download and installation of compiz-fusion:Opensuse 10.3

[ftougr]

pls help me. i need to download and install cf to linux openSUSE 10.3
but i dont have an internet connection at linux. can u help me to do it?

[delfick]

hello

I'll show you how to get the source and compile and install that.

first, the the core from http://releases.compiz-fusion.org/0.6.0/compiz/compiz-0.6.2.tar.gz

and extract to some folder, say ~/source/
then cd to that folder in the terminal
#cd ~/source/compiz

and compile
#./configure && make

hopefully it doesn't give errors, if it does post them in this forum (I get the feeling you're gonna get some dependency issues with ./configure, but I use ubuntu, so I'm not sure how many dependencies opensuse doesn't have)

then install
#sudo make install

then to get compiz-fusion packages.

download the tar.gz files of the following from http://releases.compiz-fusion.org/0.6.0/

bcop
libcompizconfig
compizconfig-python
plugins-main
plugins-extra
plugins-unsupported
emerald
emerald-themes
ccsm

and extract them to some folder

then in the terminal, cd to that folder and type
#gedit install.sh

and add the following to that file
#! /bin/bash
for i in "bcop" "libcompizconfig" "compizconfig-python" "plugins-main" "plugins-extra" "plugins-unsupported" "emerald" "emerald-themes";do cd $i;git pull origin 0.6.0;./configure;make;sudo make install;cd ..;ls;done;cd ccsm;sudo make install;sudo python setup.py install


then save and quit and type
#chmod +x install.sh
#./install.sh

good luck :D

[ftougr]

wow! many things to do...
why doesnt the guys who make those doesnt make them as simple as windows?
its more simple i think

[delfick]

lol

if you're talking about linux in generald with source based installing where you have to compile as well, that is because this means a greater amount of control, which is one of the benefits of linux

if you're talking about the compiz people not making any binary packages in .rpm or .deb format, they don't do that because they leave that up to the distros and packagers to do.

with ubuntu we have packages.ubuntu.com where all the packages in the ubuntu repos can be accessed.
If opensuse has something similar you could go there and download their compiz packages and install via that.

.... :D

also, why don't you have internet for your linux box?

[ftougr]

i dont know how to use the wifi card from linux :P
i got 2 OS's to my pc linux openSUSE and windows vista

[delfick]

i dont know how to use the wifi card from linux :P

ahh, k then, opensuse seems to have a few methods by which you can get help http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate (I suggest the forums) as internet will make this process a lot easier for you :D

once you do get internet working, there is this http://en.opensuse.org/Compiz-Fusion#Pre-installation_checklist

good luck :D

[ftougr]

if i really had internet to linux i would use the ymp thing... i will try.! thx man
btw. u got msn? i get really tired of waiting u to post at the forum
and it is 2.18am!

[Deciare]

Depending on whether you are using 32-bit or 64-bit flavour of openSuSE 10.3, grab your Compiz Fusion packages from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_10.3/i586/ or http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_10.3/x86_64/, respectively.

You can install them with this command:
rpm -U <name_of_package>.rpm <name_of_next_package>.rpm <name_of_another_package>.rpm
and so on.

You don't need an Internet connection to install package files that are already on your disk. Their dependencies, however... We can hope there aren't any?

[ftougr]

i must download those all? (64 bit)

[ftougr]

i will reply to everyone tommorow (in greece its 2:42 am now) bb all

[Deciare]

i must download those all? (64 bit)
You can leave out the -devel packages if you don't plan on compiling your own plugins. And if your graphic card (and its driver) doesn't require Xgl to use Compiz, you can also leave out the xgl-git package. You only need xwinwrap if you're going to use hackish animated wallpapers, and I don't even know what fdupes is. The configuration backend packages are optional since the default flat-file backend's the most reliable one anyway. ;)

compiz-bcop, fusion-icon, compizconfig-settings-manager, compiz-gnome/kde, emerald, and the plugin packages are all optional, but you'll want them if you want more than a minimalist installation.

[ftougr]

idk if my graphic card use xgl. i not even got the driver for it

[delfick]

hmm, what is your graphics card?


btw. u got msn?

yes, but I rather keep support questions to the forum

so that if other people have the same question, then they can benefit from the answers as well.....

[ftougr]

well...
its an ati radeon high definition i think 2400... 700 mb. which is it? so i can download the driver (i got a site ;))

[Deciare]

I'm sure that card will be a better choice once ATI gets its drivers into shape. ^^;

For something so new, I think you have no choice but to use the newest version of the fglrx driver (8.43.3, a.k.a. "Catalyst 7.11"). Even though the driver supports the extensions required to run Compiz, people usually have a hard time (http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=5068) with it... You can read through that thread for information you'll hopefully be able to use to make the driver work acceptably for you.

This driver doesn't require Xgl, by the way, so you can leave the xgl-git package uninstalled.

[some-guy]

i must download those all? (64 bit)
get:
compiz
compiz-gnome/kde
compiz-emerald
compiz-fusion-plugins-extra
compiz-fusion-plugins-main
compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported
compizconfig-settings-manager
fusion-icon
libcompizconfig
libcompizconfig-backend-gconf/kconfig
python-compizconfig
put them on your desktop!

lemme check the deps real quick...
ok if you have the installation dvd or the gnome cd, put it in your comp, then run
cd ~/Desktop
su
zypper install update-desktop-files intltool pyrex python-gnome python-gtk gtk2 mDNSResponder-lib perl-XML-Parser bzip2 metacity perl-XML-Parser gconf2-rpm-macros
rpm -i compiz-0.6.9_git071204-8.1.x86_64.rpm compiz-emerald-0.6.9_git071204-1.3.x86_64.rpm compiz-fusion-plugins-extra-0.6.9_git071204-4.1.x86_64.rpm compiz-fusion-plugins-main-0.6.9_git071204-1.3.x86_64.rpm compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported-0.6.9_git071204-7.1.x86_64.rpm compiz-gnome/kde-0.6.9_git071204-8.1.x86_64.rpm compizconfig-settings-manager-0.6.9_git071204-4.4.x86_64.rpm fusion-icon-0.0.1_071020-2.1.x86_64.rpm libcompizconfig-0.6.9_git071204-3.3.x86_64.rpm libcompizconfig-backend-gconf/kconfig-0.6.9_git071204-1.3.x86_64.rpm python-compizconfig-0.6.9_git071204-1.4.x86_64.rpm

[ftougr]

get:

lemme check the deps real quick...
ok if you have the installation dvd or the gnome cd, put it in your comp, then run
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i got kde! not gnome :D

[some-guy]

then put the kde install cd and try
cd ~/Desktop
su
zypper install update-desktop-files intltool pyrex python-kde python-qt python-qt4 python-qt3 python-gtk gtk2 mDNSResponder-lib perl-XML-Parser bzip2 perl-XML-Parser
rpm -i compiz-0.6.9_git071204-8.1.x86_64.rpm compiz-emerald-0.6.9_git071204-1.3.x86_64.rpm compiz-fusion-plugins-extra-0.6.9_git071204-4.1.x86_64.rpm compiz-fusion-plugins-main-0.6.9_git071204-1.3.x86_64.rpm compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported-0.6.9_git071204-7.1.x86_64.rpm compiz-kde-0.6.9_git071204-8.1.x86_64.rpm compizconfig-settings-manager-0.6.9_git071204-4.4.x86_64.rpm fusion-icon-0.0.1_071020-2.1.x86_64.rpm libcompizconfig-0.6.9_git071204-3.3.x86_64.rpm libcompizconfig-backend-kconfig-0.6.9_git071204-1.3.x86_64.rpm python-compizconfig-0.6.9_git071204-1.4.x86_64.rpm

NOTE: If you get something like 'package python-kde not found', ignore it because I guessed on some of the names ;)