From what I understand, the project is not actively developed, but what we have for the moment is great. It is prettier than kiba-dock, more functional and also more “OS X-like”. It takes more time to customize, but I think it’s worth it. Here’s how I installed it on Edgy with AIGLX:
- Install these packages Code: sudo apt-get install librsvg2-bin librsvg2-common librsvg2-dev libglitz-glx1 libglitz-glx1-dev
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Make sure you have build-essential to be able to compile cairo.
- Download Cairo 1.2.6
http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.2.6.tar.gz
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Install Cairo 1.2.6
Code: ./configure –enable-warnings –enable-glitz –disable-quartz –disable-atsui –disable-xcb –disable-win32 –disable-gtk-doc Code: make Code: sudo make install 5. Download cairo-dock
http://www.gnome-dock.org/prerelease…-0.0.1b.tar.gz (doesn’t seem to work anymore) Try this instead: cairo-dock.tar.gz
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Extract the tarball in /opt
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Install cairo-dock
Code: make clean Code: make Also, change your virtual vertical size in Beryl from 1 to 2, otherwise it will probably bug. That’s a weird fix found by someone in this thread, but it works.
To open the dock, use
Code: ./cairo-dock --no-glitz To add launchers, play with cairo-dock.c and redo
Code: make once you've saved the file.
Also, you’ll probably have to change Vertical Virtual Size in Beryl from 1 to 2 to avoid a bug.
At the moment, it only accepts icons in .svg, but it’s fairly easy to convert .png to .svg using InkScape. Good luck!