Installing Google Desktop
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Installing Google Desktop
I'm looking for a good desktop search tool for Puppy, and it seems like Google desktop is a great choice...true, not free in every sense, however, it has few dependencies and seems relatively lightweight. It is only distributed as a deb or rpm, however. How can I install that in puppy?
Are there better alternatives?
Are there better alternatives?
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As far I as I know, Pfind doesn't index the contents of files like emails and documents and pdfs. This is the primary advantage to a desktop search tool. Am I wrong?
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you must unpack it .....
To do it I like to use this :
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 20&t=16358
It's a little big but it's simple and can open all archive(when xarchive don't Peazip do ).
After copy the extracted files where is needed (I don't know if you will need to compile.....) and hope you will not need some Kg of libraries.
To do it I like to use this :
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 20&t=16358
It's a little big but it's simple and can open all archive(when xarchive don't Peazip do ).
After copy the extracted files where is needed (I don't know if you will need to compile.....) and hope you will not need some Kg of libraries.
:oops: I know, my english is very bad :oops:
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get a dotpup in the following messages
Just tried it in Muppy007 (extended Puppy 2.12).
Downloaded the .deb to "/".
Extracted it:
cd /
undeb google-desktop-linux_current_i386.deb
Started to run it:
gdlinux
This exits without any error, nothing happens.
Tried to check dependencies:
cd /opt/google/desktop/bin
To find any error, I then tried:
This seems to be a heavy problem, as that is one of Puppys basic libraries.
It would need to be recompiled I think.
So I have no solution
Mark
Just tried it in Muppy007 (extended Puppy 2.12).
Downloaded the .deb to "/".
Extracted it:
cd /
undeb google-desktop-linux_current_i386.deb
Started to run it:
gdlinux
This exits without any error, nothing happens.
Tried to check dependencies:
cd /opt/google/desktop/bin
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sh-3.00# ldd gdl_box
not a dynamic executable
sh-3.00# file gdl_box
gdl_box: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.4.1, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.4.1, stripped
sh-3.00#
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sh-3.00# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/google/desktop/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
sh-3.00# ./gdl_config
./gdl_config: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot handle TLS data
It would need to be recompiled I think.
So I have no solution
Mark
Last edited by MU on Sun 26 Aug 2007, 16:34, edited 1 time in total.
Solution:
the tls-problem comes from the library delivered in the deb.
delete (or rename):
/opt/google/desktop/lib/libstdc++.so.6
Then run:
cd /opt/google/desktop/bin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/google/desktop/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
ldd gdl_config
If you still get an error, install this dotpup:
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Libraries/Lib ... .6.0.5.pup
Now you should get no more tls-errors.
Now type "gdlinux", this should add a "google-desktop" button to your tray.
I use icewm with icewmtray, I did not check, if that works in JWM.
Search-results will be displayed in my firefox, so please report, if it works with seamonkey, too.
For quick access, drag /usr/bin/gdlinux on your desktop.
You find icons for it in /opt/google/desktop/resource
Mark
the tls-problem comes from the library delivered in the deb.
delete (or rename):
/opt/google/desktop/lib/libstdc++.so.6
Then run:
cd /opt/google/desktop/bin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/google/desktop/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
ldd gdl_config
If you still get an error, install this dotpup:
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Libraries/Lib ... .6.0.5.pup
Now you should get no more tls-errors.
Now type "gdlinux", this should add a "google-desktop" button to your tray.
I use icewm with icewmtray, I did not check, if that works in JWM.
Search-results will be displayed in my firefox, so please report, if it works with seamonkey, too.
For quick access, drag /usr/bin/gdlinux on your desktop.
You find icons for it in /opt/google/desktop/resource
Mark
Last edited by MU on Sun 26 Aug 2007, 13:43, edited 3 times in total.
I made a dotpup, that will install google-desktop for you, and perform the required changes.
Please tell me, if it works for you.
It will tell you to download a file from google, so you can be sure to have the newest version (I chose this solution for copyright-reasons, as google-desktop seems to be no free software).
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Desktop-Tools ... taller.pup
be shure to have 25 MB free diskspace, the installer does not check that!
You will need even more free space after installation.
My /root/.google folder meanwhile already is 37 MB in size (after indexing 80% of 1.3 Gigabyte in /root and /usr).
The search creates the database there while scanning your harddisk in background.
In case future versions of googles program should be incompatible with puppy, you can get the required file I used here:
http://dotpups.de/diverse-tgz/google-de ... t_i386.deb (7.6 MB).
Use it ONLY if the current version from google will not work!
Mark
Please tell me, if it works for you.
It will tell you to download a file from google, so you can be sure to have the newest version (I chose this solution for copyright-reasons, as google-desktop seems to be no free software).
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Desktop-Tools ... taller.pup
be shure to have 25 MB free diskspace, the installer does not check that!
You will need even more free space after installation.
My /root/.google folder meanwhile already is 37 MB in size (after indexing 80% of 1.3 Gigabyte in /root and /usr).
The search creates the database there while scanning your harddisk in background.
In case future versions of googles program should be incompatible with puppy, you can get the required file I used here:
http://dotpups.de/diverse-tgz/google-de ... t_i386.deb (7.6 MB).
Use it ONLY if the current version from google will not work!
Mark
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Also, can someone tel me how to install SuperKaramba (http://netdragon.sourceforge.net/ssuperkaramba.html) On Puppy Linux 2.17? I mean it installs but i dont know how to execute it.
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please don't bump after some minutes.
I don't know about a bar for google-desktop, maybe desktops like KDE support that.
But the screenshot in the help shows only the search-bar itself that opens, when you click on the trayicon:
http://desktop.google.com/en/linux/
http://desktop.google.com/en/linux/imag ... crshot.jpg
Superkaramba:
that requires KDE, which is an addon for advanced users:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=11876
You might prefer instead the easier to use wbar:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=19742
Mark
I don't know about a bar for google-desktop, maybe desktops like KDE support that.
But the screenshot in the help shows only the search-bar itself that opens, when you click on the trayicon:
http://desktop.google.com/en/linux/
http://desktop.google.com/en/linux/imag ... crshot.jpg
Superkaramba:
that requires KDE, which is an addon for advanced users:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=11876
You might prefer instead the easier to use wbar:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=19742
Mark
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No, Puppy does not support widgets.
You would need KDE for that. KDE has an own widget-engine.
Alternatively, try the webbrowser "Opera".
It has widgets like clocks, calendars and such, that it can place on your desktop (I think they are called gadgets there).
But they seem to have problems with transparency, many might look ugly because of that (the drop-shadows).
At least that was my impression some months ago, maybe that issue was fixed meanwhile.
You can install Opera with Petget.
Mark
You would need KDE for that. KDE has an own widget-engine.
Alternatively, try the webbrowser "Opera".
It has widgets like clocks, calendars and such, that it can place on your desktop (I think they are called gadgets there).
But they seem to have problems with transparency, many might look ugly because of that (the drop-shadows).
At least that was my impression some months ago, maybe that issue was fixed meanwhile.
You can install Opera with Petget.
Mark
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I used Opera for a while recently with all the widgets I used to use in Winblows, and the shadow was still there, so they will still look ugly.MU wrote:No, Puppy does not support widgets.
You would need KDE for that. KDE has an own widget-engine.
Alternatively, try the webbrowser "Opera".
It has widgets like clocks, calendars and such, that it can place on your desktop (I think they are called gadgets there).
But they seem to have problems with transparency, many might look ugly because of that (the drop-shadows).
At least that was my impression some months ago, maybe that issue was fixed meanwhile.
You can install Opera with Petget.
Mark
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good morning,
clock:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=16047
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=8516
For TV-program I use online-guides in my webbrowser.
Mark
clock:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=16047
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=8516
For TV-program I use online-guides in my webbrowser.
Mark
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