Attention! This version of Grumblr is defunct!
All released versions of Grumblr utilize Tumblr API v1 which is phased out by Tumblr effective September 2012.
Grumblr is a Tumblr micro-blogging platform client for a GTK-friendly Desktop Environment like GNOME, XFCE, LXDE, etc. With Grumblr, you can post text messages, links, quotes, chat logs, upload photos, audio, and video files right away from your desktop.
Requirements
In order to install and run grumblr you should have the following packages installed on your system:
- Ruby interpreter
- GTK+ library
- Ruby bindings to GTK+
- RubyGems gem manager
- libXml Ruby library
- REST Client gem
You can install required packages with the following command
On Debian/Ubuntu:
$ sudo apt-get install ruby rubygems ruby-dev libxml2-dev zlib1g-dev libgtk2.0-dev
Installation
Grumblr comes with both desktop entry file and icon, though they are not installed automatically during gem installation process.
To make Grumblr acessible from system menu
- copy
data/grumblr.applicationfile to~/.local/share/applications/ - copy
data/pixmaps/grumblr.svgicon to~/.local/share/pixmaps/ - symlink grumbr executable script to an accessible directory like
/usr/local/bin/
On Debian/Ubuntu:
$ sudo gem install grumblr
$ cd /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/grumblr-2.4.2
$ sudo ruby ./setup.rb
Usage
At the first start you will need to enter your Tumblr login and password. Select a message type, add contents and probably a file. Submit to Tumblr blog.
License
Grumblr is released under the terms of the New BSD License.