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Cooking With Ubuntu
I refer to Richard Adams’ articles about “Cooking with Ubuntu”. Thanks to him for the “tour” of recipe apps he provided. I also did some research to find the best software for my recipes.
I agree Gnome Recipes is promising, but obviously the lack of import functions makes this choice impossible for me, as I would have hundreds of personal recipes to re-enter. Also, development looks very slow, and I could not find any milestone about adding some import function. I think this is not in the scope of the app.
Today, I use Gourmet 0.17.4, which is still usable with Ubuntu 20.04, even if you need to manually install python 2.7 and download some packages from previous Ubuntu releases (https://askubuntu.com/questions/1230167/can-gourmet-still-run-on-ubuntu-20-04).
IMO, Gourmet is the best solution, because it has all functions, especially import, and export to multiple formats. This is important, as I can export my recipes to .mcb (my cookbook) format, and import the file with the Cookmate app on my Android (for example). That way, I can cook while travelling, or at a friend's home.
Last, there is a Gourmet migration project to python 3. There is already a flatpak package available, and it seems usable (https://github.com/kirienko/gourmet/blob/master/INSTALL.md). I just tried it in a VM, and it looks good so far.
Maybe Richard could talk about this in a future issue? As I said, during my investigations looking for a recipe software, Gourmet ended as the best option for my needs (Linux desktop and Android phone).
Pascal
Richard says: I'm glad you enjoyed the Cooking with Ubuntu series. I have tried previously to install Gourmet, but had no luck doing so. I would love to see a step-by-step tutorial on how you installed Gourmet (including instructions on the Python and additional library installation), and how you use it. I'm also curious if it will import the MasterCook format, as I have a lot of MasterCook recipe files.
Update from Pascal: There is a new project, called “Gourmand”, maintained by Cyril Danilevski (he was very active on first Gourmet Python 3 project), that can be found here: https://github.com/GourmandRecipeManager/gourmand/blob/main/docs/installation.md
So, IMO, it is better to use that version, which is the one that will have bug fixes, etc…
First, you need to run Ubuntu 20.04 (the latest LTS so far), not sure it will work on later versions. Installation instructions are detailed here: https://github.com/GourmandRecipeManager/gourmand/blob/main/docs/installation.md
First, download latest flatpak file from here: https://github.com/GourmandRecipeManager/gourmand/releases/
Currently, it is gourmand-1.0.0.flatpak file.
Then open a terminal and type the following commands :
sudo apt-get install flatpak
flatpak remote-add –if-not-exists –user flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
sudo flatpak install ~/Download/gourmet-1.0.0.flatpak
You can import your MasterCook files. There are several formats (XML, Text, and MCB files). MCB is the best as far as I know.
Disk Cataloging and Mqtt
Why oh why are there no decent disk catalogers for linux? Ok, there are some, but most don’t work or are old (and unmaintained in some cases). The only one that worked on my system was gwhere, and that couldn’t read sda1. I currently use:
ls -R1 /home/jan | sed -e 's/^.*jan jan ' > name drive.txt and read the resulting file in featherpad. That works but isn’t ideal. Second, since mqtt is often used, why are there no examples to show how to use mqtt data in tkinter? Especially, how to change the values when receiving new data. I personally want to use this with node-red as a kind of LoT (Lan of Things) with a browser to display data on a display. Bokbus Ronnie says: anyone out there able to help Bokbus with suggestions? Feel free to email them to ronnie@fullcirclemagazine.org and I’ll pass them along.