kcpufreq is a CPU frequency display applet for KDE 3.x panel.
Are you looking for a KDE 3.x panel applet that can display the current CPU frequency? Then you should check out kcpufreq – a fantastic little utility that is quite similar to the GNOME cpufreq applet. It even copies its icons! While it may not be the most sophisticated applet out there, I find it to be incredibly useful, and it works with all cpufreq implementations that libcpufreq supports (which currently includes Linux 2.6/sys and Linux 2.4/proc).
In terms of installation, the `configure' shell script makes it quite easy. It attempts to guess correct values for different system-dependent variables used during compilation and then uses those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package. This may also include one or more `.h' files with system-dependent definitions, as well as a shell script `config.status' that you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration.
Furthermore, `configure' creates a file `config.cache' that saves the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring, and a file `config.log' containing compiler output (which can be quite useful for debugging `configure'). If you need to do anything unusual to compile the package, try to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them and then mail diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can be considered for the next release. And if at some point `config.cache' contains results that you don't want to keep, you may remove or edit it.
For those who want to change configure.in or regenerate configure using a newer version of `autoconf', the file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program called `autoconf'. However, for those who simply want to compile the package, the simplest way to do so is to follow these four steps:
1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type `./configure' to configure the package for your system.
2. Type `make' to compile the package.
3. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and documentation.
4. To remove the program binaries and object files from the source code directory, simply type `make clean'.
All in all, kcpufreq is a fantastic little applet that provides exactly what it sets out to – an easy way to monitor your CPU frequency – while being simple to install and use. Highly recommended!
In terms of installation, the `configure' shell script makes it quite easy. It attempts to guess correct values for different system-dependent variables used during compilation and then uses those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package. This may also include one or more `.h' files with system-dependent definitions, as well as a shell script `config.status' that you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration.
Furthermore, `configure' creates a file `config.cache' that saves the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring, and a file `config.log' containing compiler output (which can be quite useful for debugging `configure'). If you need to do anything unusual to compile the package, try to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them and then mail diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can be considered for the next release. And if at some point `config.cache' contains results that you don't want to keep, you may remove or edit it.
For those who want to change configure.in or regenerate configure using a newer version of `autoconf', the file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program called `autoconf'. However, for those who simply want to compile the package, the simplest way to do so is to follow these four steps:
1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type `./configure' to configure the package for your system.
2. Type `make' to compile the package.
3. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and documentation.
4. To remove the program binaries and object files from the source code directory, simply type `make clean'.
All in all, kcpufreq is a fantastic little applet that provides exactly what it sets out to – an easy way to monitor your CPU frequency – while being simple to install and use. Highly recommended!
What's New
Version 0.3: N/A