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This is a binary newsgroup client for KDE4. I wrote it because there is no one client out there that does what I want it to. Planned features include automatic PAR2 checking (via kpart, whee), automatic unpacking of downloaded files, System tray support (trivial I know :p ), DBUS support, automatic queue save and restore upon shutdown/startup. Feel free to request more :)
13 years ago
Beta 4
Fixed issues with uudeview not being found.
Beta 3
Fixed some minor UI bugs.
Beta 2
Development has been on hold for the summer vacation :) KDE Beta 1 has just come out however, so I made the code compatible with it. I hadn't been developing it lately since the KDE API was constantly in flux, and I got sick of adding new features only to have my code not compiling with the next SVN revision because the API had been changed. However, the API has been frozen now so I'll be developing this actively now again.
The good news is that I have been using this exclusively to download my binaries, and I have found and fixed lot of bugs. A few remain though, and will be fixed for the 0.1 release. Queue saving and editing features will be introduced in the 0.2 release, and the connection code will be rewritten.
Beta 1
-Systemtray integration added
-Speed reporting for download threads added to main GUI.
-Removal of downloaded parts added. Main GUI still does not delete downloaded files entirely, to be fixed.
-Logging added. Program now logs failures to log file that is located in /home/user/knewz/log.txt by default.
Known bugs
-Some files do not update their status even when downloaded entirely.
-Timeouts due to network congestion are not handled gracefully, so the file will not download completely nor be decoded if a thread downloading a file undergoes a timeout.
Alpha 3
-Decoder progress bars in main GUI now actually work
-Decoder now decodes files into subdirectories in the main download directory according to the filename of the *.nzb
Alpha 2
-Decoder progress bars added to main GUI
-Decoder now works properly for multipart binaries with incorrect subject title
Alpha 1
Early alpha release, so expect it to eat your gnu, rape miscellaneous pets and sexX0r your computer.
13 years ago
Beta 4
Fixed issues with uudeview not being found.
Beta 3
Fixed some minor UI bugs.
Beta 2
Development has been on hold for the summer vacation :) KDE Beta 1 has just come out however, so I made the code compatible with it. I hadn't been developing it lately since the KDE API was constantly in flux, and I got sick of adding new features only to have my code not compiling with the next SVN revision because the API had been changed. However, the API has been frozen now so I'll be developing this actively now again.
The good news is that I have been using this exclusively to download my binaries, and I have found and fixed lot of bugs. A few remain though, and will be fixed for the 0.1 release. Queue saving and editing features will be introduced in the 0.2 release, and the connection code will be rewritten.
Beta 1
-Systemtray integration added
-Speed reporting for download threads added to main GUI.
-Removal of downloaded parts added. Main GUI still does not delete downloaded files entirely, to be fixed.
-Logging added. Program now logs failures to log file that is located in /home/user/knewz/log.txt by default.
Known bugs
-Some files do not update their status even when downloaded entirely.
-Timeouts due to network congestion are not handled gracefully, so the file will not download completely nor be decoded if a thread downloading a file undergoes a timeout.
Alpha 3
-Decoder progress bars in main GUI now actually work
-Decoder now decodes files into subdirectories in the main download directory according to the filename of the *.nzb
Alpha 2
-Decoder progress bars added to main GUI
-Decoder now works properly for multipart binaries with incorrect subject title
Alpha 1
Early alpha release, so expect it to eat your gnu, rape miscellaneous pets and sexX0r your computer.
breakolami
12 years ago
I am on Mandriva 2009 and i'm beginner, I don't know how to install knewz
Can you help me please
Thanks
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Naatan
12 years ago
CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project, but they are set to NOTFOUND.
Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly in the CMake files:
UUDEVIEW_INCLUDE_DIR
used as include directory in directory /home/nathan/Downloads/knewz-0.1_beta4/src
I am using Kubuntu 8.10 Beta
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Ozzi
13 years ago
Quote:
# Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI="1"
NEED_KDE="4.0.0"
inherit kde4-base versionator
DESCRIPTION="KDE news reader that supports .nzb files"
HOMEPAGE="http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/KNewz?content=58797"
SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/knewz/${PN}-${PV}.tar.bz2"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
SLOT="kde-4"
LICENSE="GPL-2"
RDEPEND="dev-libs/uulib"
src_unpack() {
kde4-base_src_unpack
sed -i -e 's~/usr/lib/uudeview/libuu.a~/usr/lib/libuu.a~g' ${S}/src/CMakeLists.txt || die "Sed failed"
sed -i -e 's~uudeview/uudeview.h~uudeview.h~g' ${S}/src/decoderthread.cc || die "Sed failed"
sed -i -e 's~uudeview/uudeview.h~uudeview.h~g' ${S}/src/decoder.h || die "Sed failed"
}
src_compile() {
kde4-base_src_compile
}
src_install() {
kde4-base_src_install
}
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ChaosWars
13 years ago
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timseal
13 years ago
Thanks
tka
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ChaosWars
13 years ago
There are some good free sites out there I know, one is http://alt.binaries.nl/
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ChaosWars
13 years ago
http://www.newzleech.com/
http://www.binsearch.info/
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google01103
13 years ago
there's a tray icon but it's not visible
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ChaosWars
13 years ago
As for group subscription, if you want that I would suggest klibido. As stated in the description of KNewz, this program is only meant for downloading from nzb files, and will never support browsing newsgroups. Browsing groups like alt.binaries.boneless is impractical - it contains more than one million posts! And since this program is meant to download binaries from newsgroups, I feel that support for browsing binary newsgroups would be impractical as well.
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google01103
13 years ago
suse uses:
/usr/include/uudeview.h not /usr/include/uudeview/uudeview.h
/usr/lib64/libuu.a not /usr/lib/uudeview/libuu.a
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timseal
13 years ago
I fixed it by making a couple of uudeview directories and symlinking the header an library files into them as appropriate.
Dead simple fix, of course. Probably not something the ordinary user should have to do, though.
tka
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ChaosWars
13 years ago
The QT error cmake is throwing is because it's not finding your cmake install. How are you running cmake? You should be issuing the command : cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/kde4 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG
This is assuming you have kde4 installed in /opt/kde4 of course.
If you run that in the project directory it should build a valid Makefile. If it isn't finding Qt after you running that, then there is something wrong with your install of qt-copy. It's probably not being found in your path, which normally means that Qt3 is being found instead of Qt4. What distribution are you running?
Cmake is the future, I'm convinced of it =) From a developers POV it's heaven compared to autohell. And the end user won't notice much difference except a prettier output in the terminal :D
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bmfan
13 years ago
do cmake help you get vauge general info thats not very usefull. :(
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h: In member function 'void Decoder::decode(const QStringList&, QStandardItem*, const QString&)':
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:197: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUSetBusyCallback()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:160: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:193: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUSetMsgCallback()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:161: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:191: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUSetOption()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:162: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:191: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUSetOption()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:163: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:208: error: too many arguments to function 'int UULoadFile()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:169: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:190: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUGetOption()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:172: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:192: error: too many arguments to function 'char* UUstrerror()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:172: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:190: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUGetOption()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:176: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:192: error: too many arguments to function 'char* UUstrerror()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:177: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:218: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUSmerge()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:183: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:218: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUSmerge()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:184: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:218: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUSmerge()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:185: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:210: error: too many arguments to function 'uulist* UUGetFileListItem()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:189: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:214: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUDecodeFile()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:193: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:190: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUGetOption()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:196: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:192: error: too many arguments to function 'char* UUstrerror()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:196: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:190: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUGetOption()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:199: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:192: error: too many arguments to function 'char* UUstrerror()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:199: error: at this point in file
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/../knewz.dir/decoder.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/../knewz.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
the build goes fine until it hits uulib..
no distro, btw
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bomarrow1
13 years ago
After this I had a problem with cmake linking luu.a. Similar problem just edit src/CMakeList.txt to reflect how your system is layed out.
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BillyWildman
13 years ago
I'm missing the last crucial piece of info, ie how did you edit CMakeLists.txt to reflect....
Make is failing with No rule to make target /usr/lib/uudeview/libuu.a
but on my system libuu.a is under /usr/lib
So apparently I need to add the proper "add lib" command to CMakeLists.txt
Can you tell me what the command is and it's propoer usage like...(incorrect example follows)....
ADD_LIBRARY_PATH(/usr/lib) as an example.....what exactly did you do/should I do?
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bomarrow1
13 years ago
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13 years ago
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ChaosWars
13 years ago
Vista just wiped my drive, and now upon a reinstall I am running into the same errors you are. I didn't have them before. I'm busy fixing them, but it requires writing some cmake specific code so it's taking me a while since I have exams this week. After that though, I have summer holidays and I think I shall be able to iron out the last bugs that are keeping KNewz from a 0.1 release. KDE4 has become relatively stable - or at least the GUI bugs are ironed out. There are still a few of my own coding bugs that I have to sort out, but I use it every day already and I must say, apart from a few hard to find (and therefor infrequently occuring) bugs it is performing really well. Better than I had expected :p
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bmfan
13 years ago
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bmfan
13 years ago
do cmake help you get vauge general info thats not very usefull. :(
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h: In member function 'void Decoder::decode(const QStringList&, QStandardItem*, const QString&)':
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:197: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUSetBusyCallback()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:160: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:193: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUSetMsgCallback()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:161: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:191: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUSetOption()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:162: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:191: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUSetOption()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:163: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:208: error: too many arguments to function 'int UULoadFile()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:169: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:190: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUGetOption()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:172: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:192: error: too many arguments to function 'char* UUstrerror()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:172: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:190: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUGetOption()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:176: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:192: error: too many arguments to function 'char* UUstrerror()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:177: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:218: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUSmerge()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:183: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:218: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUSmerge()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:184: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:218: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUSmerge()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:185: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:210: error: too many arguments to function 'uulist* UUGetFileListItem()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:189: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:214: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUDecodeFile()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:193: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:190: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUGetOption()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:196: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:192: error: too many arguments to function 'char* UUstrerror()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:196: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:190: error: too many arguments to function 'int UUGetOption()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:199: error: at this point in file
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/../uulib/uudeview.h:192: error: too many arguments to function 'char* UUstrerror()'
/home/bmfan/Desktop/knewz/src/decoder.cc:199: error: at this point in file
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/../knewz.dir/decoder.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/../knewz.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
the build goes fine until it hits uulib..
no distro, btw
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bmfan
13 years ago
Im afraid to switch to KDE 4 right now though, I have a feeling alot of my apps would not work
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ChaosWars
13 years ago
CMake will generate an executable and a shell script that tells the executable where the KDE4 libraries are. This lets you run it in a KDE3 environment. I already download all my Usenet binaries with KNewz. Nothing like frustration over lack of features to motivate writing code :p
If your distro doesn't provide the KDE4 library (you often need to add a custom, non-official repository manually) then you can find detailed instructions on the kde site as to how to install kde4libs from source : get the tarballs here http://www.kde.org/info/3.90.1.php and find the instructions here : http://techbase.kde.org/Getting_Started/Build/KDE4_Alpha_1
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bmfan
13 years ago
. but i went ahead and installed qt, kdelibs kdepimlibs and kde base just to try it all out. menus froze on the screen. windows stuck open etc... got a ways to go it looks like.
and wouldnt i need qt and kdelibs, not just kde libs
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ChaosWars
13 years ago
I just realised you were referring to KDE4 itself :p Yes, it has quite a way to go, but it is progressing very rapidly. The beta is coming out end of July I think, and it is being released in October, so we won't have to wait for very long for these problems to be fixed.
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bmfan
13 years ago
it bailed out on something in uulib
I didnt save the error message, and when trying it again Im getting
Please set the following variables:
QT_QT_INCLUDE_DIR (ADVANCED)
which setting it doesnt seem to make any diferance :(
I can't say Im all that thrilled about the switch to cmake.... it seems overly complicated to do the simplest things with it.
but i'm not used to using cmake, maybe as i get used to it. my opinion of it will change.
i have gcc4 that might be what kills uulib's building
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