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hdate-applet package

How to get hdate-applet working on Ubuntu trusty

Asked by MikeR

Running Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) with GNOME fallback
Downloaded and installed hd-applet_0.15.11-2_i386.deb
Did:
$ sudo find / -name hdate-applet -print
[sudo] password for mike:
/usr/share/pixmaps/hdate-applet
/usr/share/doc/hdate-applet
/usr/lib/hdate-applet
$ ls -l /usr/lib/hdate-applet
total 0
i.e. no files in /usr/lib/hdate-applet

What must I do to obtain and activate the applet?
(hdate and hcal work OK, so I assume the relevant libraries are installed)

Thanks,
MikeR

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Where did you get the file from?

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MikeR (mike-rechtman) said : 		#2

@actionparsnip: From Synaptic

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MikeR (mike-rechtman) said : 		#3

$ sudo apt-get install hdate-applet
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
hdate-applet is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch:core-4.1-ia32:core-4.1-noarch:security-4.0-ia32:security-4.0-noarch:security-4.1-ia32:security-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

If you right click the time, can you change the applet ran?
Or, try right clicking the top panel and add the applet there.....

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MikeR (mike-rechtman) said : 		#5

right-clicking the time gives
Copy date and time
Adjust date and time (changes time zone)
Preferences
Preferences allows changing 12H / 24H clock

Right-clicking the top panel ( & Alt, or nothing happens)
shows "Add to panel" from a list which does *not* include hdate-applet or hdate-anything

In the Applications menu I find Hdate, but not hdate-applet -- not the same thing!

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MikeR (mike-rechtman) said : 		#6

Bump

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#7

According to http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/amd64/hdate-applet/filelist the executable seems to be /usr/bin/ghcal or /usr/bin/ghcal-he

What happens if you try starting ghcal ?

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MikeR (mike-rechtman) said : 		#8

ghcal starts, shows a full month with Hebrew/English dates.
I'm looking for the applet that used to run in the top panel and showed the current Hebrew date

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#9

Comparing the file lists for the lucid version with the trusty version, there seems to be the /usr/lib/hdate-applet/hdate-applet file missing. I suggest you create a bug report that the developers have a look at this.

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MikeR (mike-rechtman) said : 		#10

created a bug

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