Installing

Jul 6, 2013 12:11 PM

mogiwara

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Mar 2011

hello i'm a beginner at linux can you send me a step by step guide to install ?

Jul 20, 2013 8:06 PM

z411

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Hello, what Linux distribution are you using?

Jun 9, 2014 6:45 AM

Zefiren

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Jun 2014

Hi, like the OP, I've just began using linux a few days ago. I've installed python with the help of the askubuntu sites explaining it. However, I don't know how to install the actual wmal app at all.

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and installed ALL the requirements(including Python 2.7) but when entering the lines in python's interpreter:
# python setup.py install
$ wmal
I get no action from the first line except some "..." indicator.
The second line however provides a SyntaxError so I must be doing something wrong.
A detailed explanation of the installation process would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance to any helpers.

Jun 9, 2014 12:36 PM

z411

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Hi Zefiren,

You're not supposed to enter those lines in Python's interpreter. You should enter them in your regular terminal. Please note that by version 0.3 I'll try to provide proper Ubuntu packages for easy installation but for now we have to do it manually.

To install it, open a terminal and enter the following commands:

sudo apt-get install git python python-gtk2 python-imaging
git clone https://github.com/z411/wmal-python.git
cd wmal-python
sudo python2 setup.py install

Done.

Now to run wMAL you can enter in any terminal the command wmal-gtk and it should start. Tell me if it works.

z411Jun 9, 2014 2:00 PM

Jun 9, 2014 1:39 PM

Aru_

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Especially the last step could be tricky. If it does not work, try this instead:

sudo python2 setup.py install

And aptitude is not part of Ubuntu by default anymore, as far as I know. Use "apt-get" instead.

Aru_Jun 9, 2014 1:59 PM

Jun 9, 2014 1:59 PM

z411

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Aru_ said:
Especially the last step could be tricky. If it does not work, try this instead:

sudo python2 setup.py install

You're right I missed that, I edited my post, thanks.

Jun 20, 2014 5:42 PM

Zefiren

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z411 said:
Hi Zefiren,

...

Now to run wMAL you can enter in any terminal the command wmal-gtk and it should start. Tell me if it works.

Thanks a lot, still a beginner to Ubuntu and linux, going to order 2 books called Ubuntu Unleashed and Linux pocket guide to hopefully help, finding the solutions is one thing, learning it is another...but thank you for helping with the install and running of it :)
It all worked when I did what you both said to enter into the terminal.

Jun 21, 2014 7:00 AM

Aru_

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Since you are starting if from a terminal, the wmal process will always be a child process of the terminal. If you close the terminal, all child process will be terminated as well. That's a bit of a hassle. You can avoid this by pressing ALT + F2, type "wmal-gtk" and run it. Or you can run it from a terminal using "nohup wmal-gtk &". Or you could create a shortcut: http://askubuntu.com/questions/142159/desktop-shortcut-to-create-a-new-desktop-shortcut-doesnt-do-anything

Jun 21, 2014 7:22 AM

Zefiren

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Jun 2014

Thanks, this will be useful, cause using having to keep the terminal open with the process on it is a bit annoying there. Learning linux and this will definitely help me for the future.

Nov 17, 2014 11:23 PM

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Mankemacho

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Sep 2012

A few things you can do on Ubuntu:

Create a wMAL menu icon:
Press ctrl + alt + T, this will open up the terminal:

sudo apt-get install menulibre

Create a menu object called wmal and enter in the command box wmal-gtk and lookup the icon in the folder z411-wmal-python-d2c2614/build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/wmal/data/wmal_icon.png

To use a good media player, I recommend gnome-mplayer:
sudo apt-get install gnome-mplayer

Now change in the global settings of wmal the media player to:
gnome-mplayer

Good luck!

Apr 4, 2015 10:19 PM

#11

catonwall

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Jan 2009

Hi! Sorry for bumping this thread. If I need to create a new one, I will :)

I'm on Debian 7 (Wheezy) with all the requirements installed.

I get this error while doing (as root): python2 setup.py install

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 3, in <module>
    from setuptools import setup, find_packages
ImportError: No module named setuptools

Thanks in advance. <3

Apr 6, 2015 11:49 AM

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Aru_

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catonwall said:
Hi! Sorry for bumping this thread. If I need to create a new one, I will :)

I'm on Debian 7 (Wheezy) with all the requirements installed.

I get this error while doing (as root): python2 setup.py install

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 3, in <module>
    from setuptools import setup, find_packages
ImportError: No module named setuptools

Thanks in advance. <3

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools

Back when z411 wrote this post, setuptools was no depedency yet.

Apr 6, 2015 4:57 PM

#13

catonwall

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Jan 2009

Worked. Thank you!

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