I use Workrave on Windows to make sure that I walk away from my computer every now and then, but I can’t find it in openSUSE’s repositories although it is available for Linux.
Then I tried compiling it from source, but I got this error…
pdedecker@linux-s6cn:~/Desktop/workrave-1.9.3> ./autogen.sh
Warning: I am going to run configure' with no arguments. If you wish to pass any to it, please specify them on the ./autogen.sh’ command line.
Running intltoolize…
Running libtoolize…
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in .'. libtoolize: copying file ./ltmain.sh’
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, m4'. libtoolize: copying file m4/libtool.m4’
…
checking for prefix by checking for workrave… no
checking for platform… Unix
checking for pkg-config… /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0… yes
checking for X… no
configure: error: X11 required on Unix platform
Any idea what this could mean? Is Workrave incompatible with KDE4? Is openSUSE using a different windowing system?
I’m willing to try similar software packages if they’re easier to install.
You may need the Xorg…-devel packages to be installed.
On 2011-01-01 19:36, pdedecker wrote:
> Then I tried compiling it from source, but I got this error…
>> > pdedecker@linux-s6cn:~/Desktop/workrave-1.9.3> ./autogen.sh
Typically, the first step is “./configure”. To have to use autogen is
strange. Are you sure this is what the instructions say?
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)
software.opensuse.org: Search Results for 'workrave, not exluding user homedirs, tells me it’s there as a package for openSUSE !!!
This means some one else has already done the job for you. Please let us know if you got this to work.
Am I still missing a package?
http://i.imgur.com/0QKIe.png
I installed xorg-x11-devel and all dependencies. I haven’t rebooted the X server yet - is this necessary? Cuz I’m still getting the error.
See my post above, might save a lot of searching and puzzling.
D’oh… I assumed the build process was almost the same with all packages so I didn’t even go looking for install instructions. Sometimes I just forget about rule number 1 of tech support: Read The Manual. I tried ./configure like the install instructions suggested, but this results in the same error. I think ./autogen.sh automatically started ./configure because it hadn’t been run yet.
Anyway, I tried the homebrew RPM. I had looked at software.opensuse.org before that, but I didn’t know that I could search for homebrew RPMs. The program seems to be working now, but I don’t think it integrates with the KDE taskbar. In GNOME and Windows, it neatly integrates with the taskbar. The Workrave site doesn’t seem to mention KDE, so I guess I’m outta luck. Are there any alternatives to Workrave that you know of that do work with KDE?
On 2011-01-01 22:06, pdedecker wrote:
> tried ./configure like the install instructions suggested, but this
> results in the same error.
In those cases, I delete the directory and recreate from the tar archive.
I’m not sure what my previous attempt/mistake created, so I delete it all.
> I think ./autogen.sh automatically started
> /configure because it hadn’t been run yet.
Yes, but I think it also creates the configure script from scratch, and if
I were doing it, I’d suspect I did it wrong.
> I’m outta luck. Are there any alternatives to Workrave that you know of
> that do work with KDE?
Dunno. I don’t use those things. I could order my computer to go down and
hibernate from a cron job, though >:-)
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)
There’s “rsibreak” in KDE. Not installed by default. Install it and see if it can do the job for you. Looks promising to me.
Looks very promising. I’ll have to test that for a couple of days to see if I prefer Workrave without the desk applet (I still see a little popup with the break timers) or RSIbreak. Thanks for the tip.