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heliobates

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Registered: 2007-09-24

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SOLVED: Where is Eterm?

Sorry if I missed a memo, but I need Eterm to run fbsetbg properly.

But [Ee]term doesn't seem to be in any of the repositories.

Where is it?

Last edited by heliobates (2007-11-10 05:46:33)

shen

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Registered: 2003-09-05

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Re: SOLVED: Where is Eterm?

That's be cause it is no longer listed as a supported terminal app.. It's in the AUR under unsupported...

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … s=0&SeB=nd

heliobates

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Registered: 2007-09-24

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Re: SOLVED: Where is Eterm?

That's be cause it is no longer listed as a supported terminal app.. It's in the AUR under unsupported...

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … s=0&SeB=nd

Thanks. I just found it and I'm building it now.

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

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Re: SOLVED: Where is Eterm?

You can use feh and other wallpaper setters, Eterm is not required for fbsetbg.

Also take a look at nitrogen for a different approach.

James

sveinemann

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Registered: 2007-09-30

Posts: 108

Re: SOLVED: Where is Eterm?

WHY? Would be my question to the idiot who decided to do this. Shit load of extra work. THANK YOU

shen

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Re: SOLVED: Where is Eterm?

svienemann, not very cracious are we.. Devs put in a lot of work maintaining packages and not every terminal app can or will be maintained..I don't get the to "much work", you compile once and you're done. I don't think eterm is even maintained upstream anymore..so it makes sense not to have it in the main repos.

ekerazha

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Registered: 2007-02-27

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Re: SOLVED: Where is Eterm?

Devs put in a lot of work maintaining packages and not every terminal app can or will be maintained..

Just add new devs

Dusty

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Re: SOLVED: Where is Eterm?

Devs put in a lot of work maintaining packages and not every terminal app can or will be maintained..

Just add new devs

Not for a package that very few people use. That's what AUR unsupported is FOR! Community is for packages that a TU is willing to maintain but is not important enough to be supported by the distro. If Eterm in unsupported got a lot of votes, it would end up in there.

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Glan

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Registered: 2007-11-16

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Re: SOLVED: Where is Eterm?

Even so, fluxbox is still in community last i checked, so why stop supporting one of the dependencies for backgrounds?

/me trodes off to waste 5minutes to make his own package

shen

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Registered: 2003-09-05

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Re: SOLVED: Where is Eterm?

All I can say is start voting...

Also look at the link below for a list of wallpaper setters that fluxbox supports... As you can see eterm isn't required...

http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php/Howto … do_I_do.3F