Month: November 2009

Kde, Kubuntu, PPA, Ubuntu

Mountoid 0.1 – Kde jaunty

Posted on by Daniele E. Domenichelli

Mountoid 0.1 is a plasmoid provides a way to mount/unmount devices from fstab (e.g. network shares), show free space and open mount point location in a file manager. It is fully configurable.

I found this plasmoid really useful, so .deb package for Kubuntu Jaunty 9.04 is now available on my PPA
to install it:

  • Copy the lines below and add them to your system’s software sources. (Read about installing) 
    deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/daniele.domenichelli/backports/ubuntu jaunty main 
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/daniele.domenichelli/backports/ubuntu jaunty main

  • Import public key for my PPA: 
    sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 9D0C02D0

  • Update and install package plasma-widget-mountoid 
    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install plasma-widget-mountoid
Kde, Kubuntu, PPA, Ubuntu

KDE Service Menu Manager 0.4 – Kubuntu Jaunty

Posted on by Daniele E. Domenichelli

KDE Service Menu Manager is a System Settings module to manage service menus. The module can install and remove service menus from local files and the internet (KNewStuff).

Version 0.4 .deb package for Kubuntu Jaunty 9.04 is now available on my PPA.
To install it:

  • Copy the lines below and add them to your system’s software sources. (Read about installing)

    deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/daniele.domenichelli/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
    deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/daniele.domenichelli/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

  • Import public key for my PPA:

    sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 9D0C02D0

  • Update and install package kcm-servicemenus

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install kcm-servicemenus

After installing you will find a new icon “Service Menu Manager” in advanced tab of System Settings.
This will allow you to install new service menus that will show when you right-click icons on your filesystem.

EDIT: I built this package for karmic too

Kde, Kubuntu, PPA, Ubuntu

Digikam 1.0.0 beta6 and kipi-plugins 0.8.0 – Kubuntu jaunty

Posted on by Daniele E. Domenichelli

Digikam (and showfoto) 1.0.0 beta6 and kipi-plugins 0.8.0 .deb packages for Kubuntu Jaunty 9.04 are available on my backports PPA.
To install them:

  • Copy the lines below and add them to your system’s software sources. (Read about installing)

    deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/daniele.domenichelli/backports/ubuntu jaunty main
    deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/daniele.domenichelli/backports/ubuntu jaunty main

  • Import public key for my PPA:

    sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 9D0C02D0

  • Update and install package digikam

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install digikam

  • If you wish you can install also showfoto

    sudo apt-get install showfoto
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Kde, Kubuntu, PPA, Ubuntu

KDevelop 4 beta6 – Kubuntu jaunty and karmic

Posted on by Daniele E. Domenichelli

Kdevelop 4 and kdevplatform beta6 .deb packages for Kubuntu Jaunty 9.04 are available on my backports PPA.
To install them:

  • Copy the lines below and add them to your system’s software sources. (Read about installing)

    deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/daniele.domenichelli/backports/ubuntu jaunty main
    deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/daniele.domenichelli/backports/ubuntu jaunty main

  • Import public key for my PPA:

    sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 9D0C02D0

  • Update and install package kdevelop

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install kdevelop

EDIT:
Also .deb packages for Kubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 are available on my backports PPA.
To install them just follow the instructions for Jaunty, replacing the lines to add in your system’s software sources with:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/daniele.domenichelli/backports/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/daniele.domenichelli/backports/ubuntu karmic main

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