Looking for openSUSE package for Zim the deskto wiki

[homoludens1000]

You're welcome, I was glad to see the interest. Very encouraging. How did you manage it if you can say?

Good question, I've no idea why it worked this time! I have only very rudimentary knowledge of compiling software, so my compilation activities are much like the proverbial ape on the typewriter ...

I just tried to follow the readme, added and updated some packages the compiler was complaining about, and presto! there I was with Zim working on my laptop!

[TeaSwigger]

Ha. Wonder what we did differently. Do you have the KDE or Gnome version? I have the KDE. But why that would matter here I don't know... tried installing anything that seemed remotely relevant as it sounds like you did. Frustrating, idn't it. Well here's hoping they spin up an rpm.

[malcolmlewis]

Ha. Wonder what we did differently. Do you have the KDE or Gnome
version? I have the KDE. But why that would matter here I don't know...
tried installing anything that seemed remotely relevant as it sounds
like you did. Frustrating, idn't it. Well here's hoping they spin up an
rpm.

Hi
I'm in the process of packaging up perl-File-BaseDir,
perl-File-DesktopEntry, perl-File-MimeInfo and perl-Gtk2-Spell in my
home of the openSUSE Build Service. Things seem to be moving slow on
there at the moment, but they are scheduled.

I'm still playing with zim to get it to build as an rpm, so hopefully
will get this done sometime today (Unless our 2 1/2 year old has other
plans for me )

--
Cheers Malcolm ��� (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.27.29-0.1-default
up 4 days 18:09, 2 users, load average: 0.06, 0.12, 0.13
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - CUDA Driver Version: 190.18

[TeaSwigger]

I'm still playing with zim to get it to build as an rpm, so hopefully
will get this done sometime today (Unless our 2 1/2 year old has other
plans for me )

Very kind of you, thanks - and good luck (especially with the 2 1/2 year old)!

[malcolmlewis]

malcolmlewis;2044370 Wrote:
> I'm still playing with zim to get it to build as an rpm, so hopefully
> will get this done sometime today (Unless our 2 1/2 year old has other
> plans for me )

Very kind of you, thanks - and good luck (especially with the 2 1/2
year old)!

Hi
Well had to also build the perl-gtk2-trayicon, so that and zim are up
on the build server. So it's just a matter of waiting..... things are
slow

--
Cheers Malcolm ��� (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.27.29-0.1-default
up 5 days 3:59, 2 users, load average: 0.36, 0.20, 0.18
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - CUDA Driver Version: 190.18

[malcolmlewis]

malcolmlewis;2044370 Wrote:
> I'm still playing with zim to get it to build as an rpm, so hopefully
> will get this done sometime today (Unless our 2 1/2 year old has other
> plans for me )

Very kind of you, thanks - and good luck (especially with the 2 1/2
year old)!

Hi
In the interim, I've uploaded the src and i586 rpms built on my vmware
machine and are available here;
<http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/4/6/2393623/zim_src_i586.tar.bz2>
Unpack and cd to the directory via a terminal session.

If your using 32bit then just install from the command line, else
rebuild the src rpms.

sudo rpm -Uhv *i586.rpm

or rebuild from src individually eg

rpmbuild --rebuild perl-File-BaseDir-0.03-2.1.src.rpm
sudo rpm
-Uhv /usr/src/packages/RPMS/<your_arch>perl-File-BaseDir-0.03-2.1.<your_arch>.rpm

Where <your_arch> is i586 or x86_64, the last few lines of the build
will say wrote.... the location of the file.

The sudo rpm command is all one line as well

You may need to install dependencies so install these via zypper from
the command line or YaST.

For example;

sudo zypper in gtkspell-devel

Also rebuild/install in the order of BaseDir, DesktopEntry, MimeInfo,
Spell, TrayIcon and finally Zim.

Enjoy

--
Cheers Malcolm ��� (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.27.29-0.1-default
up 5 days 6:52, 2 users, load average: 0.34, 0.41, 0.57
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - CUDA Driver Version: 190.18

[TeaSwigger]

Enjoy

Amazing - thank you! Our hero. Thanks for your help in bringing this app to everyone using OpenSuSE.

Your package probably works great but alas, as luck would have it, it doesn't here. Sorted out your directions (it's a "vintage" PIII so the 32bit approach) and install of perl bits and zim went perfectly. Started zim. Watched the kursor kbounce as I kwaited but after a kbit it went kpoof. Launch from terminal feedback is:

Could not setup daemon: Address already in use at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/Zim/GUI/Daemon.pm line 159.

whereupon it is aborted. I've no clue what that means. Perhaps I should post for help on something in another place in the forums? Perhaps I have some sand in here instead of a Perl?

Must be my luck - more than a bit of that this week, plugging on Friday & Saturday what should've been done first thing in the week for some detail or other, from the car to the computer. None the less, the show of dedication on this offsets the frustration on my end and I remain pleasantly impressed with my trial of OpenSuSE thus far.

[malcolmlewis]

malcolmlewis;2044544 Wrote:
> Enjoy
<snip>
Code:
--------------------
Could not setup daemon: Address already in use
at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/Zim/GUI/Daemon.pm line 159.
--------------------

Hi
There isn't an old instance of zim running is there?

Your running 11.1 KDE4.1 or KDE3.5? (Although I'm using Gnome)

--
Cheers Malcolm ��� (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.27.29-0.1-default
up 5 days 15:35, 2 users, load average: 0.40, 0.41, 0.31
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - CUDA Driver Version: 190.18

[TeaSwigger]

Hi
There isn't an old instance of zim running is there?

Hello Checked that in top since that was all I could think it might mean. But there is no instance of zim and nothing that I can see even remotely related. Also the unit's been rebooted since and I've started with new sessions, still same feedback messages.

Your running 11.1 KDE4.1 or KDE3.5? (Although I'm using Gnome)

It's a new install of the latest 11.1 with KDE (4.3 now). Thanks again for your attention, it's very kind.

[malcolmlewis]

malcolmlewis;2044638 Wrote:
> Hi
> There isn't an old instance of zim running is there?

Hello Checked that in top since that was all I could think it might
mean. But there is no instance of zim and nothing that I can see even
remotely related. Also the unit's been rebooted since and I've started
with new sessions, still same feedback messages.

> Your running 11.1 KDE4.1 or KDE3.5? (Although I'm using Gnome)

It's a new install of the latest 11.1 with KDE (4.3 now). Thanks again
for your attention, it's very kind.

Hi
All the perl bits are build on the OBS, there is an earlier version of
xim, however I changed it to a noarch package which is still scheduled
to build.

If you go to the following link and download the perl modules (not
zim though) and then run through the install routine (sudo rpm
-Uhv ....) again
http://download.opensuse.org/reposit...USE_11.1/i586/

If you open a konsole and run the command;

ps -ef |grep zim

There should be three running when it starts.

See how the above goes, then report back.

Another thought, have you unistalled the previous version from user ab
from your system? If not please do that.

--
Cheers Malcolm ��� (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.27.29-0.1-default
up 0:03, 2 users, load average: 0.40, 0.51, 0.23
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - CUDA Driver Version: 190.18