Installing SimDock

[Magneticgravity]

I download the .deb verison of SimDock.

It launches installer when i double click and i get this:

[Magneticgravity]

Anyone?

[saipu]

I also facing the same problem before.
So what i do was download the rpm package and the convert it to deb package using alien. Or you may try to download another deb package from getdeb (www.getdeb.net)

[Orbital75]

You don't have to compile Simdock....
I just use Apt-get and it even put an icon on my Applications menu.
The icon looks like a Horse Magnet.

[ressac]

i download from getdeb.net and its work

[slimdog360]

the getdeb way or aptget way will probably work but for future reference I can give you a hint. The permission problem means that this particular deb file is protected and I would guess only root would be able to install it. There is a number of ways around this.

sudo dpkg -i name_of_file.deb

will install the deb file for you using root privileges.

sudo chmod -R 777 name_of_file.deb

will change the privileges to let anyone use it. Which will let you run it the way you tried originally.

You can apply these methods to anything in linux.

[Nessa]

The code doesn't work...

[brunoscunha]

Same problem here

[oasick]

Hi everybody !!! I compiled wxwidgets_2.8.5 and simdock-1.2 for Ubuntu Gutsy

You can download the files here:

wxwidgets_2.8.5
simdock-1.2

First you most install wxwidgets_2.8.5.deb

If you have any problem with background (sometimes appears a message at start session) you most do 2 things:

1. Scale the wallpaper image to your screen resolution. For example, if your screen resolution in 1024x768 your wallpaper image most have the same resolution.

2. To start simdock you most indicate where is your wallpaper image like this:

simdock /here/is/my/wallpaper/thisis.jpg

Don't forget that simdock is a very earlier application... but this version works very fine in my ubuntu gutsy

I hope that this halp you. Reggards and.. Good save Ubuntu

[benjaminmorris]

I tried to install the packages you posted for download (thanks, by the way) but I get an error that a dependency is not satisfiable: libpango1.0-0

Any ideas where to get it?

EDIT: Actually, upon further research I found I already had it installed, but still unable to install wxwidgets or simdock. Any ideas?
EDIT AGAIN: For anybody else having the same problem, here's how I fixed it:

1. Add one of the repositories here: http://packages.debian.org/sid/libpango1.0-0/i386/download to your /etc/apt/sources.list by adding the appropriate line to end, i.e.

deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian sid main

2. Run Synaptic Package Manager, ignoring errors about GPG and such. Search for libpango.

3. Mark libpango for update. Synaptic will automatically mark all necessary dependencies for update as well. Apply changes

4. Now you should be able to install wxwidgets, and then simdock.

I got it installed, but decided it wasn't for me just yet. It still lacks a lot of customization options, and it just doesn't seem to behave quite right.

Oh, and one other thing: when you add that repository from debian.org, you'll probably get a notification that there are a bunch of updates available. Update at your own risk. I'm pretty new at linux and troubleshooting, so I may or may not be able to answer questions or help you solve problems, but I'll do my best.