From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 26 22:15:07 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11600106564A for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:15:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFB748FC08 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:15:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SNWxt-0003IN-4T for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:15:05 +0200 Received: from cpc3-walt15-2-0-cust148.13-2.cable.virginmedia.com ([86.21.186.149]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:15:05 +0200 Received: from walterhurry by cpc3-walt15-2-0-cust148.13-2.cable.virginmedia.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:15:05 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Walter Hurry Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:14:53 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: <20120426104323.000031e3@unknown> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cpc3-walt15-2-0-cust148.13-2.cable.virginmedia.com User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Subject: Re: Python module wnck? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:15:07 -0000 On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:29:44 -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 26 Apr 2012, Walter Hurry wrote: > >> On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:43:23 -0400, Rod Person wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:37:44 +0000 (UTC) >>> Walter Hurry wrote: >>> >>>> I'm trying to get screenlets up and running on 9.0, but I'm getting >>>> the following Python error: >>>> >>>> ImportError: No module named wnck >>>> >>>> I believe that this should be supplied by a a package or port named >>>> something like py27-wnck, but am unable to trace any such. >>>> >>>> Can anyone point me in the right direction please? >>> >>> >>> It's been a year or two since I tried to get screenlets running, but >>> as I recall you need to get python wnck module yourself. libwnck is in >>> the ports which is needed for the python module. >> >> Thanks. libwnck is already installed, so I downloaded gnome-python- >> desktop-2.32.0.tar.bz2 from ftp.gnome.org, which apparently contains >> the Python wnck module. >> >> I was intending to make the whole thing, but then install only the bit >> I need. Unfortunately when it came to compile wnck, the following error >> was displayed: >> >> libtool: link: `/usr/local/lib/libxcb-aux.la' is not a valid libtool >> archive >> >> Indeed it isn't. There is no such file, even though libxcb is >> installed. > > http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=163415&postcount=17 Thanks for that link! And thanks to Rod and Poly too. I now have screenlets up and running perfectly. I have kept notes in case any other soul needs assistance. What a suerb list!. As I gain experience with FreeBSD I hope I shall be able to contribute something in return.