MenuLibre

I can't figure out how to build/install MenuLibre

Asked by jenningsthecat

I am using XFCE under Debian Wheezy.

I have downloaded and unpacked the file 'menulibre_13.03.16.tar.gz' from the Download link on 'https://launchpad.net/menulibre'. At first I assumed that making 'setup.py' executable, and executing in a terminal, would install MenuLibre; but when I try that I get a 'command not found' error, even though I'm currently in the directory where the file resides.

There is no makefile among the extracted files, so I can't do the usual "make / make install" routine. How do I go about installing this program?

I generally rely on Debian packages for software that's not in the repos, so I don't have a lot of experience installing from tarballs. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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jenningsthecat (jenningsthecat) said : 		#1

Just solved the initial problem - I needed a './' , (dot-slash) in front of the 'setup.py' command.

However, when I execute setup, I get the following:

usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
   or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
   or: setup.py --help-commands
   or: setup.py cmd --help

error: no commands supplied

I've been unable to find any documentation or reference that tells me what arguments to supply. Help?

Thanks again!

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Sean Davis (bluesabre) said : 		#2

Try:

sudo python setup.py install

:-)

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jenningsthecat (jenningsthecat) said : 		#3

Awesome - thanks so much!

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cwynd (cclarke) said : 		#4

Hello All, trying to use MenuLibre just like the OP on a clean Wheezy / XFCE install, without installing all of gnome deps as well. Following the above instructions, MenuLibre appears to get installed ok, however it will not start. Running from a terminal I find this:
<pre>
$ menulibre
ERROR:root:Could not find any typelib for GtkSource
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/menulibre", line 48, in <module>
    import menulibre
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/menulibre/__init__.py", line 25, in <module>
    from menulibre import MenulibreWindow
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/menulibre/MenulibreWindow.py", line 23, in <module>
    from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GdkPixbuf, GObject, GtkSource # pylint: disable=E0611
ImportError: cannot import name GtkSource
</pre>

Searching (for me anyway) offers little-to-no guidance on how to fix this.

I imagine I might solve it by installing gnome, but the "weight" of that is daunting - example for installing alacarte menu editor:
<pre>
$ sudo apt-get install alacarte -s
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
......
0 upgraded, 161 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
</pre>

Massive! I am hoping maybe to get some advice on a way to satisfy above dep without doing a complete gnome install...

Thanks in advance for any help.

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Sean Davis (bluesabre) said : 		#5

Try installing these packages:

gir1.2-gtksource-3.0
libgtksourceview-3.0-0
libgtksourceview-3.0-common

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cwynd (cclarke) said : 		#6

Thanks so much, that did the trick :)