On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 09:12:51PM +0100, J.I. Evers wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Todd Slater wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 07:15:17AM +0000, Job Evers wrote:
> > > I tried to build a package from source (since I could not find an rpms for 
> > > pypanel) and it said I needed python-Xlib.  Mandrake doesn't have a python-Xlib 
> > > package but I found one online.
> > >
> > > $ urpmi python-Xlib-0.12-2.noarch.rpm
> > > Some package requested cannot be installed:
> > > python-Xlib-0.12-2.noarch (due to unsatisfied python-modules[< 1:2.4])
> > >
> > > How or where do I get python-modules?  and what does [< 1:2.4] mean?!
> >
> > Just get the python module and install it from source--it's really easy.
> > From the PyPanel page, visit and download the python-xlib package,
> > unpack it, and do (as root):
> > python setup.py install
> >
> > Done. Next, do the same thing in the PyPanel directory.
> >
> 
> Wow, I feel like a dumba$$.  PyPanel is working, and running beautifully.
> Thanks.
> 
> I am now entering a new stage of nerdiness.  Eliminating desktop icons and
> the desktop environment.  Configuring my computer with plain text files
> instead of using a GUI.  Running programs from the CLI (knowing what CLI
> even stands for), and rarely using a mouse except for LBreakout.

Ahh, you have reached a new plane. When I first started I asked for
contributions to a screenshot gallery. A few responded there wouldn't be
much to see w/o desktop icons etc. I thought I would *never* do that. A
few months later I was playing with blackbox and fluxbox and I was
hooked.

Todd

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