Does not install to non-home directory

[nobodycanseemeever]

I attempted to install the plugins in /usr/share/cairo-dock/third-party/ and /usr/share/cairo-dock/plugins/ but cairo-dock would not find them in either directory. Installing to $HOME/.config/cairo-dock/third-party/ did work; however, I am the packager for the Arch Linux version of the package, and installing to $HOME is not a viable solution for releasing a package.

[Fabounet (fabounet03)]

Hi,
first, thank you for packaging Cairo-dock for Arch :-)
I suppose you're re-using the package that existed on
http://repo.archlinux.fr ?
Do you plan to package some third-party applets, within the plug-ins
package or as a separate package ?
If so, they should go in /usr/share/cairo-dock/plug-ins/Dbus/third-party
(the reason is that it's the Dbus plug-in that provides the Dbus interface).

2013/4/7 luolimao <email address hidden>

> Public bug reported:
>
> I attempted to install the plugins in /usr/share/cairo-dock/third-party/
> and /usr/share/cairo-dock/plugins/ but cairo-dock would not find them in
> either directory. Installing to $HOME/.config/cairo-dock/third-party/
> did work; however, I am the packager for the Arch Linux version of the
> package, and installing to $HOME is not a viable solution for releasing
> a package.
>
> ** Affects: cairo-dock-plug-ins-extras
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
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> Title:
> Does not install to non-home directory
>
> Status in Cairo-Dock: Plug-Ins Extras (third-party):
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I attempted to install the plugins in /usr/share/cairo-dock/third-
> party/ and /usr/share/cairo-dock/plugins/ but cairo-dock would not
> find them in either directory. Installing to $HOME/.config/cairo-dock
> /third-party/ did work; however, I am the packager for the Arch Linux
> version of the package, and installing to $HOME is not a viable
> solution for releasing a package.
>
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[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

Hello,

More and more 'third-party' applets should now work with both Python 2 and 3: e.g. GMail, XChat, Translator, Transmission, etc.
But is possible that GI modules are missing on Arch? It seems that GMail applet doesn't work with Python 3 on ArchLinux => http://glx-dock.org/bg_topic.php?t=6786

[nobodycanseemeever (nobodycanseemeever)]

@fabounet03
Actually, I'm using the current cairo-dock 3.2.0. Anyway, your suggestion worked, and thank you. I would never have guessed that on my own :]

@matttbe
The Gmail applet actually does load for me. I don't know how to use it, (I can't find anything that says "Add or change subscription") but the applet at least loads and is configurable.

[nobodycanseemeever (nobodycanseemeever)]

Not a software bug

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

> The Gmail applet actually does load for me. I don't know how to use it, (I can't find anything that says "Add or change subscription") but the applet at least loads and is configurable.

These applets can be loaded (an icon will be created) and crash without crashing all the dock. Can you just launch the dock from a terminal and check if there is crash?

[Fabounet (fabounet03)]

well, not exactly a crash, but python seems to not be able to load the
required modules (Gtk)
so the applet is loaded but doesn't do anything (there should be an entry
in the right-click menu to add an account)
it works on other distributions with python2/3, but apparently not on Arch

2013/4/7 Matthieu Baerts <email address hidden>

> > The Gmail applet actually does load for me. I don't know how to use
> it, (I can't find anything that says "Add or change subscription") but
> the applet at least loads and is configurable.
>
> These applets can be loaded (an icon will be created) and crash without
> crashing all the dock. Can you just launch the dock from a terminal and
> check if there is crash?
>
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> Title:
> Does not install to non-home directory
>
> Status in Cairo-Dock: Plug-Ins Extras (third-party):
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> I attempted to install the plugins in /usr/share/cairo-dock/third-
> party/ and /usr/share/cairo-dock/plugins/ but cairo-dock would not
> find them in either directory. Installing to $HOME/.config/cairo-dock
> /third-party/ did work; however, I am the packager for the Arch Linux
> version of the package, and installing to $HOME is not a viable
> solution for releasing a package.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-plug-ins-extras/+bug/1165605/+subscriptions
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[nobodycanseemeever (nobodycanseemeever)]

Ah I see. Yeah, the "Add account" menu isn't there.

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

And no error in the terminal?