Re: [Ranger-users] Libcaca and Ranger

[Jostein Berntsen]

On 30.05.10,18:07, Roman Z. wrote:
> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 05:53:59PM +0200, Jostein Berntsen wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Is there some information somehwere on how to install Ranger with new 
> > image preview functionality with Libcaca? Is this a special version of 
> > Ranger?
> > 
> > 
> > Jostein
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> This feature is experimental, but it's working for me :-).
> The caca feature has its own git branch.  To get it, type this:
> 
> git clone http://git.sv.gnu.org/r/ranger.git
> cd ranger
> git checkout caca
> 
> You might also need some dependencies:
> * python-imaging
> * libcaca
> 
> The names of the packages vary between different linux distributions.
> On debian/ubuntu for example, you will need libcaca-dev instead of
> libcaca.
> 
> If you installed them, type this to confirm that you have done it right:
> /cacatest.py
> 
> Finally, run ranger:
> /ranger.py
> 
>

Thanks, I tried to do "git checkout caca" but then I got this:

"error: pathspec 'caca' did not match any file(s) known to git". 

If I try to run Ranger, I get:

"Fatal: name 'alias' is not defined
A traceback has been saved to /home/jostein/.ranger/traceback
Please include it in a bugreport."


Jostein