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simeon9997

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Registered: 2025-01-16

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Help I can't compile/install kdbleds-plugin.

The computer in question has Loc-OS Linux (based on Debian 12 stable with sysV init). The desktop was recently updated to 4.20 (previously 4.18) and in the process I lost the kbdleds plugin, it simply disappeared upon reboot along with a message that it could not be started. Previously in 4.18 to install it I compiled it myself following the instructions indicated here https://github.com/oco2000/xfce4-kbdleds-plugin However, now in 4.20 the same procedure gives me errors, which prevent me from advancing in the compilation. I am turning to you because I asked for help through the communication channels of this distro and I have not received a satisfactory response. I have been told that this plugin is no longer compatible with XFCE 4.20, but on my personal computer I have Artix XFCE 4.20 with kbdleds working without problems. Is there a .deb? Is there any way to compile and package it on another Debian and have it work on mine? The error I get is the following (when starting with ./autogen.sh "x windows system libraries an header files required"

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: Help I can't compile/install kdbleds-plugin.

Looks like you're missing the development libraries. Try running the following command to install the build dependencies based on a similar plugin:

sudo apt build-dep xfce4-genmon-plugin

..then run autogen like this (for debian-based distros):

  ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

...before running "make" and "sudo make install".

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simeon9997

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Registered: 2025-01-16

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Re: Help I can't compile/install kdbleds-plugin.

You must put some 'deb-src' URIs in your sources.list

This is what I get after using the first command. Then the second command returns the same thing as before.

ToZ

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Re: Help I can't compile/install kdbleds-plugin.

You need to enable the source tree. See: https://www.tecmint.com/fix-deb-src-uri … ist-error/.

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simeon9997

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Re: Help I can't compile/install kdbleds-plugin.

You need to enable the source tree. See: https://www.tecmint.com/fix-deb-src-uri … ist-error/.

Thanks, I managed to do it by following the instructions. Then I tried installing the necessary components for the compilation and succeeded. The compilation worked correctly.