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spookykid

Member

From: Portugal

Registered: 2006-07-23

Posts: 141

gkrellm package missing from repos

gkrellm is missing from the repos. here's the output:

root /home/spookykid/ # pacman -S gkrellmpc
resolving dependencies... 
error: cannot resolve dependencies for "gkrellmpc" ("gkrellm" is not in the package set)
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: gkrellmpc requires gkrellm

Just to let you know

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AndyRTR

Developer

From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

Posts: 1,642

Re: gkrellm package missing from repos

check wiki/dev-public ml for repo cleanups

Ramses de Norre

Member

From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

Posts: 1,289

Re: gkrellm package missing from repos

Is unsupported the same as AUR? So no longer available through pacman? That's a shame for gkrellm then...
And are community and unstable frequently updated? I assume not as frequently as current and extra?

spookykid

Member

From: Portugal

Registered: 2006-07-23

Posts: 141

Re: gkrellm package missing from repos

Yes I totally agree with you, it's a real shame that's one of my favorite apps. And I'm not very fond of using AUR.

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Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: gkrellm package missing from repos

I'll add gkrellm to community repo as is a depends of gkrellmpc.

Updating frequency of community and unstable repo are the same as current/extra.

spookykid

Member

From: Portugal

Registered: 2006-07-23

Posts: 141

Re: gkrellm package missing from repos

Many thanks

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Ramses de Norre

Member

From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

Posts: 1,289

Re: gkrellm package missing from repos

So we wont have a real disadvantage because it's in community instead of extra? That's nice

RAMChYLD

Member

Registered: 2022-11-12

Posts: 9

Re: gkrellm package missing from repos

You have GOT to be kidding me. gkrellm is something I use all the time.

I know this purge is due to Arch completely dropping GTK2 support including the shim to let GTK2 programs compile on GTK3. But losing Pidgin, Hexchat, Grip, now gkrellm... Why?

PS: Installing from AUR isn't helping. I started experiencing intermittent freezing on KDE after installing GTK2 from AUR. I think the right thing to do would be to keep the shim (as it is maintained by OpenSuSE) and just keep letting these tools exist.

PPS: I also found out that the developer of gkrellm passed in 2021. This probably means that unless someone forks it, it's good as died with the developer.

Last edited by RAMChYLD (2026-01-31 06:52:58)

skunktrader

Member

From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,667

Re: gkrellm package missing from repos

@RAMChYLD.

Perhaps you didn't notice the date of the previous post before adding your opinion

RAMChYLD

Member

Registered: 2022-11-12

Posts: 9

Re: gkrellm package missing from repos

@RAMChYLD.

Perhaps you didn't notice the date of the previous post before adding your opinion

You're right, I hadn't until after I posted my greviences. Sorry for the necro, I had to get it off my chest.

Lock the thread if you don't want it to sprawl on.

Last edited by RAMChYLD (2026-01-31 11:25:07)

teckk

Member

Registered: 2013-02-21

Posts: 573

Re: gkrellm package missing from repos

Anyone missing gkrellm, have a look at conky. Works well, very configurable.

WorMzy

Administrator

From: Scotland

Registered: 2010-06-16

Posts: 13,346

Website

Re: gkrellm package missing from repos

Mod note: Closing this ancient thread.

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