Howto: Install Giver (File share on Linux)

[handband2]

I would like to thank Puller for the information on how to install Giver. Here is a cool video on how the program works: Giver Video


Install needed packages:

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential mercurial libmono-cairo2.0-cil mono mono-devel libmono-dev mono-gmcs monodoc

I don't have fiesty-backports turned on so I manually downloaded avahi-sharp

Package site: http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/s...ds=avahi-sharp
Download package here: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...a/avahi-sharp/

$ wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...6.11-1_all.deb

$ dpkg -i libavahi1.0-cil_0.6.11-1_all.deb

more software needed:

$ hg clone http://hg.circular-chaos.org/notify-sharp

$ cd notify-sharp/

$ autoscan

$ automake --add-missing

$ autoreconf

$ ./configure

$ make

$ sudo make install

$ cd ..

Now lets install Giver:

Download Giver here: http://code.google.com/p/giver/downloads/list

$ wget http://giver.googlecode.com/files/giver-0.1.4.tar.gz

$ tar -zxvf giver-0.1.4.tar.gz

$ cd giver-0.1.4/

$ ./configure

$ make

$ sudo make install

Some might have problems launching the program. Running this command will help fix some of the problems:

$ export MONO_PATH=/usr/local/lib/mono/notify-sharp

Now launch the program:

Alt + F2
Type: giver

[frodon]

hum, is that really easier that NFS which is in the repo and has tools for it available ?

[handband2]

NFS is still easier but I think myself (and others) would like to check out other projects which are being developed.

[puccaso]

i am trying to install on hardy

i get this error..

mahir@puccaso-lp:~/.config/giver$ giver
[Debug]: PhotoService static constructor called
[Debug]: New GiverService was created
[Debug]: We have the port : 54214
[Debug]: About to create the Avahi client
[Debug]: Adding Avahi Service  _giver._tcp
[Debug]: Avahi Service  _giver._tcp is added
[Debug]: GiverService:OnEntryGroupStateChanged was called state: Registering
Exception in Gtk# callback delegate
  Note: Applications can use GLib.ExceptionManager.UnhandledException to handle the exception.
System.DllNotFoundException: gdk-x11-2.0
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) Egg.TrayIcon:gdk_x11_display_get_xdisplay (intptr)
  at Egg.TrayIcon.OnRealized () [0x00000] 
  at Gtk.Widget.realized_cb (IntPtr widget) [0x00000] 
   at GLib.ExceptionManager.RaiseUnhandledException(System.Exception e, Boolean is_terminal)
   at Gtk.Widget.realized_cb(IntPtr widget)
   at Gtk.Widget.realized_cb(IntPtr )
   at Gtk.Widget.gtk_widget_show_all(IntPtr )
   at Gtk.Widget.gtk_widget_show_all(IntPtr )
   at Gtk.Widget.ShowAll()
   at Giver.Application.SetupTrayIcon()
   at Giver.Application.InitializeIdle()
   at GLib.Idle+IdleProxy.Handler()
   at GLib.Idle+IdleProxy.Handler()
   at Gtk.Application.gtk_main()
   at Gtk.Application.gtk_main()
   at Gtk.Application.Run()
   at Gnome.Program.Run()
   at Giver.Application.StartMainLoop()
   at Giver.Application.Main(System.String[] args)

[puccaso]

also another question.
can you answer your own questino please?
could you demonstrate how nfs and the nfs tools maybe simpler then giver? i'd very much like to use the simplest tool.

[Forseti]

i am trying to install on hardy

i get this error..

mahir@puccaso-lp:~/.config/giver$ giver
[Debug]: PhotoService static constructor called
[Debug]: New GiverService was created
[Debug]: We have the port : 54214
[Debug]: About to create the Avahi client
[Debug]: Adding Avahi Service  _giver._tcp
[Debug]: Avahi Service  _giver._tcp is added
[Debug]: GiverService:OnEntryGroupStateChanged was called state: Registering
Exception in Gtk# callback delegate
  Note: Applications can use GLib.ExceptionManager.UnhandledException to handle the exception.
System.DllNotFoundException: gdk-x11-2.0
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) Egg.TrayIcon:gdk_x11_display_get_xdisplay (intptr)
  at Egg.TrayIcon.OnRealized () [0x00000] 
  at Gtk.Widget.realized_cb (IntPtr widget) [0x00000] 
   at GLib.ExceptionManager.RaiseUnhandledException(System.Exception e, Boolean is_terminal)
   at Gtk.Widget.realized_cb(IntPtr widget)
   at Gtk.Widget.realized_cb(IntPtr )
   at Gtk.Widget.gtk_widget_show_all(IntPtr )
   at Gtk.Widget.gtk_widget_show_all(IntPtr )
   at Gtk.Widget.ShowAll()
   at Giver.Application.SetupTrayIcon()
   at Giver.Application.InitializeIdle()
   at GLib.Idle+IdleProxy.Handler()
   at GLib.Idle+IdleProxy.Handler()
   at Gtk.Application.gtk_main()
   at Gtk.Application.gtk_main()
   at Gtk.Application.Run()
   at Gnome.Program.Run()
   at Giver.Application.StartMainLoop()
   at Giver.Application.Main(System.String[] args)

Had the same problem. Solved it installing libgtk2.0-dev in Synaptic (couple of deps though).

[FaN_OnLy1]

Sorry to bring up the olds , but i wasn't able to install giver , although its really interesting me... , after following everything you've said , when i try to install notify-sharp i just end up with this :

lewis-laptop notify-sharp # ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
/bin/bash: /home/lewis/notify-sharp/missing: No such file or directory
configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for MONO... yes
checking for gmcs... /usr/bin/gmcs
checking for gacutil... /usr/bin/gacutil
checking for MONODOC... yes
checking for monodocer... /usr/bin/monodocer
checking for mdassembler... /usr/bin/mdassembler
checking for GTK_SHARP... yes
checking for NDESK_DBUS... yes
checking for Mono.Posix.dll... found
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: error: cannot find input file: Makefile.in

i tried doing a "apt-get build-dep notify-sharp" but it ends up telling me ;

E: Impossible de trouver une source de paquet pour notify-sharp

wich means in english : Unable to find a source package for notify-sharp.

darn i'm lost , could really use some help from you guys, ps: using a fresh install of Linux Mint Elyssa, wich stays alot similar from ubuntu , this cannot be the problem as i tried this on ubuntu and got the same error at the end...

Cheers.

[CameronCalver]

i cannot get this to run when i run giver i get

cameron@ubuntu:~$ giver
exec: 9: -a: not found
cameron@ubuntu:~$

[hypn0t0ad]

i get the same error as Cameron.

Apparently, however, Giver seems to come pre-installed with the next release of Linux Mint (Felicia). So maybe there's a chance to actually use the app - it also makes a lot more sense: If several people use Mint (which is based on Ubuntu, btw), you can share all kinds of data without any hassle.

Until then, I'd like to get an solution to the problem:

exec: 9: -a: not found

EDIT:
I just found a solution:
http://code.google.com/p/giver/issues/detail?id=3

[groggyboy]

i had the same problem, with "exec: 9: -a: not found". i edited the file "/usr/local/bin/giver" and changed line 9 from

exec -a "Giver" mono "Giver.exe" "@$"

to

exec mono "Giver.exe" "@$"

now giver works fine.