Comments on: Howto install Google Gadgets in ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)

By: pawan

pawan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:47:44 +0000

pawandeep@pawandeep:~$ sudo aptitude install google-gadgets
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states… Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
google-gadgets
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libaudio2{a} libmozjs0d{a} libqt4-assistant{a} libqt4-core{a}
libqt4-dbus{a} libqt4-designer{a} libqt4-gui{a} libqt4-network{a}
libqt4-opengl{a} libqt4-script{a} libqt4-svg{a} libqt4-test{a}
libqt4-xml{a} libqtcore4{a} libqtgui4{a} libxul-common{a} libxul0d{a}
0 packages upgraded, 18 newly installed, 0 to remove and 151 not upgraded.
Need to get 25.0MB of archives. After unpacking 82.3MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
google-gadgets: Depends: libkrb53 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2) which is a virtual package.
Depends: libltdl3 (>= 1.5.2-2) which is a virtual package.
Depends: libqtwebkit1d which is a virtual package.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Keep the following packages at their current version:
google-gadgets [Not Installed]

Score is -9881

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 151 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information… Done
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states… Done

and the when i type this on RUN “ggl-gtk”
it says.

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Could not open location ‘file:///home/pawandeep/ggl-gtk’

Error stating file ‘/home/pawandeep/ggl-gtk’: No such file or directory
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By: sheikhnasser

sheikhnasser — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:20:00 +0000

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By: Wallisson Narciso

Wallisson Narciso — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:45 +0000

Obrigado, já e a segunda vez que pego essa dica aqui!
Vlw

By: Man, you made my Day

Man, you made my Day — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:52:50 +0000

Your install description was working for me.

Tany thanks,
Emil

By: John

John — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:10:40 +0000

does anyone know if this works with intrepid. I have been sat here for hours trying to install this from the above instructions. I think it installs ok but get a error message when trying to run ggl-gtk. Could not open location ‘file:///home/john/ggl-gtk’Error stating file ‘/home/john/ggl-gtk’: No such file or directory.
any help would be good, thanks

By: chenjiancong

chenjiancong — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:56:51 +0000

thanks

By: CosmaL

CosmaL — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:42:23 +0000

Hey guys, after running the command: sudo aptitude install google-gadgets i have a message says that the file is broken.
any help? and i also have the same problem as
chenjiancong Says:
June 9th, 2008 at 5:22 pm

chenjiancong@chenjiancong:~$ sudo aptitude install google-gadgets
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states… Done
Building tag database… Done
Couldn’t find any package whose name or description matched “google-gadgets”
Couldn’t find any package whose name or description matched “google-gadgets”
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states… Done
Building tag database… Done

By: nico

nico — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:38:22 +0000

it worked perfectly! thanks a lot, i really like this gadgets

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:30:17 +0000

Also, can add “-ns” to get “ggl-gtk -ns” to get the sidebar to be invisible, so you only have the widgets <3

By: David Marsden

David Marsden — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:12:19 +0000

Norman, right-click on the system tray icon and check the box for “Always on top” and you should see your Gadgets on every workspace

By: jeyno

jeyno — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:32:52 +0000

Nice work, and thanks for the posting!

All seems to work fine - I do have problems with some of the gadgets: e.g. the Games, Google Earth gadget and Google News gadgets show up as a white box … any ideas what I may be missing?

By: Norman

Norman — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:45:48 +0000

I guess there is no solution to getting the gadgets on all workspaces

By: Strydar

Strydar — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:46:47 +0000

According to the version on the launchpad repos, it is 0.9.1. You can get version 0.9.3 for both 32 and 64 bit from http://www.getdeb.net/app/Google+Gadgets, this will place a shortcut for the sidebar in the Applications -> Accessories -> Google Gadgets menu. Hopefully the launchpad repos will provide version updates.

@Diego
It sounds like you are running compiz and the program is not responding. You can try to disable compiz or your “Visual Effects” and see if there is a difference.

By: diego

diego — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:29:07 +0000

when i run this app it doesnt run in color Why????????? its like black and white

By: Nitesh

Nitesh — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:47:49 +0000

Cool! I always wanted to get it for my Ubuntu but did not dare to compile it. This was really easy. However, there is one issue…. It does not show up on all Workspaces.

By: Xavier

Xavier — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:19:27 +0000

Hey,

It seems to load (i can see it in system monitor taking a lot of CPU), but nothing shows up. Help?

Thanks

By: kiran

kiran — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:07:03 +0000

It is fantastic…
thank you very much for your good info.

By: Michael Ajitsingh

Michael Ajitsingh — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:27:55 +0000

VERY VERY COOL!!! THANKS!!!

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:47:27 +0000

It really seems nice and it’s easier then desklets to configure.
At the other hand, My cpu really hates me when I use some of the gadgets.

By: Alain

Alain — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:32:24 +0000

Nik Gare,

once you have the .gg file, put those, from your home, in the (think the path is ok, but please check) “.google/gadgets/downloaded/”.

From there, first, exit from Google-Gadgets. Then, choose the .gg then right-click and choose “open with” and select a command line with “ggl-gtk” (or “ggl-qt”). This will add the Gadget to the desktop/side bar.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Alain