How to install Cairo Dock in Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick)
About Cairo Dock
It uses Cairo / OpenGL to render graphics (many in correlation with Compiz) with full hardware acceleration. It's fully configurable and fully customizable and can be used as a taskbar too. You can easily add applets in the dock or as a desklet. It is recommended to install the PLUG-INS package (cairo-dock-plug-ins) to have access to more views, dialogs and many plug-ins and applets. Some screen shots are available : http://pics.glx-dock.org This package is the core of Cairo-Dock project. Open a terminal window and add the following line and copy paste the following line. sudo apt-get install udo sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cairo-dock-team/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install cairo-dock That’s it Cairo dock is installed. You can start it by going to Applications > Accessories > GLX-Dock (Cairo-Dock withOpenGPL). But Cairo is not installed to run at startup. You can do so, by going to System > Preferences > Startup Applications. And adding the following. After opening Startup Applications Preferences window just press Add button now you will see a new box called Add Startup Program In that you will see Name in that you have to type “GLX-Dock(Cairo-Dock with OpenGL” In Command you have to type “ cairo-dock -o” and in Comment you have to type “Cairo-Dock with OpenGl (hardware)” and enjoy now Allu John Sudhakar (System/Network Administrator UCE,OU Osmania University ), Hyderabad |
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