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Bug 455176

Summary: x11-plugins/vicious-2.1.0[+contrib] - /usr/share/awesome/lib/vicious/helpers.lua:38: module 'vicious.contrib.mem' not found
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7>
Component: [OLD] LibraryAssignee: Alex Alexander (RETIRED) <wired>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: tomwij
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---

Description Frank Steinmetzger 2013-02-02 19:04:29 UTC
I just upgraded vicious from 2.0.3 to 2.1.0. At the same time I enabled the contrib useflag. Then I updated my awesome config file according to awesome’s upgrade guide.

The vicious package installs all widget files into /usr/share/awesome/lib/vicious/widgets/. Trying to load a widget using the following commands in my awesome rc.lua file:
    ramstatus = wibox.widget.textbox()
    vicious.cache(vicious.widgets.mem)
    vicious.register(ramstatus, vicious.widgets.mem, ...)
I get the following error when awesome loads:

/usr/share/awesome/lib/vicious/helpers.lua:38: module 'vicious.contrib.mem' not found:
	no field package.preload['vicious.contrib.mem']
	no file './vicious/contrib/mem.lua'
	no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/vicious/contrib/mem.lua'
	no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/vicious/contrib/mem/init.lua'
	no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/vicious/contrib/mem.lua'
	no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/vicious/contrib/mem/init.lua'
	no file '/usr/share/lua/5.1/vicious/contrib/mem.lua'
	no file '/usr/share/lua/5.1/vicious/contrib/mem/init.lua'
	no file '/home/frank/.config/awesome/vicious/contrib/mem.lua'
	no file '/home/frank/.config/awesome/vicious/contrib/mem/init.lua'
	no file '/etc/xdg/awesome/vicious/contrib/mem.lua'
	no file '/etc/xdg/awesome/vicious/contrib/mem/init.lua'
	no file '/usr/share/awesome/lib/vicious/contrib/mem.lua'
	no file '/usr/share/awesome/lib/vicious/contrib/mem/init.lua'
	no file './vicious/contrib/mem.so'
	no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/vicious/contrib/mem.so'
	no file '/usr/lib/lua/5.1/vicious/contrib/mem.so'
	no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so'
	no file './vicious.so'
	no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/vicious.so'
	no file '/usr/lib/lua/5.1/vicious.so'
	no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so'

Obviously, vicious is not looking in the right places. However, when I reinstall vicious without the contrib use flag, the error is gone and awesome loads as expected.
Comment 1 Alex Alexander (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2013-02-05 23:25:22 UTC
The contrib widgets were installed in the wrong place.

This should be fixed in =vicious-2.1.0-r1

Thanks for reporting :)