Filed under: Linux, Google, Beta
Google Desktop for Linux gets gadgets
by Brad Linder Jun 5th 2008 at 11:00AM
Now Google has released an update that brings gadgets to Google Desktop for Linux. Installation is kind of a pain at the moment, since there's no .deb or .rpm package. You need to download the source code and compile the application yourself, which often means finding out that you don't have all of the necessary prerequisites installed on your system.
Fortunately Google offers a "how to build" page which lists all of the prerequisites. But if you read the comments on that page, you'll notice that dozens of people have complained about their inability to install the application properly. So you might want to wait until Google simplifies the install process.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Todd said 11:46AM on 6-05-2008
Noticing a weird "blurring" of Google's Linux Gadgets and Android. Intentional? Serendipity?
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Adam B. said 11:55AM on 6-05-2008
After downloading all the needed packages, it compiled and works well for me. It even works with the compiz widget layer!
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velocitySTRIKE said 1:35PM on 6-05-2008
I'm aware that this isn't the place for putting problems, but can anyone on Ubuntu 8.04 get it working?
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julian said 2:04PM on 6-05-2008
neat!
i feel that linux widgets were not that great
so things are looking up
... cant match dashboard though
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bruce buchanan said 8:37AM on 6-17-2008
thanks for your support,bruce buchananan.
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