Does the "python-dcop" package for Fedora exists?
 

Fedora 10 & EMESENE 1.0.1 with "CurrentSong" Plugin

Hi guys,
I'm using Fedora 10. I always get an error when trying to use currentSong plugin with amaroK: "Can't import dcopext or python-dcop". I have searched in google and this forum, and everbody recommends to install python-dcop or other packets. I have tried to install every packet I have seen published in the forums I read, but the problem is that I can't find nothing like python-dcop in Fedora repositories. Every documentation I have found about this problem seems to help Ubuntu users, but I haven't found anything for Fedora users.

I'm sure that there is a very easy solution for this, but It's getting complicated for me to find it, so if anybody could help me I'd be very pleased.

Thank you very much.

Regards.

Have you tried compiling it?

No, because I couldn't even find the source package...

I googled it as python-dcop.tgz, python-dcop source, and further on sourceforge.net, without any success.

I also downloaded the python-dcop_3.5.10-1_amd64.deb package. Is there any package converter from .deb to .rpm? I know about alien, but I couldn't find it on any of Fedora repositories (including livna and google) either.

I've found though, a rpm for Mandriva. Will it be possible to convert it to the source file (using rpm2cpio and then extracting it), and later compiling it for Fedora 10, using my rpm?? Would that work, or I'm just speaking bullshit, lol! Hmm... I think I could do that if the rpm was a source rpm, right?

Thanks in advance!

Returning to that question, I googled a little bit more, and found this package description:

DCOP Bindings for Python
Source package: kdebindings_3.5.10.orig.tar.gz

This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run and develop Python programs using the Python DCOP bindings libraries. DCOP is the KDE Desktop COmmunications Protocol, used for communicating with running KDE applications.

I think that's the reason I cannot find a .rpm for RedHat based systems, since Fedora uses Gnome as its main Desktop Manager. :/

But how can I find at least the source code so I can make/install it on my F10?

Thanks,
sl33p

The 'kdebindings_3.5.10.orig.tar.gz ' is the source
code to make python-dcop_3.5.x.
But you will need the most of kde 3.5.x to compile it.
And it will not work with KDE 4.x.

Obviously the " currentSong plugin " is meant for
kde 3.5.x only.

And there is nothing like python-dcop for KDE 4.x.
.....

Well, I don't see where it's "Obvious" that currentSong plugin is meant for kde 3.5.x only.

I might try another MSN client then, Gnome based. ;)

Thanks for the explanation!