Adding PPA?

[emil_21]

I am trying to add the ppa for dockbarx, but i get this:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xuzhen666/dockbarx
 Latest dockbarx git snapshot build.
https://github.com/M7S/dockbarx/
https://github.com/M7S/xfce4-dockbarx-plugin

 More info: https://launchpad.net/~xuzhen666/+archive/ubuntu/dockbarx
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keybox '/tmp/tmpbwr1zlgx/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: /tmp/tmpbwr1zlgx/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 77D026E2EEAD66BD: public key "Launchpad PPA for Xu Zhen" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.

If i try to update i get this:

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sudo apt update 
Hit:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster-backports InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable InRelease                            
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xuzhen666/dockbarx/ubuntu groovy InRelease [17.5 kB]
Hit:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates InRelease
Err:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xuzhen666/dockbarx/ubuntu groovy InRelease
  The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 77D026E2EEAD66BD
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net/xuzhen666/dockbarx/ubuntu groovy InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 77D026E2EEAD66BD
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/xuzhen666/dockbarx/ubuntu groovy InRelease' is not signed.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

[sunrat]

Don't do it. PPAs are for Ubuntu and may be incompatible with Debian, although a small proportion can work if you're lucky. You've added the PPA for the latest buntu which is out of sync with Buster by possibly 2 years or more.
If it breaks you get to keep all the pieces but nobody will help you fix it. Is there not a program in the Debian repos that will perform the task you wish?

[cds60601]

Absolutely agree - don't add PPA's
Please review this wiki article: https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian

If you absolutely MUST use PPA's - then it's better to just install Ubuntu OR follow this link to build it yourself.
https://wiki.debian.org/CreatePackageFromPPA
Mind you - don't just blindly attempt the above unless you have the experience of working with the Debian packaging and having a look at
https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging/Intro ... nPackaging

[RU55EL]

Another webpage that should be read after "Don't Break Debian."

https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList

and

https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/

[emil_21]

Don't do it. PPAs are for Ubuntu and may be incompatible with Debian, although a small proportion can work if you're lucky. You've added the PPA for the latest buntu which is out of sync with Buster by possibly 2 years or more.
If it breaks you get to keep all the pieces but nobody will help you fix it. Is there not a program in the Debian repos that will perform the task you wish?

I want to use dockbarx panel plugin. I don't think there is other program in Debian repos that can do this.

[emil_21]

Absolutely agree - don't add PPA's
Please review this wiki article: https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian

If you absolutely MUST use PPA's - then it's better to just install Ubuntu OR follow this link to build it yourself.
https://wiki.debian.org/CreatePackageFromPPA
Mind you - don't just blindly attempt the above unless you have the experience of working with the Debian packaging and having a look at
https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging/Intro ... nPackaging

I tried to follow the guide but when i add the repository for the source code i get the same error for 'no valid OpenPGP'.

[cuckooflew]

Don't do it. PPAs are for Ubuntu and may be incompatible with Debian, although a small proportion can work if you're lucky. You've added the PPA for the latest buntu which is out of sync with Buster by possibly 2 years or more.
If it breaks you get to keep all the pieces but nobody will help you fix it. Is there not a program in the Debian repos that will perform the task you wish?

You seem to either be ignoring what they say, or simply do not understand, in other words,
maybe,...

sync with Buster by possibly 2 years or more

Those ppa's are NOT intended for Debian Buster,... DO NOT keep trying to use them.
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Why do you think you even need this>

I want to use dockbarx panel plugin. I don't think there is other program in Debian repos that can do this.

Just wanting to use it, is not the same as needing it, and there are other task bars that work just fine for Debian , in the Debian repositories.

I don't think there is other program in Debian repos that can do this.

Do what ? "this" could mean any thing, What does it do , that other task bars don't ?
What DE are you using, ? A excellent task bar, that can be used on XFCE, and most any other DE, or WM is "tint2" It can be configured and customized to fit most NEEDS, of course if dockbarx panel has some feature that you simply must have, for some reason, EG: work or school requires it, then Install Ubuntu, with XFCE, and use the plugin... It really is not as great as all the promotions make it sound, and Ubuntu is a very unreliable OS, but if Debian does not suit your needs, .... well go figure.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

when i add the repository for the source code i get the same error for 'no valid OpenPGP'.

You need to use a proper release name, "groovy" is just a placeholder.

[RU55EL]

Don't do it. PPAs are for Ubuntu and may be incompatible with Debian, although a small proportion can work if you're lucky. You've added the PPA for the latest buntu which is out of sync with Buster by possibly 2 years or more.
If it breaks you get to keep all the pieces but nobody will help you fix it. Is there not a program in the Debian repos that will perform the task you wish?

I want to use dockbarx panel plugin. I don't think there is other program in Debian repos that can do this.

The answer is simple. Install Ubuntu, then you can install and run dockbarx.

[sickpig]

The answer is simple. Install Ubuntu, then you can install and run dockbarx.

not necessarily
there are numerous package managers which can be used with Debian viz. nix, homebrew, GNU guix
incidentally dockbarx is available in nix
@OP ppas are best avoided if you can find what you need/want with the above listed package managers or build from source (carefully) without mutating your system

[emil_21]

Do what ? "this" could mean any thing, What does it do , that other task bars don't ?

I have debian xfce, and the dockbarx panel plugin for xfce provide Windows 7 like program launchers on the panel.

[golinux]

I have debian xfce, and the dockbarx panel plugin for xfce provide Windows 7 like program launchers on the panel.

Good grief. What is happening to the Linux world . . .

[cuckooflew]

Honestly, if people want Windows like programs, or Ubuntu software, they should just use those, and stop trying to make Debian be something else.

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by emil_21 » 2020-07-23 06:02 :>
I have debian xfce, and the dockbarx panel plugin for xfce provide Windows 7 like program launchers on the panel.

@ OP
Thank you, ok, XFCE for Debian is a nice DE, and there seems to be a lot of information available that explains how to install this "dockbarx panel ", but I am not even going to post any links to it, because it is not really intended for Debian, and is bad advice.
I have never used Windows 7, so I am not sure what those are or look like.
I do know,tint2 is a good task bar, and it can be configured to fit your "taste", EG: It has program launchers, and you can modify them as needed, Making XFCE, and tint2 like windows 7 is NOT a good idea, just like trying to install a program that is not intended for Debian also is not a good idea, as you have seen it just does not work.
Maybe at least try "tint2", and try to learn how to configure it,...but first you need to remove all the ppa and non-debian repositories, then install tint 2, OR you can also try this one: https://packages.debian.org/buster/plank it is available in the debian repositories, after you have either one, tint2 or plank, (there might be some others,but I don't have time to search for them ,just now) Any way, you can use different themes and customize your task bar, so that it looks and feels like what you want, I would forget about this "dockbarx panel plugin" , it is not intended for Debian, and it is not necessary,
for now, that is all.

[eriefisher]

As I understand it DockbarX is not a dock/Panel but a plugin to replace the "Window Buttons" plugin in XFCE4. I don't use either but I think it just list open windows rather than taking up space on the panel side by side.

[kedaha]

Hi,
I'd never heard of this dog bark thingy but it looks interesting. No, it's not a good idea to use some PPA as others have noted. However, it might be quite easy to do a manual installation. I don't have time right now to do it myself but I'll have another look at it some time soon.
I downloaded the zipped file and took a look at it:

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user@debian:~/dogbarx/dockbarx-master$ cat README.md

This is the rationale:

##FAQ
*Q: Why do you want to make Linux into a Microsoft Windows 7 clone?*

A: I don't. The goal of DockbarX isn't to be a clone of the Windows 7 task bar. Windows 7 task bar has a good principle, though. When it comes to your most used programs it's more productive to do all window handling - launching, selecting, closing, etc. from the same few pixels. If I need a Firefox window I move my mouse cursor to the same spot on the screen regardless of which Firefox window I want and or if I even have not opened a Firefox window yet. This behavior is good and it would be stupid not to implement it just because "Windows had it first". Don't reduce your productivity out of stubbornness. When it comes to looks it's up to you to choose a theme that looks like windows 7 or a theme that doesn't look that way.

user@debian:~/dogbarx/dockbarx-master$ cat README.md
According to that:

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## Manual Installation

1. Following dependencies needs to be installed:
  - zeitgeist, python-wnck, python-imaging, python-keybinder and python-xlib.
  - Install python-gnomeapplet if you want to use DockbarX as a gnome-panel applet (gnome2) you should install python-gnomeapplet. (This doesn't work in newer releases of Ubuntu.)
  - To use dockbarx as an AWN applet, you also need to copy the content of the AWN folder to ~/.config/awn/applets.
  - Some of the stand alone dock applets require dependencies:
    - Cardapio applet: Cardapio
    - Appindicators: indicator-application
  - To use DockManager helpers, you need to install dockmanager and dockmanager-daemon as well as libdesktop-agnostic-cfg-gconf and libdesktop-agnostic-vfs-gio. The last two might not need to be installed separately on distributions that aren't Debian based.
2. Extract dockbarx. Change directory to where you extracted dockbarx and run the setup.py install `$ sudo ./setup.py install`

In Debian Buster: With regard to the dependences:

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Package python-imaging is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
  python-pil:i386 python-pil

Two other missing packages, namely python-wnck and python-gconf can be installed from oldstable without any dependency issues. (Since this is in the beginners' section, please don't mix repositories but rather download the binaries directly). I was able to install them:

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$ apt policy python-gconf python-wnck
python-gconf:user@debian:~/dogbarx/dockbarx-master$ cat README.md
  Installed: 2.28.1+dfsg-1.2
  Candidate: 2.28.1+dfsg-1.2
  Version table:
 *** 2.28.1+dfsg-1.2 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
python-wnck:
  Installed: 2.32.0+dfsg-3
  Candidate: 2.32.0+dfsg-3
  Version table:
 *** 2.32.0+dfsg-3 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

To be continued...

[cuckooflew]

Show us some screen shots if you get it working, here is one, not using Xfce here, but any way , the "tint2" panel:

I agree, nothing wrong with making it look like what ever someone wants, but if installing a program causes problems and does not work well, then I don't see how it would be more productive.
Of course if the program works well, then it could be more productive, The themes and looks do not make a system more productive though, and un-needed programs mostly just fill disk space, they serve no real purpose. From what I have read, this "dockbarx" does not really do anything new, or that can't be done with other task bars and a good window manager, ....any way after all said and done, the main point, DO NOT install it using Ubuntu ppa's, do some research, or wait and see how to install it properly , so that it does work on Debian with XFCE,..or what ever environment ...I might try it myself, on a VM with Debian 10, and fluxbox,...just to see

[kedaha]

To continue from my last post, I can confirm that it works at least on my stable Buster mate-desktop as per the instructions to install it manually, i.e., not using the PPA.To use it in Xfce would involve a lttle additional stuff and I haven't got the helpers because:

To use DockManager helpers, you need to install dockmanager and dockmanager-daemon as well as libdesktop-agnostic-cfg-gconf and libdesktop-agnostic-vfs-gio. The last two might not need to be installed separately on distributions that aren't Debian based.

It would of course be much better to convert it into a regular Debian package rather than install it with the setup.py install.
I haven't looked at converting the PPA yet but I'd venture to say that the question of installing it properly in stable looks possible one way or another.

[stevepusser]

It's in the MX Linux repository...

http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/pool/main/d/dockbarx/

[kedaha]

It's in the MX Linux repository...

http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/pool/main/d/dockbarx/

Thanks stevepusser for that. Thanks also to emil_21 for the topic; otherwise I might not have come across it. It's good.

[stevepusser]

I ported over the newer dockbarx from git for the MX test repo just now, and also in an OBS repo (not a PPA, but like one that supports Debian): https://build.opensuse.org/package/show ... x/dockbarx