JWM Kit Linux Files

JWM Kit - Puppy Linux package

Download the latest .pet package designed for your version of puppy

• Tested on : FOSSAPup, Devuanpup and Slacko 7.x
• Recommend Version : 20231223

SOURCE : https://codeberg.org/JWMKit/JWM_Kit

New Stable : jwmkit-xxxx-20231223.pet

 

UPDATE LOG

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December 23 2023 (uploaded Dec 23, 2023)

• New stable release 20231223

August 26 2022 (uploaded May 17, 2022)

• New stable release 20220826

March 29 2022 (uploaded May 17, 2022)

• Apologies for the delay on this release :(
• Important fix for JWM Kit Desktops.

February 14 2022

JWM Kit Wallpaper replaced with the new JWM Kit Desktops

Most notable new features

• Specific different background for each Virtual Desktops
• Configure the number of desktops
• Configure additional window behaviors
• Configure the button order for the window title bar
• NOTE : The new button order feature requires JWM 2.4 or greater

February 03 2022
New Stable Release

New tool: JWM Kit Desktops

• Replaces JWM Kit Wallpaper
• Configure desktop and window behavior
• Configure desktop backgrounds
• assign a different background for each virtual desktop

Upgrade Advise

Any Reference to the old JWM Kit Wallpaper in your menu's and trays should be replaces with the new JWM Kit Desktop. If you are using the menus provided with JWM Kit's default config this will include the menus : menu-jwmkit

February 03 2022
New Stable Release - Fixes issues with yesterday's release.

• JWM Kit Appearance now supports Create and edit Themes. More info on the JWM Kit Appearance Wiki page
• Fixed issue with moving Restore points between different versions of JWM
• Improve compatibility between different JWM versions

 

Confirm version

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Confirm the pet package is designed for your version of Puppy

Version	Target	Works
jwmkit-fossa-xxxx.pet	FOSSAPup	FOSSAPup, Devuanpup
jwmkit-slacko-xxxx.pet	Slacko 7.0	Slacko 7.0

 

Important Information

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Important
It's advised have JWM already install before installing JWM Kit.
If you are using version 20210904 or a version older than 20210509 you must uninstall the old version before installing the new one

 

Install

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You can use a graphical tool to install or from command line.. You should be able to just click (or double click) the .pet to install it.

Command line syntax :

pkg --install PackageName  

Note: Either change to the directory containing the file or specify the full path.
Hint: Use can use a wildcard * to prevent from having to type the whole file name.

Example 2 commands changing path before install

cd ~/Downloads
pkg --install jwmkit-0-20220121.pet

Example 1 command specifying the path

pkg --install ~/Downloads/jwmkit-0-20220121.pet

 

Post Install

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After install a window will appear to guide you though the post install.

• Recommending settings are preselected
• INFO: The preselected settings are determined by the current system state. This means selection will be different if it was previously installed.

Do NOT jwmkit_first_run. On other distros you must run jwmkit_first_run on the clean install of JWM Kit. This is not needed with Puppy Linux because of it's unique design and extra care given to create these packages.

 

Troubleshooting

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Hopefully you don't need this, but just in case here is a list of possible problems, why they might ocur and how to fixes.

Problem : JWM Kit's tools will not start.
Possible Cause : Dependencies not installed. Usually because of a network error.
Solution : Try one of the 3 solutions

• Uninstall and reinstall the .pet
• Run the post install script : pinstall.sh - download info below
• Use one of puppies package management tools to resolve dependencies

Problem : System does not revert to the previous state after uninstall
Possible Cause : Package manager or uninstall script failed
Solution : Run the post uninstall script : puninstall.sh - download info below

You can find the post install, and post uninstall scripts in the "repair" folder. Make sure you get the correct version (ubuntu, or slacko based).

DOWNLOAD : post install / post uninstall scripts

 

Unsupported Puppy Builds

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Advice for testing JWM Kit on unsupported versions of Puppy.

• Test on a live version or virtual machine first
• Match the distro family of the .pet and the puppy version
  Example : Use the fossa version on anything Debian or Ubuntu based

Report your results to the community and author.
Report your work around and fixes

Such reports provide useful data.

Where to report
https://sourceforge.net/p/jwmkit/discussion/
https://sourceforge.net/p/jwmkit/tickets/
Also if you can find it, email will work as well :)

DO NOT report problems with unsupported puppy versions to codeberg. The Issue tracker on codeberg is for issues in the code, not problems caused by packaging.