Most simple plasma Ruby script does not run
Bug #373645 reported by
Adrien Cordonnier
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
In Jaunty (9.04), when I try to run the most simple ruby plasmoid example from http://
The window widget displays the following error:
This object could not be created for the following reason:
Could not create a ruby-script ScriptEngine for the Hello Ruby widget.
It seems there is no Ruby bindings for Plasma nor any other scripting engines except Python (solved for Python by Bug 338996). In Debian Sid, the package is "plasma-
There should be "plasma-
affects: | ubuntu → kde4libs (Ubuntu) |
affects: | kde4libs (Ubuntu) → kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu) |
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I have found a solution by installing package libkorandum-ruby1.8 which gives Ruby binding for Plasma.
This package should be automatically installed if someone install a Plasmoid which requires it. Plasmoid can be installed with the "Get Hot New Stuff" Plasma tool without using a deb package manager.
1) Plasma should install libkorandum-ruby1.8 if "X-Plasma- API=ruby- script" is in the metadata.desktop installation file of the plasmoid (zip archive) PluginInfo- Depends= " in the metadata.desktop installation file.
2) Plasma should install dependencies as stated in "X-KDE-