Yahoo Weather Widget no longer works

[vinnywright]

seams to be fixed ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, what I did to get the fix (their was prob an easier way , but this worked )

first remove the old package

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ plasmapkg2 -r com.librehat.yahooweather
Calling KPluginInfo::property("X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name") is deprecated, use KPluginInfo::pluginName() in "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/plasma/packagestructure/plasma_packagestructure_share.so" instead.
Calling KPluginInfo::property("X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name") is deprecated, use KPluginInfo::pluginName() in "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/plasma/packagestructure/plasma_packagestructure_share.so" instead.
Successfully uninstalled

git clone the repo

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~/Documents/build/yahoo-git$ git clone https://github.com/librehat/com.librehat.yahooweather.git
Cloning into 'com.librehat.yahooweather'...
remote: Counting objects: 437, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
remote: Total 437 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 431
Receiving objects: 100% (437/437), 245.92 KiB | 64.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (204/204), done.
Checking connectivity... done.

change to the new directory

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~/Documents/build/yahoo-git$  cd /home/vinny/Documents/build/yahoo-git/com.librehat.yahooweather

make the plasmoid

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~/Documents/build/yahoo-git/com.librehat.yahooweather$ ./mkplasmoid.sh 
  adding: contents/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/config/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/config/config.qml (deflated 44%)
  adding: contents/config/main.xml (deflated 67%)
  adding: contents/locale/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/Messages.sh (deflated 59%)
  adding: contents/locale/bg/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 53%)
  adding: contents/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 69%)
  adding: contents/locale/com.librehat.yahooweather.pot (deflated 74%)
  adding: contents/locale/de/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 49%)
  adding: contents/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 69%)
  adding: contents/locale/extractrc (deflated 65%)
  adding: contents/locale/fr/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 49%)
  adding: contents/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 68%)
  adding: contents/locale/it/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 50%)
  adding: contents/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 69%)
  adding: contents/locale/nl/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 50%)
  adding: contents/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 69%)
  adding: contents/locale/pl/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 49%)
  adding: contents/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 69%)
  adding: contents/locale/pt_BR/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 70%)
  adding: contents/locale/ro/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 48%)
  adding: contents/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 68%)
  adding: contents/locale/ru/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 52%)
  adding: contents/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 68%)
  adding: contents/locale/zh_CN/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 47%)
  adding: contents/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 68%)
  adding: contents/ui/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/ui/ConfigGeneral.qml (deflated 55%)
  adding: contents/ui/ConfigUnit.qml (deflated 70%)
  adding: contents/ui/Yahoo.qml (deflated 79%)
  adding: contents/ui/main.qml (deflated 80%)
  adding: metadata.desktop (deflated 41%)
  adding: LICENSE (deflated 66%)
  adding: README.md (deflated 39%)

install and enjoy

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~/Documents/build/yahoo-git/com.librehat.yahooweather$ plasmapkg2 -i ~/com.librehat.yahooweather-5.0.0.plasmoid
pluginname:  "com.librehat.yahooweather"                                                                                                       
Successfully installed /home/vinny/com.librehat.yahooweather-5.0.0.plasmoid

VINNY

[NoWorries]

I have been wondering how to get Plasma 5.6. I saw an announcement a couple of weeks ago and added the ppa for the backports

[B]ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports[/B]

and I keep getting the good old 404 error message. I then tried the staging release ppa

[B]ppa:kubuntu-ppa/staging-plasma[/B]

and this gave me Plasma 5.5.5.

So, is there a ppa for Plasma 5.6 or does one have to download the source code and compile it?

[Snowhog]

North Pole, Alaska is an actual town just outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.

[LinkBot]

The one using the Norwegian server worked for me but I noticed that in absence of a network it ties up CPU cycles.

The most excellent CWP and almost as nice yaWP have never been ported to QT5.

For now we'll have to look out of the window for the weather.

With the plasma 5.6 the weather widget has made a comeback - https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.6.0.php

...North is same as south ?

[NoWorries]

what a novel idea .

VINNY

Looking out the window gives current conditions together with a weather station - if installed. The other option is to do what I do and use the local weather forecaster on the internet. Before I go for a run in the early hours of the morning, I also use the local weather radar as I do not like to get wet while running.

[vinnywright]

For now we'll have to look out of the window for the weather.

what a novel idea .

VINNY

[Teunis]

The one using the Norwegian server worked for me but I noticed that in absence of a network it ties up CPU cycles.

The most excellent CWP and almost as nice yaWP have never been ported to QT5.

For now we'll have to look out of the window for the weather.

[Cecil]

I think yahoo changed their weather API recently, which broke all 3rd party apps/widgets using that.

I don't use Yahoo for anything. so I can't be 100% sure.

EDIT: https://developer.yahoo.com/weather/

Yeah, I just checked the github page for the widget. The author's already been informed about it, but his hands are currently tied. He'll implement the fix when he finds the time to.

[kubicle]

I think yahoo changed their weather API recently, which broke all 3rd party apps/widgets using that.

I don't use Yahoo for anything. so I can't be 100% sure.

EDIT: https://developer.yahoo.com/weather/

[vinnywright]

yes and no ,,,,,,,,,yes I am having the same issue.

no ,,,,,I haven't looked for or found a solution myself .

VINNY

[NoWorries]

For a couple of days now, the Yahoo weather widget gives nothing other than a circle with an oblique line in it. Left mouse click on the widget shows the message "Error 1. Please check your network."

My network is fine, and I have all the packages such as qml-module-qtquick-xmllistmodel and qtdeclarative5-xmllistmodel-plugin installed. I originally thought that the Yahoo site was down, but as it is still not working, I am wondering if the problem is elsewhere.

Are others experienced this problem and has anyone found a solution?