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Karthik T (sir-nigel-loring) wrote : Re: [Bug 1026411] Re: Caffeine does not work for Linux Mint - Mate version

I assumed it should be installed with python.. You need to install
http://packages.python.org/distribute/easy_install.html#installing-easy-install.
Not sure if it can be gotten from synaptic.

Karthik T

On 30 November 2012 12:22, Rohit Pande <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi Kartik
>
> Thanks a lot for that. I tried:
>
> sudo easy_install
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1168249/caffeine-2.4.1-py2.7.egg
>
> However the response is:
> sudo: easy_install: command not found
>
>
> Which package do i need to install for running this? Typing easy install in
> Synaptic shows auto-install-el as the top hit. Is that the one I need?
>
> Thanks,
> Rohit
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Karthik T <<email address hidden>
> >wrote:
>
> > sudo
> > easy_install http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1168249/caffeine-2.4.1-py2.7.egg"
> >
>
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> Title:
> Caffeine does not work for Linux Mint - Mate version
>
> Status in Caffeine:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Hi, Caffeine currently does not work as is for the MATE version of
> linux mint, since as a part of their forking of Gnome 2 all the names
> have changed. I have attached a patch of the changes i have made to
> get it to work with MATE, basically just copied over the GNOME parts
> and replaced the names with the correct ones. It works perfectly on my
> machine.
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