[ubuntu-za] Numlock/Shermans_aquarium

[Robbie Holm]

Well, Shermans _aquarium I picked up from your original response, and in
fact it does have a numlock component.

There seems to be a bit of a misunderstanding. The "configure" I
referred installs aquarium completely "automagicallY", as the author
says. I don't know anything about this stuff and couldn't in my wildest
dreams think about building a package from source. I'm stumbling around
in the dark here.

However, because of the "cgg" line in the screenshot I used Synaptic to
install the cgg compiler. The configure command then ran perfectly until
it came up against the fact that I do not have gtk+ version 1.2.x
installed, and this is not listed in Synaptic.

I will follow your suggestions about the repositories for my release,
(which is "hoary") and I will spend a while fiddling around on my own
now, which is probably the best way to learn, if the most painful.

Thanks to all for the help.

Robbie

On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 18:45 +0100, Robert Schumann wrote:
> Errrmmm... why Shermans_aquarium?  Weren't you looking for the numlockx 
> thing?
> 
> The "Couldn't find package" message is because you probably don't have 
> the universe repositories enabled (I am assuming numlockx is in 
> universe, I haven't checked).
> 
> When you start up Synaptic, and go to Settings > Repositories, what 
> repositories are listed?  You should have at least the Ubuntu repos for 
> your version.  If you want further things you need the "Community 
> maintained (universe)" repository.  You can add this by following the 
> instructions at http://ubuntuguide.org/#extrarepositories.  Substitute 
> your distribution name wherever you see "hoary" in those instructions.
> 
> Once this is done, you can use System > Administration > Synaptic or the 
> command line to install numlockx, and you can use Properties (under 
> Synaptic) to find out more about numlockx - in particular, what files 
> were installed.  You could also find what files came with numlockx at 
> the command line by typing "dpkg-query -L numlockx".
> 
> You don't need shermans-aquarium or gkrellm-leds, but they are probably 
> also in the universe repository.  If you wanted to build a package from 
> source, as in your posting, you would need the build-essentials 
> package.  This is in the officially supported Ubuntu repositories, but 
> is only needed for real men who compile from source (ug ug ug).  You can 
> find out more information about the package before installing at 
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/breezy/devel/build-essential, and the 
> packages site also has lots of other useful info.  A word of advice 
> about using the packages site: I haven't found a search function, so 
> look for packages using a site-specific search on google.
> 
> Robert.
> 
> Robbie Holm wrote:
> 
> >Found Shermans_aquarium on the internet and downloaded the file.
> >I followed the installation instructions and it ran "configure" but
> >finished with the line "configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found
> >in $PATH". See the screenshot attachment herewith.
> >Please assist.
> >
> >Robbie
> >
> >On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 00:42 +0000, Robert Holm wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Thanks Robert
> >>
> >>I tried "sudo apt-get install numlockx" but it came back with
> >>"Couldn't find package"
> >>
> >>Typing "apt-cache search numlock" gave no response at all.
> >>I guess it isn't included on my Version 5.04 Cd.
> >>
> >>Regards
> >>
> >>Robbie
> >>
> >>On Sat, 2005-10-15 at 15:17 +0100, Robert Schumann wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Robert Holm wrote:
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>In the message about the new version of ubuntu there is a request to use
> >>>>BitTorrent for the download. While I don't wish to download, it prompted
> >>>>me to take a first look at this feature, but I can't get it to do
> >>>>anything except list the modification dates of files, and there is no
> >>>>help file. A brief indication of the usage would be appreciated.
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>Try the man page: from a terminal, type "man gnome-btdownload".  
> >>>Otherwise just click on the bittorrent link on a webpage and it should 
> >>>work automatically.  So when you click on the bittorrent link on the 
> >>>Ubuntu download page, it goes away and comes back with a list of 
> >>>modification dates?  Are those dates the modification dates of files on 
> >>>the iso image of the install CD?  At worst, perhaps you could send a 
> >>>screenshot (System > Take Screenshot)?
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>Can I get the system to activate NumLock on startup?
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>Typing "apt-cache search numlock", I get
> >>>
> >>>gkrellm-leds - Keyboard LED monitor for GKrellM
> >>>numlockx - enable NumLock in X11 sessions
> >>>shermans-aquarium - Sherman's aquarium applet for GNOME 2
> >>>
> >>>So you want to type "sudo apt-get install numlockx" or use Synaptic to 
> >>>install it.
> >>>
> >>>Robert.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>    
> >>
> 
>