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DanielFGray

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From: Galveston, TX

Registered: 2011-10-16

Posts: 26

Ubuntu Onboard package

I've fallen in love with the Ubuntu onscreen keyboard Onboard, but since it's an Ubuntu project it's not available in the Debian repos
I was wondering if there would be a way to get a build in the Crunchbang repos?

Awebb

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Registered: 2009-07-23

Posts: 2,812

Re: Ubuntu Onboard package

Sure. Get us the names of the relevant packages and we tell you how to build it.

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bozhkov

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Registered: 2009-12-29

Posts: 463

Re: Ubuntu Onboard package

http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/gok

DanielFGray

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From: Galveston, TX

Registered: 2011-10-16

Posts: 26

Re: Ubuntu Onboard package

Sure. Get us the names of the relevant packages and we tell you how to build it.

https://launchpad.net/onboard
I've tried manually adding the deb file but it doesn't work correctly

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of onboard:
 onboard depends on python-virtkey (>= 0.60.0); however:
  Package python-virtkey is not installed.
 onboard depends on gir1.2-wnck-3.0; however:
  Package gir1.2-wnck-3.0 is not installed.

neither packages are available in the debian repos
I could go ahead and build each package from source, but my question was more about getting them in the repos.
I've never built .deb files to be distributed, if I used pbuilder to make some .debs, is there a chance of them making them into the #! repositories?

http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/gok

I can't even get this to work. After installing and running, I get a grid of buttons, none of which do anything when pressed.,

Awebb

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Registered: 2009-07-23

Posts: 2,812

Re: Ubuntu Onboard package

I've never built .deb files to be distributed, if I used pbuilder to make some .debs, is there a chance of them making them into the #! repositories?

If you're the only one who wants the package, then probably never. But, on the other hand, if you present a pre-made package to the maintainer, how could he say no?

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VastOne

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Registered: 2011-04-26

Posts: 9,726

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Re: Ubuntu Onboard package

I've tried manually adding the deb file but it doesn't work correctly

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of onboard:
 onboard depends on python-virtkey (>= 0.60.0); however:
  Package python-virtkey is not installed.
 onboard depends on gir1.2-wnck-3.0; however:
  Package gir1.2-wnck-3.0 is not installed.

neither packages are available in the debian repos

According to this site, python-vertkey can be built even for squeeze.. 

https://answers.launchpad.net/virtkey/+question/171613

Here you will see that gir1.2-wnck-3.0 is available for wheezy/testing and sid

http://packages.debian.org/search?keywo … lla-search

My advice would be to install Waldorf, which would have gir1.2-wnck-3.0 available and find out how to build python-vertkey and you would be able to install the app from it's deb source.

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GergoE

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From: Budapest, Hungary

Registered: 2013-01-26

Posts: 4

Re: Ubuntu Onboard package

Dear Daniel, could you please update me on this subject? I used to love Onboard when I used Lubuntu (no backlit keyboard on this laptop) and a deb that really works would be a great help for me, too!