Il vaut mieux employer aptitude que apt-get.

j'ai toujours fait apt-get :-( Je me croutonnise déjà à mon âge.Je corrige dès que j'ai terminé le tuto

ok j'attends la fin avec impatience.

je viens d'essayer aptitude et je ne vois pas bien l'intéret par rapport à apt-get. Certes c'est graphique si on lance aptitude seul, mais sinon, c'est la même procédure. Pourquoi s'embêter ? Souhaites-tu que je mette la procédure en graphique ? En même temps est-ce souhaitable dans la mesure où ce code est instable ?

Aptitude gère mieux les dépendances que apt-get. En fait la pluspart des commande ou on utilise apt-get marche exactement de la même façon en utilisant aptitude : aptitude install, aptitude reinstall ... et il me semble qu'aptitude est recommandé par l'équipe de développement d'ubuntu. De toute façon il faut utiliser soit l'un, soit l'autre mais ne pas mélanger les deux si possible.

C'est encore moi. Je remplacerai sudo make install par sudo checkinstall qui permet de créer un .deb ce qui est plus facile a gérer par la suite.

Also need to install gtk2-aqd.

Was sleeping :-) Going to add the next steps now

Pourquoi les dev d'Ubuntu ne le passent pas en standard ? Quels inconvénients a Aptitude pour qu'il ne soit pas recommandé partout ?

Sinon merci pour checkinstall,là encore c'est un truc d'empaqueteurs qui n'est pas installé par défaut. Je suppose qu'on ne considère pas que l'utilisateur lambda compile des paquets ;-)

Je mets les 2 dans la mesure où les arguments apportent un plus.

# apt-get source gtk+2.0

# Install svn sudo apt-get install svn # Download the patches

# svn checkout http://gnome2-globalmenu.googlecode.com/svn/branches/1.0/trunk/gtk2-aqd/ # Using cd, head to the gtk2-aqd dir that's been downloaded

There are several missing files, and dpkg-buildpackage -r fakeroot does not work.

This page doesn't look like to be consistent.

how about a package for XFCE applet?

why "sudo mkdir" in "Installing with debs" section? wget runs without sudo and couldn't create a file in a folder :)

I installing applet and it needs root for work. How to correct this? Help :) (Ubuntu 7.10)

It doesn't work in hardy...it almost does but it doesn't. If you find a solution please email me at doorknob60@gmail.com

Agree with doorknot, it installs without errors, but when you try to add it, synaptic reports it as broken

Well,excuse me for my english..this guide is ok,but when i have installed .deb I had 2 errors and so I put a ticks on all sources update.This caused an upgrade of distro and when i reboot my computer,the errors there isn't!Now it's work very well

I've gotten it working in Hardy, i just followed the guide. this was 4 or 5 days ago, so it could have been fixed since the april 18th post by Doorknob

It says it is broken, and a dependancey is broken...

What do I need to install?

When I try install show me a error in .deb file. Some dependencies isn't install so..

sudo apt-get -f install

And try again

sudo dpkg -i .deb

you should move this project to launshpad.net and create a PPA repository :)

this worked great... but it doesnt work for firefox, the menu is still in the same place, what do i do?

Since these examples are for gutsy and hardy to make a deb, why not create a personal package archive on launchpad.net. You can import your code and patches, then let launchpad build all the dependencies and packages. Then anyone get just issue an apt-get to get the global menu.

@nelstanlee; we can beg hard for firefox to use native widgets. File a bug at Firefox bugzilla to let them notice the importance of using native widgets rather than draing native-alike widgets!

@luis.davim; I don't use ubuntu. Let me have a look at launchpad.net's project hosting later. Googlecode still looks enough.

Is this working?????

Launchpad more ubuntu friendly cause you can get ppa - apt repository there for everyone to update easily using update manager.

Super tuto simple et rapide... seul bémol ça ne fonctionne pas sous Hardy :-( on obtient une jolie barre dans le menu sur laquelle on peut cliquer, faire apparaitre le titre de l'appli mais aucun menu. Ce dernier reste désespérément vissé à la fenêtre d'origine.

Une idée ? à part celle de ne pas utiliser Hardy ^^

Very good tutorial indeed but unfortunately it does not work with Hardy :-( I obtained a nice bar where I manage to show up the name of the application but that's all. No menu in that bar. The latter stays stuck at its original place.

Any idea ? Apart from not using Hardy ^^ ?

I'm going to try it, hope it works. Using Hardy Heron.

By the way, is this the same thing as the macmenu-applet thingy? I would really like to know.... There doesn't seem to be any literature connecting these two projects. Thanks

it dont work on xubuntu hardy !

Broken pkg.. doesnt work on ubuntu hardy. Bummer!!1!

Broken on Ubuntu Hardy. Ditto on the bummer!

Make sure you update Ubuntu all the way. It's working perfect for me. It's going to be part of my Operating System coming soon. You can stay up-to-date with my Operating System at the forums of WinMatrix? http://www.winmatrix.com

Does not install according to the instructions on a fresh-out-of-the-box Hardy:

$ sudo dpkg -i .deb Selecting previously deselected package gnome2-globalmenu-applet. (Reading database ... 95957 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking gnome2-globalmenu-applet (from gnome2-globalmenu-applet_0.4-3_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package gtk2.0-examples. Unpacking gtk2.0-examples (from gtk2.0-examples_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_i386.deb) ... Preparing to replace gtk2-engines-pixbuf 2.12.9-3ubuntu4 (using gtk2-engines-pixbuf_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement gtk2-engines-pixbuf ... Preparing to replace libgtk2.0-0 2.12.9-3ubuntu4 (using libgtk2.0-0_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libgtk2.0-0 ... Preparing to replace libgtk2.0-bin 2.12.9-3ubuntu4 (using libgtk2.0-bin_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libgtk2.0-bin ... Preparing to replace libgtk2.0-common 2.12.9-3ubuntu4 (using libgtk2.0-common_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libgtk2.0-common ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome2-globalmenu-applet:

gnome2-globalmenu-applet depends on gnome-common; however:

Package gnome-common is not installed.

gnome2-globalmenu-applet depends on gnome-pkg-tools; however:

Package gnome-pkg-tools is not installed.

Setting up libgtk2.0-bin (2.12.9-4ubuntu3) ... Setting up gtk2.0-examples (2.12.9-4ubuntu3) ... Setting up gtk2-engines-pixbuf (2.12.9-4ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for libc6 ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Errors were encountered while processing:

gnome2-globalmenu-applet

On Hardy, use the Synaptic Package Manager to first install "gnome-pkg-tools" and "gnome-common" and then the downloaded .deb files can be installed.

Would this same guide work for Debian lenny/sid?

Does not display menus on Hardy. Weird

Has this project sunk to the bottom of the great dead ocean?

I see no changes has been made since May 14 this year, and I think it's a real shame, since it's one of my favorite plugins for the feel of my PC.

A guide for Intrepid would be great. Following Hardy's steps in a brand new install of Intrepid won't work ...

I had a lot of trouble following this guide in intrepid. Need some help!

here is a guide for Intrepid and recent veersion of globalmenu :

http://ayozone.org/2008/11/10/how-to-install-globalmenu-06-on-ubuntu-intrepid

hope that helps a bit.

Is it only me having no options/configurations when right-clicking the applet in the new version for Intrepid in PPA? It shows the name of current application, where in earlier versions on hardy, it was possible to have it only show the icon of the application. which I like much better.

We have a new URI for the GlobalMenu? Team PPA on Launchpad. The new URI for their PPA is https://launchpad.net/~globalmenu-team/+archive and the sources to add for Ubuntu Intrepid are now

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/globalmenu-team/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/globalmenu-team/ubuntu intrepid main

i hadn't seen anyone confirm that they got this working with intrepid ibex 64bit, so i just wanted to chime in and say that i have. i wish i remembered where i found the debs that i used but it's now working on several apps. there are lots of apps that this doesn't affect. could anyone describe how to tell if a program uses gtk?

Converting the .rpm packages with alien works fine with this command

sudo alien -cc packagename.rpm

Notice that packagename.rpm is the rpm name. It is the easiest way to install. It turns it into a .deb package you can install easily. Then restart.

Please update the repository with the last version!

@mastropino

Our package maintainer on ubuntu has been on a serious and dangerous job.

Please be patient until he comes back home.

Thanks

I got an update of GNOME2 Global Menu (GGm) today, and after the install GGm keeps crashing upon startup. I get that "gnome panel couldn't launch gnome2 global menu - don't delete / delete".

The update brought version 0.7.2~ppa6.

Any suggestions?

I have the same problem. After update the GGM dissapear from my applets.

Exactly, jbetancur ... Anyone have a fix?

Chris, I found a "solution". remove gnome2-globalmenu with (In Console):

sudo apt-get remove gnome2-globalmenu

and then execute:

sudo apt-get install gnome-globalmenu

that come back the globalmenu while the bug is fixed in the next version.

the global menu doesn't seem to work proberly on hardy - everything but the actual menu does work, though, and enabling (toggling) the "enable global menu for gtk applications" button doesn't fix it either.

Same here, ubuntu hardy too

Is it possible to run this in XFCE via the XfApplet??

I would love to use it, is it possible to repackage it as just the applet without the extra gnome and nautilus stuff?

Used to use it on Gnome, but then decided to go in for XFCE.

I can't remove "gnome2-globalmenu-applet" using apt/aptitude, so I used dpkg -r gnome2-globalmenu-applet.

so this doesnt work with open office or with firefox?

i've got a problem on jaunty... i managed to install it with no problems, but i cant add it to the panel, cause the option doesnt appear on the add to panel window

I'm trying to install gnome globalmenu on debian etch but there is a problem with a lib that isn't at the repositories and I'm still very noob....

there is the error when use ./configure

checking for xgettext... (cached) /usr/bin/xgettext checking for valac... no ./configure: line 22649: --version: command not found checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for GLIB... configure: error: Package requirements (glib-2.0 >= 2.10.0 gobject-2.0 >= 2.10.0 gmodule-2.0 >= 2.10.0) were not met:

No package 'glib-2.0' found No package 'gobject-2.0' found No package 'gmodule-2.0' found

I don't know what to do

@Andres Boedo i have the same problem...

The applet doesnt show up in "Add to Panel" Dialogue.

Using Ubuntu 9.04 fresh installation.

Well That dont work, the Solution for RESTORE yours Originals Menus

1 - Open "gconf-editor" 2 - Go to "app/gnome_setting_daemon/gtk-modules" 3 - UnCheck? "globalmenu-gnome" or delete it :=) Thats its all

lovely I like this, goes great with my Ubuntu Mac OS X look-a-like

well, i got it installed on ubunty hardy but menu doesn't work with all apps :/

yesterday i made it work on ubuntu hardy! it works fine! so, cool! hope this project doesn't die it's pretty amazing :D thanks!!!

gerxrdo: What did not work, and what did you do to fix this? Was it more difficult than trivial, then it might be worth to document

I haven't been able to compile the latest svn rev on my 9.04. This rev includes a major bugfix ( issue 408 )..

Would it be possible to update the PPA version

Can I use Jaunty packages to install that applet on Karmic Koala alpha 5?

Could you update the PPA to the rev with the 64bit fix? (0.7.7 I think). thanks.

Any chance you could upload packages for Karmic?

hey guys. i'm installing right now but i'd like to ask... why does everyone write "sudo apt-get" when "sudo aptitude" is the exact same effect, AND easier(faster) to type.

Hey, globalmenu-panel-applet 0.7.5 installed successfully in jaunty 9.04, however after I add it to a desktop panel and enable Global Menu for GTK applications followed by a restart it remains a simple panel menu. I have also tried adding: export GTK_MODULES=globalmenu-gnome" to ~/.profile and restarting.

I have this issue on two Jaunty boxes, any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks

Is the official PPA going to be updated to the latest release any soon¿

Anyone have any ideas?

We need the karmic repository!

You can use the Jaunty packages for Karmic. At least, it worked for me. However, it is causing wonky behavior, such as prohibiting gnome-system-monitor from opening (http://code.google.com/p/gnome2-globalmenu/issues/detail?id=514) as well as gparted (see comments in previous link) and, I believe, dockbar and dockbarx. So install at own risk!

Karmic plz

Karmic plz!!!

Where is the Authentication tab? I just can't find it... Thank you for all.

any updates on Karmic ppa?

where karmic repositories??

Would appreciate an update for Karmic to fix the system monitor bug, among others.

global menu is a must have in jaunty thanks. I recently switched to karmic but there is no repository. ¿global menu is going to be supported in karmic?

trying ppa:globalmenu-team/ppa will report feedback

err... i am getting this:

Err http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages

404 Not Found

ecelino, it's because there are no karmic packages in the official ppa.

i see... will there be any?

all of we hope yes, and fast!

please update for karmic. thanks!