0.2.3
make: *** No rule to make target `clean'. Stop.
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
Compilation failed, sorry :-(


So whats the problem here?
I have packages such as: kdeartwork, kdebase-dev, kde-devel, kdelibs

On similar plasmoids I have got the following:
checking for KDE... configure: error:
in the prefix, you've chosen, are no KDE libraries installed. This will fail.
So, check this please and use another prefix!


Can anyone help me out?

[integr8e]

Re: Plasmoid Installs

You can find my suggestion on your other thread: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...9140#msg189140

Please don't double post.

[Fintan]

Re: Plasmoid Installs

I agree with integr8e about the double posts.

For widgets have a look here:
https://edge.launchpad.net/~samrog131/+archive/ppa

Rog maintains many widgets and other things there.

I get most of mine from there, including yawp

Hope that helps

[Rog131]

Re: Plasmoid Installs

Double posting

From our host:

> Topic: Please Read Before Posting
> Topic: SEARCH BEFORE POSTING


Useful information:

> HOWTO find Kubuntu's manual / reference / guide / documentation / help


About plasmoids (plasma-widgets):

> Topic: Install (almost) any plasmoid


About compiling:

> FAQ: Installing from source


About yaWP:

Depending of your KDE version (plasma version) you will need:

- build-essential
- cmake
- libqt4-dev
- kdelibs5-dev
- libplasma-dev

At the yawp directory:

mkdir -p my_yawp

cd my_yawp && cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr

If you have all the bits and pieces:

...
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: .../my_yawp

Instead of the "sudo make install" /1/

sudo checkinstall

Information:

======================== Installation successful ==========================
...
Building Debian package...OK

Installing Debian package...OK

Erasing temporary files...OK

Writing backup package...OK

Deleting temp dir...OK
...
Done. The new package has been installed and saved to ...my_yawp_20090720-1_i386.deb

You can remove it from your system anytime using:

dpkg -r my_yawp

or you could remove it by your favorite package manager


Other options:

Many of the plasmoids could be found from the PPA repositories > FAQ: Repositories

> Personal Package Archives for Ubuntu >> Show PPAs matching: plasma-widget or Show PPAs matching: plasmoid



/1/ you will need to install the package: checkinstall

[yelsir]

Re: Plasmoid Installs

thanks guys!

I double posted b/c I thought I had placed the topic in the wrong thread. I'll make sure not to again though.

[integr8e]

Re: Plasmoid Installs

It's no problem -- I think most of us have double posted a time or two.

Someone will likely answer your questions no matter where you post them, so as long as their locations make sense to you, don't worry too much about where you place them.

I'm glad we could help!