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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Featured Q: What is Google Gadgets for Linux? A: It's a platform for running desktop gadgets under Linux. Please read QuickStart for a detailed introduction. Q: What is Google's involvement with this project? A: This is an official Google project, and is fully sponsored by the company. Q: How to build and install Gadgets for Linux on Ubuntu 8.04? A: For information on building on a particular distribution, please refer to the HowToBuild wiki page, as weel as the platform-specific instructions page on our user discussion list: http://groups.google.com/group/google-gadgets-for-linux-user/web/building-instructions-addendum Users are encouraged to share information on building Gadgets for Linux on that page. Q: Can you provide a binary release of Gadgets for Linux? A: You can refer to BinaryPackages wiki page. Q: How to setup proxy for Google Gadgets for Linux? A: Currently there is no GUI for proxy setup. But you can setup proxy by setting following environment variables before launching GGL: http_proxy=http://yourproxy.com:8080 https_proxy=http://yourproxy.com:8080 or all_proxy=http://yourproxy.com:8080 Replace yourproxy.com with your proxy address and 8080 with your proxy port. You can also put the user name and password into the proxy URL like the following if the proxy server requires authentication: all_proxy=http://username:password@yourproxy.com:8080 Many Linux distributions have GUI for changing system wide proxy settings. You can also use them. For example, on Ubuntu, you can find it in System->Preferences menu, named "Network Proxy". |
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Ran into this problem: libtoolize: cannot list files in `/usr/share/libtool/libltdl'
which was fixed with the libltdl3-dev package: sudo apt-get install libltdl3-dev
Any chance of an Ubuntu package?
Is/Will Google Gadgets for linux be compatible with the Compiz widget layer?
Will this look good in KDE?
It's compatible with compiz (only looks good with compiz, unfortunately). And looks good under KDE too.
the compiz widget-layer is based on matching of window properties and as such should work with any application. for example I told not just gdesklet windows to appear there, but also the gdesklets GUI (using "window rules" I also made it sticky.) I've been waiting for google gadgets for linux for a long time, and am looking forward to integrating them into the widget layer right with the rest of my widgets.
Trying to run configure script on opensuse 10.3, and it says libxml2, libcurl, libgstreamer_plugins_base, and others are not installed but package manager (yast) says they are. So far I can't get it working even by trying --prefix=/usr as stated above.
@ spgwhistler
Make sure yo have the dev packages
How can I add my own gadgets (i.e, I went through the tutorial to make one)? I've found that there are my downloaded gadgets in /home/<user>/.google/gadgets/downloaded_gadgets. How do I incorporate my own gadgets on my local machine?
You can add local gadget file by specifying it in the command line. Such as:
ggl-gtk /path/to/your/gadget
Will this be merged with Google Desktop for Linux at some point?
Where is the sidebar? Why there're black backgrounds on KDE ?
I managed to compile google-gadgets and I have icon on taskbar where can i hide/show desktop gadgets. I can even add gadgets to desktop but I don't have any Sidebar even if I use -s switch! What I am doing wrong?
And my gadgets are only partially transparent under KDE4 but on KDE3 when I run compiz are fully transparent!?
I have Kubuntu Hardy 8.04 with KDE 4.1 beta 1 and google-desktop-gadgets 0.9.3 compiled for QT support not GTK.
No instructions on how to build on openSUSE 11?
@harris.todd You can find binary package from http://software.opensuse.org/search, keyword: gadgets. Though the package is not up-to-date yet.
If you want to build by yourself, you shall install following packages: mozilla-xulrunner181-devel or mozilla-xulrunner190-devel libcurl-devel libxml2-devel gtk2-devel dbus-1-devel
I am creating fedora 9 package. Warning, for every packagers, please remove rpaths while you compile
@Metal3d Thanks a lot. Is it going to be the official package for Fedora?
And I'm wondering the rpath problem, why to remove rpaths?
Fedora package's review process is here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450243
@Metal3d still haven't received your spec file. Would like to see what's different and merge the changes.
@james.su the rpath problem is because Fedora (and other RPM distros like openSUSE) put 64-bit libraries in /usr/lib64, and so this path should not be added to rpath because they are actually standard.
when run ggl-gtk,this message follows
Not a regular file: / Failed to load module libxml2-xml-parser Failed to load module dbus-script-class Failed to load module gtkmoz-browser-element Failed to load module gst-video-element Failed to load module gst-audio-framework Failed to load module smjs-script-runtime Failed to load module curl-xml-http-request 段错误
Why i use xterm , and start with /usr/local/bin/ggl-gtk The gadgets dosen`t have transparent background ?
Is that mean i only start gnome-window , the backgroud of the gadgets would be transparent ?
everything works wonderfully on ubuntu 8.04 runnning gnome, but when I restart my computer and open the gadgets again, all the positional information is lost and I have to re arrange all the mess.
to monteiroquiet: Which version of GGL are you using? This issue should have been fixed in 0.10.3.
The Google-Gadgets have a plan to internet TV ?
I have the same problem as monteiroquiet, but in ubuntu 8.10> everything works wonderfully runnning gnome, but when I restart my computer and open the gadgets again, all the positional information is lost and I have to re arrange all the mess. I using GGL 0.10.5-1. Any help?
For better "Gadgets Layer" integration, there should be an option to get rid of the tray icon: It is not needed and clicking it hides the widgets from the widget layer.
Built google gadgets from source...now under Fluxbox on a dual core intel, window changing, sizing , selection etc is running in slow motion. The gadgets themselves seem to work well. Anybody have any ideas? ( Please don;t tell me to recompile...it took better part of an hour!!)
I downloaded googledesktop and gadgets, but it doesn't have TV Set, which I really wanted, and when I click on it it tells me to download all of it, all over again, what am I supposed to do?
I've tried it but without success..
Where can I see my google gadgets logs ?
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Hi! I installed google gadgets using ADD/REMOVE software on Fedora 14. It run automatically when I first installed the program. It was great. After rebooting my computer, I don't know how to execute google gadgets again. I don't know where it is. Help!
Check /opt/google/desktop/bin or System > Preferences > Startup Applications