Adding older KIM image conversion service menus into Plasma 5

[oshunluvr]

I'm a big Dolphin fan and I have quite a few service menus that I use regularly - about half of which are written by me. However, rather than re-invent the wheel, I use the KIM service menus to convert and resize images without having to go to Gwen or GIMP. You have to have imagemagick installed to use these service menus.

The problem is this KIM package hasn't been updated since 2009! If installed correctly though, it seems to work fine with Plasma 5. The issue is the included install script is for KDE4. I began trying to figure out the correct solution when I stumbled on DanielBull's post on the KIM page. So I converted his post into a script and voila!

Simply:
1) Download and extract the KIM tarball into a folder (kim4 is the default)
2) Navigate to that folder
3) Create a new file called "plamsa5.sh" (or literally anything you want)
4) Edit it inserting these commands:

sudo cp src/kim_*.desktop /usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/
sudo cp src/bin/kim_* /usr/bin/
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/bin/kim_*
sudo chmod a+r /usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/kim_*.desktop
sudo mkdir /usr/share/kim
sudo cp COPYING /usr/share/kim/kim_about.txt
sudo mkdir /usr/share/kim/slideshow/
sudo cp src/slideshow/* /usr/share/kim/slideshow/
sudo mkdir /usr/share/kim/gallery
sudo cp src/gallery/* /usr/share/kim/gallery

Don't forget to leave a blank line at the bottom. Most Linux scripts and files want a final carriage return after the last line.
5) Set the script as executable. If you use the command line its: chmod +x plasma5.sh
6) Execute the script: sh plasma5.sh
7) Enter your sudo password when prompted and done!

[dequire]

Awesome tip - thanks for posting! I'm surprised more KDE 4 Dolphin service menus have not been converted yet. You might consider uploading it to https://store.kde.org, since the last update for it was listed 2 years ago, but still for KDE 4, sadly.

[oshunluvr]

Thanks and yeah, too bad the scripters haven't gone back and update cool things like KIM.

I have an old servicemenu I wrote way back for doing checkums from Dolphin. I just discovered someone else took my script and enhanced it a bit. I got a kick out of seeing credit to "oshunluvr" in the details when you try and add it to Dolphin using "Get Hot New Stuff". Kinda makes me feel like I'm part of a team, LOL

[dequire]

Thanks and yeah, too bad the scripters haven't gone back and update cool things like KIM.

I have an old servicemenu I wrote way back for doing checkums from Dolphin. I just discovered someone else took my script and enhanced it a bit. I got a kick out of seeing credit to "oshunluvr" in the details when you try and add it to Dolphin using "Get Hot New Stuff". Kinda makes me feel like I'm part of a team, LOL

You definitely are!

[vinnywright]

to get the "plasma5.sh to run corectly I had to change it from this

sudo cp src/kim_*.desktop /usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/[COLOR=#ff0000]sudo cp src/bin/kim_* /usr/bin/[/COLOR]
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/bin/kim_*
sudo chmod a+r /usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/kim_*.desktop
sudo mkdir /usr/share/kim
sudo cp COPYING /usr/share/kim/kim_about.txt
sudo mkdir /usr/share/kim/slideshow/
sudo cp src/slideshow/* /usr/share/kim/slideshow/
sudo mkdir /usr/share/kim/gallery
sudo cp src/gallery/* /usr/share/kim/gallery

to this

sudo cp src/kim_*.desktop /usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/
[COLOR=#ff0000]sudo cp src/bin/kim_* /usr/bin/[/COLOR]
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/bin/kim_*
sudo chmod a+r /usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/kim_*.desktop
sudo mkdir /usr/share/kim
sudo cp COPYING /usr/share/kim/kim_about.txt
sudo mkdir /usr/share/kim/slideshow/
sudo cp src/slideshow/* /usr/share/kim/slideshow/
sudo mkdir /usr/share/kim/gallery
sudo cp src/gallery/* /usr/share/kim/gallery

but it dose work as a service menu in both Dolphin and Konqueror ,,,,,nice

VINNY

[oshunluvr]

Thanks Vinny, I didn't catch that. @Here, at least sometimes, some of the forum formatting shortcuts do that (remove a CR). I usually catch it.