KControl

[Dart]

can't load KControl in 8.10 ?! Does it still exist

[dibl]

Re: KControl

dibl@ibex:~$ kcontrol
bash: kcontrol: command not found
dibl@ibex:~$ sudo apt-get install kcontrol
[sudo] password for dibl:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package kcontrol 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:
kdebase-workspace-bin kdelibs4c2a
E: Package kcontrol has no installation candidate

bye-bye, kcontrol.

[toad]

Re: KControl

It's a sad, sad, sad, sad day

[toad]

Re: KControl

Did I say it was sad?

[aged hippy]

Re: KControl









.... but.. on 3.5....

[Dart]

Re: KControl

I used it especially to clear privacy including cache etc. - how can that be done now ?

[toad]

Re: KControl

If you use konqueror as a browser the same old way - settings - configure konqueror - history and cookies

[Dart]

Re: KControl

yes, this I know - but thru KControl it would clear alot more unneeded items. Konqueror clears basically what FireFox does.

[aged hippy]

Re: KControl

I know nothing about such things but would it be at all possible to compile it - along with any dependencies?

[Qqmike]

Re: KControl

This is all I care to say wrt to this, having resisted up 'til now: it's quite a major paradigm shift coming into the new 8.10 + KDE; not the Windows-like Desktop thingy that was a key lure in getting many of us here in the first place; I have advanced degrees in pure mathematics, but I'm finding some internal resistance to this required environmental shift in the world view here; I hope in a few months that I feel foolish and naive and out-of-control for posting this, and that I come to see the computing experience through the eyes of 8.10+KDE4.x. There, said. In particular, as a corollary, ditto for this cowboy wrt losing kcontrol ... (a sound bite from an old, retired Navy, Australian drinking buddy comes to mind: "Better than a sharp stick in the eye, mate!" well, that it is, for sure )

[aged hippy]

Re: KControl

That's a good point, Qqmike.


The problem is that the Luddite blood flows strongly in some of us.

[Qqmike]

Re: KControl

"The problem is that the Luddite blood flows strongly in some of us."

Exactly so and well put (a good term you used there--and thanks for the link explaining it).
Problem is there are too many changes too fast; not enough hours in the day to keep up with everything.

We are going to get blasted for going way off topic here ...
(actually it's a testament to just how right-on Dart's topic really is!)

[dibl]

Re: KControl

the Luddite blood flows strongly in some of us.

Yeah, I hear that.

However, aren't the real Luddites still using Gnome? They don't miss kcontrol!

[aged hippy]

Re: KControl

^^ LOL

... no, Windows.

[Rog131]

Re: KControl

Kcontrol or the "KDE Control Centre" was a graphical front-end to the kcmshell.

man kcmshell

KCMSHELL(1) tool to start single KDE control modules KCMSHELL(1)

NAME
kcmshell - tool to start single KDE control modules

SYNOPSIS
kcmshell [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options] module

DESCRIPTION
kcmshell is a tool to start single KDE control modules.

OPTIONS
Arguments:
module Configuration module to open

--lang <language>
Specify a particular language

--embed <id>
Embeds the module with buttons in window with id <id>

--embed-proxy <id>
...

and as we are using KDE 4, it is now kcmshell4.

Command:

kcmshell4 --list

will list all possible modules

The following modules are available:
filetypes - Configure file associations
kcm_bookmarks - Configure the bookmarks home page
proxy - Configure the proxy servers used
smbstatus - Samba status monitor
colors - Color settings
ioports - IO-port information
kcmhistory - Configure the history sidebar
kcmsmserver - Configure the session manager and logout settings
++ lot of modules

DIY graphical front-end / Kommander front-end

> KDE-Apps.org > Kommand Center

Note
It is using kcmshell but it isn't a big deal to change there kcmshell4. Needs also some polishing


Link:
> FAQ: Control Centre vs. System Settings