How To install pyRenamer ?

[Emilien76]

Hi,
I want to install pyRenamer on Sabayon 11 XFCE but I have never compiled an app so any help would be great...

[wolfden]

If you are not familiar with portage we do not recommend it to users, instead file a package request so it can be added to the repo:
viewtopic.php?f=76&t=13891

[Emilien76]

Ok but if I need pyRenamer this week? Is it so hard to compile this app ?

[aia]

Hi Emilien76,

You can download the code from official site and then read the README and INSTALL and you will understand what you have to do and if it is hard or not.
I think the compile is not so hard but depends in which state is your system.I mean that the most difficult part in the compilation is when lets say one application starts to ask for library or dependencies and then you have to compile all these one by one.Maybe in the end of the day to don't remember which was the initial program that you wanted to compile.Xa:)
But also in that way you learn the tree application which is most important.

Alternative for rename or convert multiply files you can play with this command:

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convert


Lets says that you have 5 .jpg images with different name and you want to rename all these.
run:

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convert *.jpg 0.jpg


You have to be in the same directory with your files.
p.s Convert is not exactly for rename files but for convert files but if you don't put any flag in front of this you can rename.It works for me!

[sabayonino]

@ aia

Why download from the home site ?

pyrename is in portage tree

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ys-apps/pyrenamer
     Available versions:  ~0.6.0-r1 {{debug music}}
     Homepage:            http://www.infinicode.org/code/pyrenamer/
     Description:         Mass rename files


He can try use portage :

Sync Portage tree and Sabayon Overlay

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# emerge --sync && layman -S

After a first sync , he can install pyrename

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# emerge pyrename

if compile goes fine :

edit /etc/entropy/client.conf

make sure :
ignore-spm-downgrades=enable

then

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# equo rescue spmsync

good luck

[Emilien76]

Thanks, I will try to do that

[aia]

@sabayonino because @Emilien76 asked

Is it so hard to compile this app ?

the first reason.
The second i don't think that is good practise for newbie users to use both equo and emerge.
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equo search pyrename


found 0 entries.

[Stupot]

While it's not a great idea to use portage on an entropy system if you can avoid it, it's much better to use portage than to install outside of any package management at all.

[wolfden]

Yes, always use one of the provided package managers first. Going outside of them, we do not support at all, one is on his own if they do.

[Ryuno-Ki]

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# emerge --sync && layman -S

You should add and sync the Sabayon overlay as well:

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# layman -a sabayon && layman -s sabayon