Older Version of Ubuntu - GTK2 - Real-time Sunlight Wallpaper

Older Version of Ubuntu - GTK2 21/02/2012

Since the upgrade of version 4 of RSW only supports Ubuntu releases using GTK3 which is Oneiric and Precise. I commented the change in this blog post:http://realtimesunlightwallpaper.weebly.com/1/post/2011/10/dconf-compatible-only-and-a-small-update.html

I wasn't going to keep updating older releases of Ubuntu but I'm getting a lot of complains from such people. Older version of Ubuntu which uses GTK2 the new version of RSW won't work at all and it may crash as the 2 versions of GTK are uncomplatible. The system call that RSW makes to change the wallpaper, etc are basically the same.

Also, older verions of RSW except 4.2 won't work either as the call the access the pictures has changes.

Last Friday I pushed an update into the Natty repository of Ubuntu to back port RSW back to GTK2, I'm still not 100% sure if this version is fully working. Once I have an updated version of RSW working for GTK2 I'll push the release to all the other Ubuntu releases from Lucid upwards via the ppa.

Today, I will package a debian installer for releases of Ubuntu using GTK2 and post a link in this post, if you are interested on this version of RSW and which to give a hand by trying them out comment on this post the recieve updates.

Thank you

Comments

Ron

21/02/2012 15:02

I am glad to help. My system: Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick

Carles link

21/02/2012 22:38

Here is a deb package for Ubuntu releases using Gnome 2, test it out and let me know if it is working fine

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/165799/gtk-sunlight_0.4.2-ubuntu-gtk2-1_i386.deb

Ron

21/02/2012 23:34

I am getting an error message because my machine is a amd64. Please provide a package for this type of system. Thanks for your help!

Jay Dugger

23/02/2012 11:25

Seconded.

Carles

23/02/2012 19:19

I've tried making a deb package for 64bit but I had trouble with it. I usually let launchpad to do the job for me for 64bit machines.

I created a tar file instead --> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/165799/gtk-sunlight-0.4.2-ubuntu-gtk2-amd64.tar.gz

In the download page there's an easy explanation on how to install it.

Regards..

Ron

24/02/2012 17:37

In Terminal - following the installation instructions:
make
sudo make install
etc...

at make
I get the following message:

~/Desktop/gtk-sunlight-0.4.2-ubuntu-gtk2-amd64$ make
cc `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0 gmodule-2.0 gthread-2.0` -c -o sunlight.o sunlight.c
Package gtk+-3.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gtk+-3.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'gtk+-3.0' found
Package gmodule-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gmodule-2.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'gmodule-2.0' found
Package gthread-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gthread-2.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'gthread-2.0' found
In file included from sunlight.c:20:
support.h:24: fatal error: gtk/gtk.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make: *** [sunlight.o] Error 1

Thanks for your feedback, Ron

Carles

25/02/2012 01:21

I was pretty busy and I wasn't given this the time it deserved.

I finally finished it. I will push the update through the ppa in the next few days but for the mean time use this...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/165799/gtk-sunlight-0.4.2-ubuntu-gtk2-amd64.tar.gz

It has the same name as the last one. Make sure to delete it first.

You may also need to install libgtk2.0-dev

Ron

25/02/2012 21:13

The installation went well and I am running the app. I made some adjustments thanks to some new features in the build, nice!
I hope that you are able to build a .deb package.
It is a great wallpaper system and I truly enjoy it!
Thank you for your work.

Carles

25/02/2012 23:28

Thank you Ron for the update. I'm glad its is working and you like the updates.

I already pushed v4.2 to the PPA for Natty, Maverick and Lucid. They should be published within the next 24h.

I still have some ideas I would like to get implemented but I'm pretty busy with college work at the moment. I'm hoping to get them ready before Precise.

Regards..

Ron

26/02/2012 01:12

Sounds good. Feel free to contact me for any testing.
Best!
R.

Håkan

03/03/2012 22:02

Thank you, Carles; I installed the new version, and as such, it works like a charm. Preferences window still hangs on 'apply', but works well if I just 'save'. However, there is a typo(?) in the two files that end up in /etc/apt/sources.list.d They both end in the letters 'ain' on the last, separate line. It looks like this:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/realtime.sunlight.wallpaper/rsw/ubuntu natty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/realtime.sunlight.wallpaper/rsw/ubuntu natty main
ain

This little 'ain' causes my software center, or whatever it is called in English, to hang, rendering it incapable of reading the sources list or listing both the available and installed programs, The file cannot be edited, and I can't seem to replace them either. What to do?

Many thanks,
H.

Francisco Alarcon

19/03/2012 10:42

Thanks Carles, I've installed the version 4.2 for a 64bit machine and it works perfectly :),
I just followed the instructions of the ReadMe file...

Jason

10/04/2012 10:41

Hi I am trying to install this on a debian amd64 system, I see in the above comments that you have made a installation file for ubuntu amd64 systems. However the dropbox link no longer works and I can't find it on the Downloads page. May I ask if that will appear on the Downloads page sometime soon? Also I would like to install this on my Fedora 16 amd64 system as well......Thanks

Carles

10/04/2012 21:37

I added the file to the downloads page --> https://launchpad.net/realtimesunlightwallpaper/trunk/0.4.2

Jason

11/04/2012 10:03

Thanks, I have tried to use this to install on my debian amd64 system which failed. Will you be creating a .deb for debian amd64 anytime soon?

Carles

11/04/2012 12:23

Did you try installing using the tar file from the "other distribution" section in the download page? All the steps for installing are there..

Jason

11/04/2012 13:00

Yes I have, I could only finish the installation successfully with version 0.3.4, which when I click "Apply" it gives me only the colour screen that I set near the bottom, not the World map with sunlight data.

For version 0.4.x I get the same error as Ron above, this is all installing the the tar.gz file

Jason

11/04/2012 13:00

marco

07/05/2012 21:50

I installed your program for a long time, beautiful. But now I do not work anymore. I have version 0.3.4 of sunlight and realtime ubuntu 10.04 rub. now it makes me see more background on the map. I tried to update the program but it gives me error with the dependencies. What can I do?
sorry for the translation but I am Italian and use google transalte.

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