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Google Gadgets on Your Linux DesktopWith the Google Gadgets for Linux software! |
By Marius Nestor, Linux Editor
4th of June 2008, 12:20 GMT
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The team behind the Google Desktop for Linux
project is proud to present the first open source implementation of the Google Gadgets on the Linux desktop. The Google Gadgets for Linux project will provide a platform that will allow the use of the popular and wonderful Google gadgets (widgets) on any Linux desktop. The project is compatible with gadgets written for the Google Desktop for Windows application and the Universal Gadgets from iGoogle.
We, here at the Softpedia Labs, compiled and installed this first release of the Google Gadgets for Linux package on an Ubuntu 8.04 LTS machine and we were really impressed with them. The installation will provide a client for both GTK and QT platforms or, in other words, both GNOME and KDE users can enjoy the Google Gadgets on their desktops.
OK, OK, I get it! I want them on my desktop, right now! Well... look no further, here's our quick and simple How to install guide:
Installing necessary requirements:
Open a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) and paste the following command:
CODE sudo apt-get -y install libtool automake autoconf libxul-dev libghc6-mozembed-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libxml2-dev zlib1g-dev xulrunner libgtk2.0-dev libcairo2-dev libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev libqt4-dev build-essential spidermonkey-bin libmozjs-dev libqtwebkit-dev
Configure, compile and install Google Gadgets
Download Google Gadgets for Linux right now from Softpedia.
Extract the archive, open a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) and execute the following commands, one by one:
CODE cd /path/to/the/google-gadgets-archive (e.g. cd /home/softpedia/Desktop/google-gadgets-for-linux-0.9.1)
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install
That's it! Now you can hit ALT F2 and type ggl-gtk (for GNOME users) or ggl-qt (for KDE users) to start the Google Gadgets application. You will see a nice icon on the system tray area, right click on it to access the gadgets browser. Have fun and enjoy the finest Google gadgets on your Linux desktop!
Note: We've noticed that the GTK interface (ggl-gtk) of Google Gadgets will not load the gadgets. As a workaround, run the Qt interface (ggl-qt) first and let it load all the gadgets, close it and run the GTK interface again. It will load all the gadgets now.
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| Comment #1 by: fdmille on 04 Jun 2008, 23:53 GMT |  reply to this comment | Install did not work for me on UBUNTU 8.04. I'll try to figure my problems out. Received the following configure error:
configure: error: No type size_t, but google Gadgets for Linux needs it! |
| Comment #2 by: fdmille on 05 Jun 2008, 00:45 GMT | reply to this comment | Got it to work on an AMD64 machine with UBUNTU 8.04 64 bit by following the instructions on the UBUNTU forums at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=818267&page=2. |
| Comment #3 by: didli on 05 Jun 2008, 06:45 GMT | reply to this comment | This is great news ! ;)
Unfortunately for me there's a conflict when trying to install between 2 files : xulrunner-1.9-dev & libxul-dev
Do you know what can I do please ?
Thx ! |
| Comment #3.1 by: Marius Nestor on 05 Jun 2008, 06:48 GMT | Install just libxul-dev
Sorry! |
| Comment #4 by: Kasra on 05 Jun 2008, 06:53 GMT | reply to this comment | Thats good.but I would like to install it in Ubuntu 7.10 it says
"The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libcurl4-gnutls-dev: Conflicts: libcurl-dev
libcurl4-openssl-dev: Conflicts: libcurl-dev
E: Broken packages"
How can i fix that?! |
| Comment #5 by: KasraKeshavarz on 05 Jun 2008, 07:01 GMT | reply to this comment | Thanks a lot for these Gadgets!
but when I would like to install these gadgets in Ubuntu 7.10 It says:
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The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libcurl4-gnutls-dev: Conflicts: libcurl-dev
libcurl4-openssl-dev: Conflicts: libcurl-dev
E: Broken packages"
What can I do to fix that?! |
| Comment #5.1 by: Marius Nestor on 05 Jun 2008, 07:13 GMT | We've already fixed the command. Please paste it in a terminal:
sudo apt-get -y install libtool automake autoconf libxul-dev libghc6-mozembed-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libxml2-dev zlib1g-dev xulrunner libgtk2.0-dev libcairo2-dev libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev libqt4-dev build-essential spidermonkey-bin libmozjs-dev
Sorry for any inconvenience! |
| Comment #6 by: Michael Höppenstein on 05 Jun 2008, 15:01 GMT | reply to this comment | The workaround does not work. After installing ggl there is no ggl-qt available. I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 with Gnome. The installation went all right. What to do now? |
| Comment #6.1 by: Marius Nestor on 05 Jun 2008, 19:33 GMT | Re-configure the application again and when the configure is done, you will have some summary (what will be compiled and what will don't) .... make sure that "Build qt host" has Yes in front of it! You will need to install the libqt4-dev package for the QT interface. |
| Comment #7 by: Vadim on 07 Jun 2008, 12:42 GMT | reply to this comment | Someone made a Google Gadgets PPA here:
https://launchpad.net/~googlegadgets/ archive
So you don't need to compile! |
| Comment #8 by: MEGA on 07 Jun 2008, 21:37 GMT | reply to this comment | how can i uninstall it ?
thanks in advance |
| Comment #8.1 by: Marius Nestor on 10 Jun 2008, 09:30 GMT | In the folder where you compiled the application, type:
sudo make uninstall
If you erased the folder, download the archive again, recompile it, install it with sudo make install and then run the above command to uninstall it. |
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