Pretty it up

Wanted to pretty up the desktop and wasn't happy with the gDesklets, so looked into aDesklets. First I need to install the engine. I downloaded this and extracted it with

tar xvjf adesklets-version

Then into the directory to install with a ./configure. First problem is apparently Ubuntu doesn't install with the developer programs. A quick Google search and I found the answer to this. I did a

sudo apt-get install build-essential

It installed just fine. Attempted another ./configure and got:

checking for Python include path... find: /usr/include/python/: No such file or directory

I thought that maybe Python didn't install, so I:

sudo apt-get install python2.4

But the system said it was up to date. I looked at the error again and looked into the /usr/include directory and found that the Python directory is python24, created a symbolic link with:

ln -s ./python24 ./python

I ran ./congfigure again and received:

checking for Python include path...
configure: error: cannot find Python include path

I posted to the adesklet forums, but haven't received a message back yet. I've come up with a couple other problems. I need to set up the funtion keys. I found a forum post on the Gentoo forums for the Sony FS series Function Key fix. I also need to set the system up to shut down when I hit the power button.