Install Global Menu Applet Ubuntu Gnome
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HOWTO: Installing Gnome's GlobalMenu Applet on Debian LennyIntroduction:The project is an attempt to produce a GTK module and panel applet for gnome2 that acts as a global public menu for all gtk-powered applications. Instead of the application menu appearing on the actual window below the window manager 'bar' it always appears on the panel. There are numerous reasons that people might prefer a setup like this (arr, beware!
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Here be desktop politics). I've personally spent the last few years using OS X and find a global menu familiar and comfortable. This post aims at being a rough guide on how to compile and install the latest (as of 05/25) 'stable' version of the Global Menu application (0.7.5.) I find that it's particularly powerful when coupled with as a dynamic menu replacement.Please see the attached screenshot for an example. Notice how the menu for Totem is not attached to the application window but found on the panel at the top of the screen.NOTE: zoamaster has provided an alternative (and cleaner way) to install the GlobalMenu Applet using Ubuntu's repositories. I couldn't get it to work on my stable system, but perhaps you'll have better luck.
ALSO: You really should ignore my advice about building GlobalMenu from scratch and either use the Ubuntu package, Hadret's version from his PPA or build the.DEB yourself using Soul Singin' guide.WARNING: This is alpha software. According the project's website: 'THIS IS NON-WARRANTED SOFTWARE. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. IT KILLS KITTENS AND COMPUTERS TOO' So use at your own risk.Step 1: Download the necessary stuffYou'll need the global menu source code obviously.
It can be found.I have a pretty 'normal' install of Debian Lenny (this basically means I selected the Desktop meta-package in taskel during installation) and I found I had to install the following for global menu to compile. Your millage may vary.Code: # apt-get install libwnck-dev libpanelappletmm-2.6-dev libgnome-menu-dev libnotify-dev valacStep 2: Compile!Now the fun part. Compile the applet:Code: $ tar xvjf gnome-globalmenu-0.7.5.tar$ cd gnome-globalmenu-0.7.5/$./configureHopefully this works OK. If it doesn't its likely that you're either A) Missing a dependency (check for a brief list) or B) found a bug.
If you think you've found a bug go ahead and post the relevant output from running./configure and maybe even config.log as an attachment. Also try checking their to see if its a known issue. Nine times out of ten it's more likely you're missing a development library. Because everyone's system is different I can't provide an exhaustive list of packages you.might. need to install. It'll just take a little fiddling.OK.
Continuing:Code: $ makeIf you get an error here, it's much more likely that its a bug (hopefully an interesting one) The above advice applies.and finally:Code: $ su root# make installThis should install the GTK module and applet where ever they need to go (/usr/local) on my system.Step 3: Try it!OK, now we need to try it. To do this the global menu guys recommend you set a key in gconf to export the gtk module. I found that this did not work (it is possibly a feature that is being implemented in the svn branch).
Regardless try it anyways:Code: $ gconf-editor /apps/gnomesettingsdaemon/gtk-modules/globalmenu-gnomeDepending on your level of confidence, log out of Gnome and then log back in. Click on the panel and select add, and then find the global menu applet.
Hopefully it should load and you'll see all your current GTK application's menu in the gnome-panel. Ta-da, you're done.If this not the case, try this:Code: $ echo 'export GTKMODULES=globalmenu-gnome' /.profileand then log out of Gnome and then back in.
You might get an error message saying that the GTKMODULE is not exported but it apparently is a false alarm (at least on my system). Try adding the global menu applet to your panel and see if it works.Notes: This only works for GTK and Java/Swing applications so most unfortunately it will not work with Firefox. As previously mentioned it's alpha software. So it may not work predictably or at all. Finally, just unset the gconf key and/or remove the 'export GTKMODULES=globalmenu-gnome' line from your.profile to turn off the GTK module, if you want to have your application menus return to their respective applications.
Additionally, a simple 'make uninstall' run in the gnome-globalmenu-0.7.5/ directory as root will remove the software if it has offended you. Attachments Global Menu Example globalMenuExample.jpeg (37.1 KiB) Viewed 19436 times. Zaomaster wrote:or.add this to /etc/sources.list: Code: deb jaunty mainand this signing key: Code: # wget -q -O- apt-key add -and all is well.I tried the keyring but an error occurred which states that there was no gpg key found.My question is the above sourcelist for ubuntu applicable to lenny? Or Do I need to use intrepid or karmic links?Pls. Thanks alot!Posts: 99 Joined: 2011-01-19 13:16.
Did you still want to try and build debs from the PPA sources? It's pretty easy:and the PPA sources are in here:Though checking here:Step 0: PrerequisitesVALA = 0.7.7 is a must for building from svn. Building from a released tarball doesn't need it.lastest trunk build of vala should work, though not tested.SRPMPlease also check the configure.ac file for the most updated requirement on VALAlibwnck-1.0gtk+-2.0gnome-menuslibpanelapplet-1.0 (for GlobalMenu.PanelApplet)Looks like valac is too old in Lenny and must also be backported (it's doable). Stevepusser,I am up for it but I have some questions:1. Is the gnome global menu supported in Squeeze? If so, is it prudent to just wait for it?
I might be wrong.2. How exactly do we do the bakports for the old package? Do we have a detailed guide for it? Have you done it? And I still can't figure out making a deb out of ubuntu but I am sure that I can figure it out but if somebody has done it that can run in Lenny then super pls.
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If your planning to do it (deb package of global menu in lenny), can we collaborate on it? I would love to have a partner in making this.
It would hasten the process.All in all, what you think? And to everyone, if you are all up to it then let us do it!Pls. Post!Super thanks!:Posts: 99 Joined: 2011-01-19 13:16. I've already backported valac 0.8.1 for another Lenny-based distro:to support another program, so I know that version is backportable, at least.
I follow the procedure in that 'backports.txt' file I linked to. Once you have the source files, such as the ones from the PPA, that's 90% of the battle, most of the time. Then you are just using someone else's hard work and rebuilding your own packages.Hard to say if the gnome-menu will work in Lenny, except by actually doing it. I have a KDE desktop in my Lenny virtual machine, but could install Gnome too and build vala and the gnome-menu debs to see what happens.
Stevepusser wrote:Hard to say if the gnome-menu will work in Lenny, except by actually doing it. I have a KDE desktop in my Lenny virtual machine, but could install Gnome too and build vala and the gnome-menu debs to see what happens.Pls.
Do it and thanks in advance. I really appreciate it.I will also do it in my end but because I am still learning in how to do it then it might take awhile.By the way, I don't know if its proper to put it here but why is the global menu not part of the packages in Debian? While UBUNTU has it and even fedora.Posts: 99 Joined: 2011-01-19 13:16.