GCstar forums - Version 1.7.1 released

Your return is great news. We've missed you for a long time

I'm happy to see these reactions. I can't promise to spend as many time as I used to when I started the project, but at least I'll do that regularly.

Une nouvelle version de Gcstar, quelle surprise !!
Je suis content que ce projet ne meure pas.

Mais il y a du français... ç�  c'est chouette. Je réussis �  faire tourner GCstars sur Puppy Linux, �  condition qu'elle soit dotée de Synaptic, ce qui est très rare. (LxPup synaptic).
Bien sûr j'ai GCstar depuis pas mal de temps sous Windows 7.
Les deux versions se causent, je peux importer de l'une vers l'autre.

Last edited by pelo (2017-08-17 06:26:14)

The site GNA.org used to publish GCstar releases was closed last May. Therefore there is no easy way to create new releases and have them pushed to various Linux distributions. Furthermore, the process to create package Windows installers seems to have been broken for a long time.

Anyhow, I've set up a GIT repo to track the lastest contributions since the last release (in the Test branch). It is possible to use it to benefit from the changes by downloading an archive and unpacking it in the directory where GCstar was installed.

Note that for Windows systems, it may not work as the last binaries versions of GCstar don't seem to support the HTTPS/TLS protocols that are increasingly used by web sites. In these environnements, the best way is to install a Perl distribution (ActivePerl or Strawberry for example), install some additionnal modules (most notably GTk2) then launch the gstar script in the bin directory.

Not knowing which validation process was used by Tian before making releases and without his approval, it's difficult to create new "official" version of GCstar.

Hi

I can´t download the last vesrsion install.
Plesae, can you send me the URL for this?

Thaks!

Don't you have a windows install that possible send me ?
Please, if yes send me.

kerenoc wrote:

The latest source code is still available in a GitLab repository. Some basic installation instructions are available.

Hello, I ran into some problems trying to install GCStar.
I installed Perl, but when trying to install Gtk I get the error message

"ppm.bat install failed: Can't find any package that provides Gtk2"

I don't really know what I'm doing though, I just try to follow the instructions. Would you mind explaining a bit more in detail?

It worked, thank you very much!
However, now I have another problem: I can't open my collection.
I'm getting this error message:

Fatal error with plugin GCAmazonDE
: Can't locate URL/Encode.pm in @INC (you may need to install the URL::Encode module) (@INC contains: C:\Program Files (x86)\GCstar\gcstar\lib\gcstar C:/Perl64/site/lib C:/Perl64/lib) at C:\Program Files (x86)\GCstar\gcstar\lib\gcstar/GCPlugins/GCgames/GCAmazonDE.pm line 34.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\Program Files (x86)\GCstar\gcstar\lib\gcstar/GCPlugins/GCgames/GCAmazonDE.pm line 34.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 401) line 2.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 401) line 2.

Any idea what to do?

I don't even need the german Amazon plugin, but I couldn't open my collection without it.
Anyway, everything works now!
Thank you very much for your help and for all the work you do for GCStar!

Excellent news, kerenoc.

I hope the Debian package is updated, too.

Hello

For the first point, what are the bugs you're refering to?

For the second, statistics generated using a date field can be grouped by days, months or years.