Atuin Dev, You're telling me that "awesome" config affects whether or not the package manager works?
That's insane. Why in hell would the window manager affect the package manager/installer? Bill Dudley This email is free of malware because I run Linux. On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 1:04 PM, ATuin Developer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > El 25 dic. 2016 5:07 PM, "William Dudley" <[email protected]> escribió: > > Hi, > > This has been "amusing", as I'm retired so the waste of time > hasn't cost me much, but this really needs a LOT of work if > you expect any but the most dedicated types to stay with it. > > This is a fresh install of GoboLinux 016. > > I tried replacing your comically large terminal program with xterm, > because I couldn't figure out which of the 50 command line arguments in the > rc.lua invocation of urxvt would change the font size and window size. > > > The manual for urxvt tells you that you can change the don't through the > command line (as options) or modifying the .Xresources file. A quick search > in Google wold tell you. > > Also the guys who develop awesome maintain a really nice wiki where they > explain how to do that kind of things (a much more). > > Nothing to see with gobolinux though, In any distro using awesome it will > be the same (I have been running awesome in slackware for long time) > > > So I replaced that invocation with: > > local terminal = "xterm -fg green -bg black" > > That sort of works, except when running 'vi', the screen doesn't paint > correctly. > So that experiment failed. > > > again this is related to the awesome config that you want to achieve. > awesome it's not like gnome or kde. You really need to read the awesome doc > to tune it. > > > Next, I read the wiki, wondering how to install software and do upgrades > to existing software. > > The wiki says, to do upgrades, to run "Manager". > > zsh: command not found: Manager. > blah blah,try > InstallPackage Manager > > OK, I try that. > > Result: Package for Manager not found. > > I also tried to install the following: mplayer, audacious, deluge, kicad, > xine, > OpenSCAD, and audacity. All "not found". One helpful suggestion > that popped up was "did I mean Xpdf". I like that program, so I installed > it. > That, amazingly, worked. > > But xpdf does not appear in the menu system, and it's not clear how to > add it. I looked in rc.lua for a clue; found references to Audacious and > MPlayer, > which *don't* appear in the menu, but do, apparently, exist in some > alternate > GoboUniverse. > > > more about awesome config, dont blame gobo for this please, again read the > awesome config it's really good. > > > So, I'm done. GoboLinux needs major work if you expect more than a handful > of users. > > > I agree that some things needs to be improved, onviously the average user > of gobo it's an advance user confident with Linux. > > > Good luck on the project. > Bill Dudley > > This email is free of malware because I run Linux. > > _______________________________________________ > gobolinux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > gobolinux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-users > >
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