Does anyone have whyteboard running? I saw it mentioned in the Dec-2010 issue of Linuxjournal, but I can’t get it to run, either from the rpm in the build service, nor from the tarball on the whyteboard website, nor from the rpm on the whyteboard web site.
In all cases I get an error something like:
oldcpu@hal2009:~> python whyteboard.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "whyteboard.py", line 46, in <module>
import wx
ImportError: No module named wx
I would be surprised if I am missing the prerequisite wx, as I have:
I think it’s broken -
Installing the rpm into a 32-bit 11.3,
It won’t run due to numerous code errors
SuSEBOX:/home/tony # which whyteboard
/usr/bin/whyteboard
SuSEBOX:/home/tony # /usr/bin/whyteboard --help
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/whyteboard", line 47, in <module>
from whyteboard import WhyteboardApp
File "/usr/lib/whyteboard/whyteboard/__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
from whyteboard.gui import WhyteboardApp
File "/usr/lib/whyteboard/whyteboard/gui/__init__.py", line 25, in <module>
from panels import ControlPanel, MediaPanel, SidePanel
File "/usr/lib/whyteboard/whyteboard/gui/panels.py", line 29, in <module>
import wx.media
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/media.py", line 8, in <module>
import _media
ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_media.so: undefined symbol: wxEVT_MEDIA_FINISHED
SuSEBOX:/home/tony #
I didn’t try running it purely off the tarball, I assume the rpm should be based on the tarball and IMO the errors are likely too basic to make a diff.
I have met those dependencies, but I get the same error.
I think the package is broken for openSUSE, because of something that openSUSE does different from the distribution in which the package was created. I don’t think the package is broken for all distributions.
There is a ‘glowing’ review/article on this application in the December 2010 issue of LinuxJournal, and presumably the application had to run for that article to be written.
I note the inability to easily modify PDF files is one of the MAIN reasons why my wife refuses to use Linux, and hence I confess to having some selfish reasons for wanting to see this run on openSUSE.
When I skimmed the documentation, it looked like PDFs aren’t actually modified, Whyteboard applies its own graphic layer on top of the PDF, and that layer is never integrated/exported/merged with the PDF. If true, then Whyteboard may not really be much different than using GIMP, and GIMP will save as a single universally readable file.
As or “easily” modifying PDF files, have you tried OpenOffice Writer?
Although I’m having some issues with Writer sometimes reading formats (particularly tables) correctly, it will edit PDFs.
Yes, I have tried it, and unfortunately my wife finds it comes up lacking. She prefers Adobe software under windoze over what she can do with openoffice in Linux.
Unfortunately,
I’d have to agree with her. If I’m doing anything for myself I’m willing to use various “free” apps but when I build something professionally to distribute to others I find I have to use MS, always. Adobe options are getting better, but the same generally applies.