Gdesklets and Slackware

adds2one · 08-31-2005, 12:57 AM

Hi,

I want to get gdesklets working on my system but I don't know how to check if I meet the requirements.

I have a full installation of Slackware 10.1.

Here is the list of requirements:

2. Requirements (the package names are the debian ones!)
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* Python 2.3 or higher (some distributions ship broken Python 2.4 packages),
if you want to compile gdesklets you'll have to install the development
package, too!

* SuSE users will need the additional python-xml package, gDesklets won't
work without it!

* python-gtk2 2.4 or higher (*)

* python-gtk2-dev if you want to compile gDesklets

* python-pyorbit 2.0.1 (**)

* python-gnome2 2.6.x or higher (***)

* python-gnome2-dev if you want to compile gDesklets

* libexpat (try to avoid 1.95.7 since it seems to be buggy!)

* libgtop2 (2.8.0 or higher is recommended)

* libgtop2-dev if you want to compile gDesklets

* librsvg (2.8.0 or higher from http://librsvg.sf.net)

* librsvg-dev if you want to compile gDesklets

* some sensors or controls may have extra requirements

jimbob1234 · 08-31-2005, 01:06 AM

I have gdesklets running using Slackware current. I don't remember having too many problems finding dependencies or getting it to compile, Just run configure and see if it complains about anything.

Gdesklets is a great program and worth getting it up and running.