Install Cairo Dock 3.1.0 on Ubuntu 12.10
This tutorial is going to show you how to install the latest stable version of Cairo Dock 3.1.0 on Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. This new Cairo Dock 3.1.0 comes with many improvements.
Here are some new features included on Cairo Dock 3.1.0.
Here are some new features included on Cairo Dock 3.1.0.
- Better integration of Unity: support of the Launcher API and better support of indicators
- All configuration windows have been merged into a single one.
- Added progress bars in several applets and in the Dbus API
- The Music Player applet can control players in the systray.
- Icons of the taskbar can be separated from launchers or not
- The advanced mode of the configuration panel has been improved (thanks to SQP!)
- Messaging Menu has been rewritten for newer versions and two new 'indicator' applets have been added:
- Printers-Menu: it shows active print jobs.
- and Sync-Menu: e.g. on Ubuntu 12.10, it collects status information data from processes that involve some form of synchronisation with servers; such as about apps like Ubuntu One.
- And as always ... various bug fixes and improvements
To install Cairo Dock 3.1.0 you can follow this instructions below. I think its pretty much the same with our previous tutorial written here.
Commands to install Cairo Dock 3.1.0
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cairo-dock-team/ppaWhen finished, you should running the latest Cairo Dock 3.1.0. Check your version with this command
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins
cairo-dock --version