From Compiz
Gnome Compiz Manager is small utility, which manage GL Desktop configuration on XGL/AiGLX. It’s composed of two applications:
=> compiz-tray-icon: it lets you load or unload the GL Desktop
=> gnome-compiz-preferences: it lets you configure the plugins and options related to your GL Desktop in a simple way
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Ubuntu Edgy
First add this repository in your source.list :
deb http://gandalfn.club.fr/ubuntu edgy stable
or if you want dev packages... :
deb http://gandalfn.club.fr/ubuntu edgy stable
Get the GPG key :
gpg --keyserver hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys 0x483170E9 ; \ gpg --export -a 0x483170E9 | sudo apt-key add -
Update your apt database and install Gnome Compiz Manager :
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gnome-compiz-manager
If you have previously used dev you can install extra package :
sudo apt-get install gnome-compiz-manager-extra
Once it's installed run "compiz-tray-icon" or go to System => Preferences => Sessions and add "compiz-tray-icon" in Startup Programs to load it each time you login.
Ubuntu Feisty
Edit /etc/apt/sources.list file and add the following line :
deb http://gandalfn.club.fr/ubuntu feisty motu
Grab the GPG key :
gpg --keyserver hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys 0x483170E9 ; gpg --export -a 0x483170E9 | sudo apt-key add -
Update your apt database and install Gnome Compiz Manager and dependancies :
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gnome-compiz-manager gnome-compiz-manager-extra libgnome-compiz-manager libgnome-compiz-manager-dev
Once it's installed run "compiz-tray-icon" or go to System => Preferences => Sessions and add "compiz-tray-icon" in Startup Programs to load it each time you login.
Compile from Source (stable)
You might need to have gab2 installed to compile it correctly.
Download the latest package from : http://download.gna.org/gcm/gnome-compiz-manager/ If you are addicted to terminal you can do :
wget http://download.gna.org/gcm/gnome-compiz-manager/gnome-compiz-manager-0.10.0.tar.gz
Decompress it in graphical way or in terminal :
tar xvf /your/directory/gnome-compiz-manager-0.10.0.tar.gz
Then cd into the directory created from the decompression and do the following commands :
./configure --prefix=/usr make sudo make install
It should be installed to check run "compiz-tray-icon" and if you want load it each time you login go to System => Preferences => Sessions and add "compiz-tray-icon" in Startup Programs.
You can also download the extra package here : http://download.gna.org/gcm/gnome-compiz-manager-extra/
or in a terminal :
wget http://download.gna.org/gcm/gnome-compiz-manager-extra/gnome-compiz-manager-extra-0.2.0.tar.gz
Decompress it in graphical way or in terminal :
tar xvf /your/directory/gnome-compiz-manager-extra-0.2.0.tar.gz
Then cd into the directory created from the decompression and do the following commands :
./configure --prefix=/usr make sudo make install
It should be activated the next time you'll run compiz-tray-icon or gnome-compiz-preferences.
Compile from Source (SVN)
You might need to have gab2 installed to compile it correctly, subversion to check the SVN repository and automake1.9.
Check the SVN repository in a terminal :
svn co svn://svn.gna.org/svn/gcm/trunk gcm
Then cd into the directory where you downloaded SVN :
cd /your/directory/gcm
Install gnome-compiz-manager
cd to gnome-compiz-manager:
cd gnome-compiz-manager
Paste this commands in the console:
./autogen --prefix=/usr make sudo make install
It should be installed to check run "compiz-tray-icon" and if you want load it each time you login go to System => Preferences => Sessions and add "compiz-tray-icon" in Startup Programs.
Install gnome-compiz-manager-extra
If you have followed this tutorial you're still in gnome-compiz-manager folder so cd in extra folder:
cd ../gnome-compiz-manager-extra/
Paste this commands in the console:
./autogen --prefix=/usr make sudo make install
It should be activated the next time you'll run compiz-tray-icon or gnome-compiz-preferences.