Turn Your Ubuntu Hardy to Mac OSX Leopard
Updated: The updated version of this tutorial for Ubuntu Intrepid can be found at Turn Ubuntu Intrepid into Mac Leopard.
You can’t really turn a Linux system to a Mac, but you definitely can make your Ubuntu Hardy looks like a Mac OSX Leopard.
If you want to change this
into
, follow the steps below.
Before we start…
First, create a folder in your Home and name it Mac_files. Download the following files to the Mac_files folder.
Using Archive manager, extract the three Mac4Lin zip files Modified Mac4Lin theme and Mac4Lin wallpaper to the Mac_files folder.
Apply Mac OSX Leopard Theme
Go to System->Preferences->Appearance.
Select Install and select the Mac4Lin GTK theme (/home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_v0.4/GTK Metacity Theme/Mac4Lin_GTK_v0.4.tar.gz).
Next, click Install again and select the Mac4Lin icon theme. (/home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_Icons_Part2_v0.4.tar.gz /home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_Icons_modified.tar.gz). When prompted, select “Apply new themes“.
Click Install again and select the Mac4Lin mouse cursor theme. (/home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_v0.4/GTK Cursor Theme/Mac4Lin_Cursors_v0.4.tar.gz). Select “Apply new themes” when prompted.
Click ‘customize’ and choose Mac4Lin_GTK_v0.4. Go to the “Window border” tab, choose Mac4Lin_GTK_v0.4. Click Close.
On the top, go to the Background tab. Click Add and select the Leopard wallpaper. (/home/username/Mac_files/Wallpapers/Leopard.jpg). Click Close to terminate the Appearance window
Install the Dock (Avant Window Navigator)
Open a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) and type
gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
and add the following lines to the end of the file:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/awn-testing/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/awn-testing/ubuntu hardy main
Save and close the file. In your terminal, type
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-trunk awn-manager-trunk awn-extras-applets-trunk
Go to System->Preferences->AWN manager. On the left, click on the Theme. On the right, click Add and navigate to the Mac_files folder. Select the Elegant_glass.tgz file. Check the bullet beside the Elegant glass theme and click Apply.
Next on the left, click on the Applet icon. On the right, scroll down to the stack Applet. Highlight it, then click Activate. This will add the Mac Leopard stack to your dock.
Before you launch the AWN, remove the bottom panel from the desktop first. Right click on the bottom panel and select “delete this panel”. Open AWN via Applications->Accessories->Avant Window Navigator. Once it is activated, you can simply drag and drop the applications into the dock.
Install OSX Fonts
Open a terminal and type the following:
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
This will Install the Microsoft core fonts.
Next, copy the OSX fonts to the fonts folder
cd /usr/share/fonts
sudo tar xvzf /home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_v0.4/Fonts/OSX_Fonts.tar.gz
Configure the fonts:
cd/
sudo tar xvjpf /home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_v0.4/Fonts/fontconfig.tbz -C /etc/fonts
Open the Appearance window (System->Preferences->Appearance) and select Fonts tab. Select the following fonts according to the image below. Click Close.
Change the traffic light window control to the left
In the terminal, type
gconf-editor
This will bring up the gconf-editor window. Scroll down to App->Metacity->general. On the right, double click on the button_layout and change the content to ‘close,minimize,maximize:menu’ (without the quote). Click Ok and close the gconf-editor.
Change the menubar
Remove all the icon and applications on the left side of the top panel. Right-click on the icon and select ‘Remove from panel‘. You will left with something like this:
On the right of the top panel, remove the logout icon. Still on the right hand side of the top panel, right click and select ‘Add to panel‘. Scroll down the list and add ‘Search for files‘. This will add the spotlight icon to the panel.
On the extreme left, right-click and select ‘Add to panel‘. Scroll down the list and add ‘Main Menu‘. This will add the apple icon on the left. You can now log out and shut down from the Apple dropdown menu (same as Mac OSX).
Next, we are going to install globalmenu so as to display the menubar for each application. In your terminal,
cd Mac_files
wget http://gnome2-globalmenu.googlecode.com/files/gnome-globalmenu-0.4-svn964.tar.gz
tar zxvf gnome-globalmenu-0.4-svn964.tar.gz
cd globalmenu
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
If you have any errors when installing the package, try
sudo dpkg -i –force-overwrite *.deb
If you are having some installation problems with the gnome-globalmenu-applet, try
sudo apt-get install -f
Once finished, right click on the top panel and select ‘Add to panel‘. Scroll down the list and add ‘Global Menu Applet‘.
You might not see anything initially. Log out and log in again, you should now see the menubar for each application showing on the panel.
If your globalmenu is of a different shade of grey from the rest of the panel (as shown in the image below), right click on any empty space on the panel and select ‘Properties‘. Go to Background tab and select ‘Background image’. Under the selection, go to /home/username/.themes/Mac4Lin_GTK_v0.4/gtk-2.0/Panel and select panel-bg.png. Click OK. (Updated: If you can’t find the .themes folder, right-click and select ‘show hidden files‘.)
Drag the globalmenu to the left just beside the Apple icon. Right click on the globalmenu and select ‘Preferences’. Tick the box beside ‘Display the title of the current application‘ and put maximum width 100. Select the font to be Lucida Grande Bold. Click Apply and OK. You should now have a desktop that resemble Mac Leopard.
Configuring the Login screen
Click on the Apple icon, go to System->Administration->Login Window. On the Local tab, click Add. Navigate to the path /filesystem/home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_v0.4/GDM Theme and select the file Mac4Lin_GDM_v0.4.tar.gz. Check the box beside the newly installed theme to activate it.
Underneath, there is a color selection field, select it and key in the number E5E5E5 into the color code field.
Click Ok. Log out. You should see the login screen as the diagram below.
Configure usplash screen
usplash is the screen that you see when your computer is booting up. We are going to change it to show the white apple screen. In your terminal,
sudo apt-get install startupmanager
Go to System->Administration->Start-Up Manager Go to Appearance tab. Click on the ‘Manage bootloader theme‘. Click Add and navigate to the file /filesystem/home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_v0.4/GRUB Splash/appleblack.xpm.gz. Check the box “Use background image for bootloader menu” and select ‘appleblack”.
Next, click “Manage usplash theme”. Click Add and add the file /filesystem/home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_v0.4/USplash Theme/osx-splash.so. Click OK. Select OSX-splash from the dropdown box.
Now reboot. You should see the following images:
Creating Dashboard effect
We will use a combination of screenlets and Compiz widget plugin to achieve the dashboard effect.
Install Screenlets
sudo apt-get install screenlets compizconfig-settings-manager
Go to System->Preferences->Advanced Desktop Effect Setting. On the Left, click on Desktop. On the right, put a check beside ‘Widget layer’
Go to Accessories->Screenlets. Activate the widgets that you want to display. Right click on the widget and select ‘Properties’. Go to Options tab and select ‘Treat as widget’. Do this for all the widgets that you have activated.
You can now see your dashboard in action by pressing F9.
Done. You have completed the transformation of your Ubuntu desktop to Mac OSX Leopard.
Some screenshots:
Tags: Leopard, Linux, Mac, transformation, Ubuntu
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.. and now all the linux user became a windows user, only desktop effect and not use linux as it is ^_^ ..
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Das OMiCRON Reply:
July 26th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Wannabes, go get real Macs!!
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Me Reply:
July 31st, 2009 at 10:11 am
Who is interested in half-working, overpriced Mac? We like free, open-source software, so stop your annoying!
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LOL Reply:
July 31st, 2009 at 10:04 pm
The only good thing about Macs is the look!!!
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Linux-ubuntu Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:43 pm
What if we can’t afford Macs, they’re not cheap! Ubuntu’s free!
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I have an AMD64 version of the Ubuntu Hardy Heron, and I’m trying to install the Global Menu Bar on my system, and it says the following:
“dpkg: error processing gnome2-globalmenu-applet_0.4-3_i386.deb (–install):
package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64)
dpkg: error processing gtk2.0-examples_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_i386.deb (–install):
package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64)
dpkg: error processing gtk2-engines-pixbuf_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_i386.deb (–install):
package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64)
dpkg: error processing libgtk2.0-0_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_i386.deb (–install):
package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64)
Selecting previously deselected package libgtk2.0-bin.
(Reading database … 120805 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libgtk2.0-bin (from libgtk2.0-bin_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_all.deb) …
Preparing to replace libgtk2.0-common 2.12.9-4ubuntu3 (using libgtk2.0-common_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_all.deb) …
Unpacking replacement libgtk2.0-common …
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgtk2.0-bin:
libgtk2.0-bin depends on libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.9-4ubuntu3); however:
Version of libgtk2.0-0 on system is 2.12.9-3ubuntu5.
dpkg: error processing libgtk2.0-bin (–install):
dependency problems – leaving unconfigured
Setting up libgtk2.0-common (2.12.9-4ubuntu3) …
Errors were encountered while processing:
gnome2-globalmenu-applet_0.4-3_i386.deb
gtk2.0-examples_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_i386.deb
gtk2-engines-pixbuf_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_i386.deb
libgtk2.0-0_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_i386.deb
libgtk2.0-bin”
What should I do? Gr8 tutorial, by the way.
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Zapor Reply:
October 16th, 2009 at 5:36 am
You should install global menu as root
try this for ubuntu 9.04
”
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/globalmenu-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/globalmenu-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
apt-get install gnome-globalmenu
“
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Hi!
I did this procedure, but the globalmenu install show me errors, i suspect thats errors was originated by the Ububtu update (2.16).
When attempt install .deb package at the system, the Packager Installer show me the next error: A later version is already installed
you have already any update to this package?? (globalmenu)
Thanks in advance
Rgds.
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Hi,
Thanks a lot for instructions. I installed this on Jaunty.
I would not recommend using force option to install package. Find the right ones and install it.
Best Regards,
Freedom
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Thanks for the great job! But how do you get the mac sound done in one shot? Or is changing the sound one by one the only method? Thanks.
Reuben
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Loved the instructions. Followed it to the tee. Marvellous job!!!! Thanks.
Note: Screenlets is is System->Preferences->Screenlets and not in accessories.
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Cairo-Dock2 is now the recommended dock. It gives a much better “MacOS” look and feel.
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Once before when I installed this i had wiggly windows when I moved them; now they don’t wiggle. What can I do to get them back? Thanks.
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Great Instructions for a linux newbie ! got a bit started but started seeing erros with first 2 commands:
Need some help:
1st command: Is this OK ?
sudo apt-get update
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
2nd one: Install avant window manager failed as follows:
Looks like some packages need to be installed but I dont know how or where from. So, now I dont have the AWN in system->preferences.
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
avant-window-navigator-trunk: Depends: libawn0-trunk (>= 0.3.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python-awn-trunk (>= 0.3.3~bzr566-1.8.04) but it is not going to be installed
awn-extras-applets-trunk: Depends: libawn0-trunk (>= 0.3.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libffi4 but it is not installable
Depends: libgnome-desktop-2 (>= 1:2.22) but it is not installable
Depends: python (< 2.6) but 2.6.2-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
Recommends: python-awn-trunk but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: vala-awn-trunk but it is not going to be installed
awn-manager-trunk: Depends: python-awn-trunk but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
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raghavendra Reply:
September 1st, 2009 at 10:04 am
I have same problem please help me on this. One more if i got to screenlet there i can find any widgets coming up by pressing f9 tell me something. I am using ubuntu 9.0
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which Ubuntu version is recommend for this mac osx?
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which Ubuntu version is recommend for this mac osx???
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Fiqi Fitransyah Reply:
July 25th, 2009 at 9:50 am
it’s for ubuntu 8.04 of course,,, it’s reflect from this article title… ubuntu hardy = ubuntu 8.04
cheers,
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@ BOlLIX
Ubuntu INTREPID
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This is the reason I had to re-install Ubuntu. It destroyed gnome desktop completly. Lucky I had KDE installed so I was able to BackUp my data. If you are smart, you’ll avoid this shit at all cost, rather find somewhere only a theme file and add it manualy, instead of beating the shit out of your kernel with this disaster.
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Hi,
I have a problem on running `sudo apt-get update`. When I typed that, I got this message:
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net hardy Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 7D2C7A23BF810CD5
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net hardy Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY A015287D24698AA9
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
After that, when I typed `sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-trunk awn-manager-trunk awn-extras-applets-trunk`, I got this message:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
avant-window-navigator-trunk: Depends: libawn0-trunk (>= 0.3.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python-awn-trunk (>= 0.3.3~bzr566-1.8.04) but it is not going to be installed
awn-extras-applets-trunk: Depends: libawn0-trunk (>= 0.3.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libffi4 but it is not installable
Depends: libgnome-desktop-2 (>= 1:2.22) but it is not installable
Depends: python (< 2.6) but 2.6.2-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
Recommends: python-awn-trunk but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: vala-awn-trunk but it is not going to be installed
awn-manager-trunk: Depends: python-awn-trunk but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
Please, help me
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Tomas Reply:
August 17th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Subject: Ubuntu into MAC
Hello mate,
Having exactly the same issue as you have (had??? ;) any luck with this?
Fetched 308B in 0s (528B/s)
Reading package lists… Done
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net hardy Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 7D2C7A23BF810CD5
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
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maikSchlüsselnummer Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
you need to run:
sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
in your case:
sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 7D2C7A23BF810CD5
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Jr. Reply:
August 29th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Hello,
when run that command, another message error appears.
Do you know what it might be? Ubuntu 9.0.4
Thanks.
junior@junior-desktop:~$ sudo apt-key adv -recv-keys -keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
Executing: gpg –ignore-time-conflict –no-options –no-default-keyring –secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg –trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg –keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg -recv-keys -keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: conflicting commands
junior@junior-desktop:~$ sudo apt-key adv -recv-keys -keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 7D2C7A23BF810CD5
Jan Reply:
November 18th, 2009 at 3:29 am
Command:
sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 7D2C7A23BF810CD5
Result:
Executing: gpg –ignore-time-conflict –no-options –no-default-keyring –secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg –trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg –keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 7D2C7A23BF810CD5
usage: gpg [options] [filename]
Can’t get rid of it….any help?
hi,
thank 4 a great demo…
some doubts to clear.
>. globalmenu apllet is not installed in anyway. any alternate options ?
>. screenlet also.
pls help//
thanks again…
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ok
followed the thing
now my panels are flashing on ubuntu.
and i cant access anything.
have important data and cant back up
any antidote??
tried to unselect the theme, didnt help
thanks
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elhb Reply:
September 17th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
pharohandy, if u still have the “flashing panels” problem try hitting ctrl+alt+F1 to get “a terminal” then try the “sudo apt-get install -f” then you should be able to access your data
(remember to plug in a network cable)
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Thanks a lot for your post. I configured and its pretty good…
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I have no words for you.
Its just amazing
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great tutorial! really easy to understand for noobies like me. i followed this and got the desired results!
I hope that you can also make a tutorial just like this to turn ubuntu into windows 7.
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for the globalmenu prob just install then sudo apt-get remove –purge globalmenu* then
sudo apt-get install gnome-globalmenu
that is how i did it on jaunty (9.04)
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maik Reply:
August 30th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
I just maced my ubuntu 9.04 and here are some hints:
Don’t copy and paste the sources. Should be jaunty instead of hardy :)
Skip the global menu part. It is much easier installing globalmenu with Jaunty.
Have a look: http://abz89.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/how-to-install-globalmenu-panel-applet-on-ubuntu-904/
Above you can find a posting about a Problem that occurs due to a non verified Publc Key, Thee Solution is posted as well :)
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maik Reply:
August 30th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
ah… i forgot about another hint for the globalmenu. This is a comment taken from the code.google.com page for the globalmenu installation page:
I’m successfully installed gnome-macmenu from this project on Ubuntu 9.04 alpha. After install i got same problem. I fix it by this way: 1)Add applet to the top panel; 2)Open terminal and type: sudo cp /usr/etc/gconf/schemas/gnome-globalmenu.schemas /etc/gconf/schemas/ sudo cp /usr/etc/gconf/schemas/gnome-globalmenu.schemas /usr/share/gconf/schemas/ sudo gconf-schemas –register /usr/share/gconf/schemas/gnome-globalmenu.schemas 3)after that, we’re ready to enable macmenu. Press Alt+F2 and type gconf-editor,press OK. 4)In the left panel, choose /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/gtk_modules 5)In the right panel, right click on the empty space and click “new key” 6)Name=”globalmenu-gnome”,type=”boolean”, value=”true”, then press OK and on the top panel MacMenu? appears. Now u can enter preferences dialog.
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Now for a quick question….Could I get a step by step how to remove this?
Thanks,
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it says : Next, click Install again and select the Mac4Lin icon theme/home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_Icons_modified.tar.gz). When prompted, select “Apply new themes“.
I downloaded the icon theme and extracted Mac4Lin_Icons_modified.tar.gz and it came up with loads of files.. which one do i pick? Cos when i click on the Mac4Lin_Icons_modified.tar.gz file when it aint extracted it doesnt work, and when I do extract it it has no files called Mac4Lin_Icons_modified.tar.gz in it…
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lucky_Davis Reply:
September 19th, 2009 at 10:55 am
i also had the same issue with the icons bit how do we resolve that ?
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Great instructions, youve done a great job. Now I have a Ubuntu OS X, hehehe.
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hello… afte the sudo apt-get update i was trying to install the awn…
the terminal gives me this message…
mandos@mandosonthenet:~$ sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-trunk awn-manager-trunk awn-extras-applets-trunk
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
avant-window-navigator-trunk: Depends: libawn0-trunk (>= 0.3.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python-awn-trunk (>= 0.3.3~bzr566-1.8.04) but it is not going to be installed
awn-extras-applets-trunk: Depends: libawn0-trunk (>= 0.3.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libffi4 but it is not installable
Depends: libgnome-desktop-2 (>= 1:2.22) but it is not installable
Depends: python (< 2.6) but 2.6.2-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
Recommends: python-awn-trunk but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: vala-awn-trunk but it is not going to be installed
awn-manager-trunk: Depends: python-awn-trunk but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
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since ive had this problem above i kept working on the other steps and in the end of it o dont have the icon bar below my screen… and also… dont have the globalmenu
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i have the same problem with gabriel after the sudo apt get it won’t continue and same error with him hope someone could help us out here :D we would really appreciate it
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This seems like the kind of thing that updates would kill. It seems awesome until you get some daily update and your system is dead.
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everything works fine except that when applying the theme, it crashes the application and doesnt install (Mac4Lin_modified_theme.tar.gz)
Running Jaunty here…
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hey nice tutorial. but i can’t get a few things right… first off, i can’t get the apple icon for the gnome menu. and i also can’t get gnome-globalmenu to work. whenever i try to add it to my panel i get the error “The panel encountered a problem while loading “OAFIID:GNOME_GlobalMenuApplet”. any idea what has caused this?
thanks :P
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Hey
Great tutorial!
Just to let you know I’ve got almost all of this working on Jaunty, had quite a few problems with the globalmenu but eventually managed to install it through the synaptics package manager. I’m just working on getting the usplash working now.
Thanks for the great tutorial, I’ve been wanting a mac for ages mostly because of the looks and this has solved my problem and saved me 100’s :)
cheers
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Thanks for the tutorial….
Im also missing the apple icon for gnome. Jaunty here aswell, anyone crack this?
Thanks in Advance…
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when i try to install the dock i do everything and the awn manager isnt in my preferences??????????????????????????????
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Hey, nice tutorial
I have the same error as above with globalmenu and AWN. As well I don’t see the splashscreen when I do a bootup. But the old splashscreen works fine. So it must be something with the file.
I have Ubuntu 9.04.
Thanks in advance.
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Meu dá até gosto de mecher no computador agora, meus parabéns pelo seu post. d++ meu linux ficou o bicho.
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I am getting the same errors installing AWN
I first run sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 7D2C7A23BF810CD5D
Then I run sudo apt-get update which still says
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net hardy Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 7D2C7A23BF810CD5
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
Anyone find a solution to this yet?
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Hey, at the end I could install AWN by installing it via synaptic.
Splashscreen and globalmenu is still not working. With globalmenu I nearly broke my linux. Now I use Ubuntu 9.10.
Thanks in advance.
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Degreez Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Hi could you tell me, how you recovered your system please.
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Alex Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
I locked in as a different user and deleted globalmenu with synaptics. Then it worked again.
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Degreez Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
That sounds quite good.
But i have activated the automatic login.
So, where and how do i say Ubuntu which user to login?
Do i have to start the recovery mode with shell?
I would rather enjoy if you could help me this time again.
greetings
Degreez
Hallo.
I do have a big poblem now. I follow your instruction untill the “global menu applet”. I activated it and restarted the system.
When i boot now the upper panel appears and is blinking slowly (like in a neverending circuit) and that was it. No chance to control anything.
Do you know any solution. I dont want to reinstall now.
By the way: great job.
I will buy an apple soon, but i want the look now :-)
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Hi
I just followed your instruction untill the “global menu applet”. I activated it and did a restart.
Now my system is booting like this:
- Mousearrow appears
- the upper panel appears
- wallpaper appears
- the upper panel is blinking slowly like its in a neverending circuit
I have no chance to get the panel-otions-menu, no chance to get anything.
Do you know any solution for my killed system?
bytheway: you did a great job
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Alex Reply:
October 31st, 2009 at 10:21 am
Hey, have you tried “Ctrl + Alt + F1″ and then sudo aptitude and try to find it there.
Sth. with global menu.
Good luck
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Hello,
have you tried
“Ctrl + Alt + F1″
login
“sudo aptitude”
and try to find global menu applet and deinstall ist.
Good Luck,
Alex.
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I use Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic. and I tried to install but getting error NO PUBKEY.
Pasted error below.. Would you please help me get through it.
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages [14B]
Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Sources [14B]
Fetched 222kB in 6s (35.3kB/s)
Reading package lists… Done
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net hardy Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 7D2C7A23BF810CD5
jino@Spirit:~/Mac_files$ sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-trunk awn-manager-trunk awn-extras-applets-trunk
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Couldn’t find package avant-window-navigator-trunk
jino@Spirit:~/Mac_files$
Then i tried to change the entry from hardy to karmic.. but same issue…
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Sources
Fetched 308B in 2s (114B/s)
Reading package lists… Done
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 7D2C7A23BF810CD5
jino@Spirit:~$
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Great job man. Who needs a MAC when they already got the looks!
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COuld not get pass the update.
Tried to get this key and got:
Executing: gpg –ignore-time-conflict –no-options –no-default-keyring –secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg –trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg –keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 7D2C7A23BF810CD5D
usage: gpg [options] [filename]
Curious if there is a solution for this issue.
(8.04)
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Please read the command to get the message above…..sorry forgot this to mention.
sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 7D2C7A23BF810CD5D
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cannot install the Dock under Karmic koala, all the variables are only for Hardy… help
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Birdie Reply:
November 13th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
There’s a dock in the Ubuntu Software Center for Karmic Koala. Avant Window Navigator.
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cyberg Reply:
November 13th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Thanks for the answer!
I was finally able to make it work, I have the systems->preferences->appearance->visual_effects settings on NONE, put that to NORMAL and ubuntu automatically downloaded and installed the driver for my 3d video card… isn’t that great?… Restarted PC and VOILA! Looking good!
Finally put the visual effects to EXTRA and is running smoothly!
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It’s only to Ubuntu, in Fedora not cool. The commands are different.
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Thanks, buddy!
I’m get started in Ubuntu and a good Theme looks cool :D
Greetings!
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I am trying to install Globalmenu and am getting the following error
deepa@deepa-laptop:~/Mac_files/globalmenu$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
dpkg: error processing gnome2-globalmenu-applet_0.4-3_i386.deb (–install):
package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64)
dpkg: error processing gtk2.0-examples_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_i386.deb (–install):
package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64)
dpkg: error processing gtk2-engines-pixbuf_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_i386.deb (–install):
package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64)
dpkg: error processing libgtk2.0-0_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_i386.deb (–install):
package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64)
dpkg: warning: downgrading libgtk2.0-bin from 2.18.3-1ubuntu2 to 2.12.9-4ubuntu3.
(Reading database … 129469 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libgtk2.0-bin 2.18.3-1ubuntu2 (using libgtk2.0-bin_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_all.deb) …
Unpacking replacement libgtk2.0-bin …
dpkg: warning: downgrading libgtk2.0-common from 2.18.3-1ubuntu2 to 2.12.9-4ubuntu3.
Preparing to replace libgtk2.0-common 2.18.3-1ubuntu2 (using libgtk2.0-common_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_all.deb) …
Unpacking replacement libgtk2.0-common …
Setting up libgtk2.0-common (2.12.9-4ubuntu3) …
Setting up libgtk2.0-bin (2.12.9-4ubuntu3) …
Processing triggers for man-db …
Errors were encountered while processing:
gnome2-globalmenu-applet_0.4-3_i386.deb
gtk2.0-examples_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_i386.deb
gtk2-engines-pixbuf_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_i386.deb
libgtk2.0-0_2.12.9-4ubuntu3_i386.deb
deepa@deepa-laptop:~/Mac_files/globalmenu$
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Hey guys,
I got the same error. This is what I’ve done to fix it:
1. get the key “gpg –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 7D2C7A23BF810CD5″
2. export the key “gpg -a –export BF810CD5 > mykey.key.gpg”
3. add the key “sudo apt-key add mykey.key.gpg”
4. now you can run apt-get update again
Hope I could help you….
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this would be awesome except for the finder bar turning a darker shade of gray, unfortunetly you cant access the panels properties in order to change the background png, whats up with that?
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never mind i had to remove the global app and then reset it my bad All is good i like it much better now that its working!
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