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Old 11-12-2004, 11:54 PM   #1
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App to get weather?


Is there an application I can get the current weather with that is NON x11 dependent. E.G. console based?

Thanks. My search has turned up no results ;]
 
Old 11-13-2004, 02:45 AM   #2
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There's a few php scripts that gather weather
data ... have a look at http://freshmeat.net


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Old 11-13-2004, 03:51 AM   #3
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I think the Geo::Weather Perl module and a short script to grab your weather are what you are after.

you can get the module via cpan:

(as root? here I am sudo-ing)
$ sudo cpan -i Geo::Weather

During the install you'll (hopefully) be prompted by the test script for a city and state.
If it returns the weather more or less like you want, the script (for me) was at:
/tmp/cpan/build/Geo-Weather-1.41/test.pl. Copy and modify as desired.

If you are unfamiliar with Perl I would recommend adding this line as the first line:
#!/usr/bin/perl

and making the script executable (ie: $ chmod a+x test.pl). Then just execute the script for your weather.
 
Old 11-13-2004, 09:11 AM   #4
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Get Superkaramba from here and a theme called Liquid Weather ++ from here.
Enjoy!
 
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Get Superkaramba from here and a theme called Liquid Weather ++ from here.
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with that is NON x11 dependent
Duh :)

Superkaramba for the frame-buffer?


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Old 11-13-2004, 03:09 PM   #6
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Oh, sorry... I need to learn to read posts...
 
Old 11-14-2004, 09:19 PM   #7
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http://opensource.hld.ca/trac.cgi/wiki/CurseTheWeather

This looks perfect!
 
  


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