Stacer

brent

Great 'how-to' make.
Been reading about this optimizer the last 15 minutes. I don't think my system is worthy yet til I'm SSD-ing.
The System Cleaner seems the real selling point here (of the 4 tabs), at least for me.
Maybe a brief mini-review on this thread in the future?

viyoriya

if anyone wanna build this is the url to download - https://github.com/oguzhaninan/Stacer
follow the step to make stacer - https://github.com/oguzhaninan/Stacer#build-from-source-with-cmake-qt-version-qt-5x

mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/qt/path/bin ..

if getting any error then install these from solus software center
qt5-charts-devel
qt5-svg-devel
qt5-tools-devel

then execute remaining commond.

make -j $(nproc)

There is no bin dir so just exeute this commond
output/stacer

algent

viyoriya There is no bin dir so just exeute this commond
output/stacer

The bin folder is not a problem.

If you want to run this application on terminal only by the user, then you can create the bin folder on your home.
Just name it .bin
Then edit .bashrc file by adding these lines:

## set PATH so it includes user's private .bin
if [ -d "$HOME/.bin" ] ; then
PATH="$HOME/.bin:$PATH"
fi

Later copy the stacer file from the build/output to .binfolder in your home

If you want to run it from all users, them copy it on /usr/bin.
Launch the terminal in the folder build/output then:
sudo cp stacer /usr/bin

After this just type stacer in terminal and then the program with be launcher, but if you close the terminal, also the program will be closed.

Another option is to copy stacer directly on the desktop. (This looks more easier.)
The icon on system tray is bigger than other. I oppened an issue about this and the developer promised that he will fix it at next release.

I didn'd find a way to launch Stacer from Menu.
I placed stacer.destop on .local/share/applications made it executable but still didn't work.

If i try to open stacer.destop from terminal i get this:

I don't know what I am missing here. If someone have any idea, please share it.

dbarron

After reading this, I compiled it. Looks like a nice little utility, but doesn't really offer much to me. Sharp and clean though...gotta give the programmer that, it centralizes several things (which I prefer to manage via cmd-line).

brent

dbarron "... but doesn't really offer much to me... gotta give the programmer that, it centralizes several things (which I prefer to manage via cmd-line)."

That says a lot. If I knew every terminal command for the things this app could do, I wouldn't bother installing it. But as such, I don't, so the GUI may be helpful.
That said we used to have a cli-companion--roughly compiled--of those kinds of terminal commands (at the old site). I'd love to get to the point where I could function almost exclusively in the terminal as far as system maintenance. Someday!

michaeltintiuc

just FYI the link to the github repo is broken

dbarron

brent Always something to learn...things change. I still am not fully versed on systemd or the new TCPIP controls (despite having done my Master's thesis on network protocols). I enjoy learning, but as I get older, it's like chasing a horse uphill.

Staudey

A well-trained human can chase a horse until it finally collapses from exhaustion; just saying 😉

viyoriya

algent
hi these are the steps...
copy this 3rd party application in user local.

mkdir
copy stacer to user local
copy icon to user local
( these are the commonds. check and change the file path i just pasted my path)

sudo mkdir /usr/local/stacer
sudo cp stacer /usr/local/stacer/
sudo cp _{/Documents/SOLUS/Stacer-native/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/stacer.png} /usr/local/stacer/

create stacer.desktop file and copy tho local share..if you want u can make ur own icon png file in gimp...🙂 and add into Icon path

-----------------stacer.desktop-----------------
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Stacer
Icon=/usr/local/stacer/stacer.png
Exec=/usr/local/stacer/stacer
Categories=System;X-GNOME-Utilities;
Comment=stacer

(the crazy website makes the last line so big may be the semi colon. grrrrrrrrrrrr webdevelopers)
final commond
cp stacer.desktop _{/.local/share/applications/}

Hope it helps....forgot to attach the stacer app...

dbarron

.desktop files are not exectutable, you can't run them. they're used as hints/guides for the desktop menu systems.

viyoriya

dbarron hi if you specify the path and application in *.desktop file it will execute...
ex:
Exec=/usr/local/stacerfolder/stacer
in the above code /usr/local/stacerfolder/ is the path and stacer is the application...you can set icon, menu category, language,terminal run option etc etc...

algent

viyoriya
Thank you!
Exec=/home/algent/.bin/stacer made it working.

About the icons I use Flat Remix with svg format. Usually there are all in this theme.

dbarron

viyoriya Yes, it will appear in the MENU system, it will not EXECUTE 🙂

viyoriya

dbarron yes it does not execute on double click..when it is placed in the applications dir...either local or usr...the app added into menu item... on click on the menu entry it will execute the app based on the Exec path

viyoriya

algent cool