• Introduction
• Install Manually
• Dependencies
• Getting the sources
• Building (up to version 0.10)
• Building (from version 0.11 upwards)
• Install
• Tint2 Pre-Built binaries
• For Ubuntu 9.10 and upwards
• For Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)
• For Gentoo
• For Arch Linux
• Running
• Autorun tint2 in Openbox
• Autorun tint2 in Fluxbox
• Autorun tint2 in Gnome
• Any Problems

Introduction

Tint2 is very easy to install. And for Ubuntu and Debian users, prebuilt binaries are available.
Tint2 come with a panel (named tint2) and a theme swicher (named tint2conf).
Tint2 require an EWMH compatible Window manager and an UTF-8 system.

Install Manually

Dependencies

Tint2 depends on cairo, pango, glib2, >=imlib2-1.4.2, xinerama, libXrender, libXcomposite, libXdamage, libx11, >=libXrandr-1.3.

On Ubuntu, use this command :

   sudo aptitude install libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev libglib2.0-dev libimlib2-dev libxinerama-dev libx11-dev libxdamage-dev libxcomposite-dev libxrender-dev libxrandr-dev

On debian, use this command:

   apt-get install libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev libglib2.0-dev libimlib2-dev libxinerama-dev libx11-dev libxdamage-dev libxcomposite-dev libxrender-dev libxrandr-dev

On gentoo, use this command:

   emerge -av cairo pango glib:2 imlib2 libXinerama libX11 libXdamage libXcomposite libXrender libXrandr

After these dependencies have been installed, you download the latest release and unpack the archive.

Getting the sources

   wget 'http://tint2.googlecode.com/files/tint2-<LATEST-RELEASE>.tar.gz'
   tar xvf tint2-<LATEST-RELEASE>.tar.gz

You start terminal in tint2 directory.

Building (up to version 0.10)

   cd tint2-<LATEST-RELEASE>
   ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
   make

NOTE: see ./configure --help for further informations.

Building (from version 0.11 upwards)

Version 0.11 and SVN version use cmake as build tool.

   cd tint2-<LATEST-RELEASE>
   cmake  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr  ./
   make

Or as out-of-source build:

   cd tint2-<LATEST-RELEASE>
   mkdir build
   cd build
   cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ../
   make

NOTE: see cmake -L for a list of possible variables which change building behaviour.
NOTE2: If you have errors in the cmake-step, it can be very helpful to delete the file CMakeCache.txt in your build directory.

For better integration with xcompmgr, see xcompmgr patch

Install

On Ubuntu,

   sudo make install

On other system,

   su
   make install

If no errors ensure, HURRAY! , tint2 has been installed

Tint2 Pre-Built binaries

Please note that, for now, since tint2 is still under development, there might be a few bugs.

For Ubuntu 9.10 and upwards

Tint2 .deb files are built and can be found here. Run this command to add the repository to your sources.list and install tint2

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:killeroid/ppa && sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install tint2

For Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)

Add these to your sources.list

    deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/killeroid/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
    deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/killeroid/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

and then run this command in terminal to import the repositories GPG key:

    sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com C4412AEB3B1D5F58E8149B7DD9DAAF25C26CCF8E

For Gentoo

Simply run:

    emerge -av tint2

For Arch Linux

Simply run:

    sudo pacman -S tint2

Running

• Execute tint2 to start the panel and tint2conf to start the theme switcher
• Or execute tint2 -c path_to_config_file
• Configuring your tint2 config file

On startup, tint2 detect if you have a composite manager and use real transparency if you have one.
Otherwise, tint2 use fake transparency.

Autorun tint2 in Openbox

Add the following command in config file $HOME/.config/openbox/autostart.sh

(sleep 2s && tint2) &

And restart Openbox
If you run a composite manager (xcompmgr, compiz, ...), increase sleep time until it's ready.

Autorun tint2 in Fluxbox

Remove fluxbox pannel and systray in ~/.fluxbox/init
Remove systemtray from the list of items in the line session.screen0.toolbar.tools.
On line session.screen0.toolbar.visible: true. Change true to false.
Add (sleep 2s && tint2) & in ~/.fluxbox/startup
Restart Fluxbox.

Autorun tint2 in Gnome

Go to System > Preferences > Sessions.
Click on add.

Any Problems

• If you run into any problems, please check out the FAQ.
• Compiz users should especially check the Compiz section of the FAQ