Put fishbowl on ubuntu desktop by installing Compiz Plugins
This tutorial shows three compiz plugins:atlantis2, freewins, and screensaver.Which are not usually easily available from software repositories.
atlantis2(Cube Atlantis)
Adds a customizable aquarium inside the cube,this is my desktop:
freewins(Freely Transformable Windows)
Lets you rotate and scale windows in 3D with fun inertial effects.
screensaver( Screen Saver)
can slowly rotate the cube or have your windows fly around the screen while you are away from the computer.
Install these three plugins
First,make sure you have CompizConfig Settings Manager installed.
Then install the required packages for compiling Compiz plugins:
sudo apt-get install compiz-bcop compiz-dev build-essential libtool libglu1-mesa-dev libxss-dev libcairo2-dev git-core
Now,create a folder to hold the plugin sources and download them:
mkdir ~/compizplugins
cd ~/compizplugins
git clone git://anongit.compiz-fusion.org/users/metastability/atlantis2
git clone git://anongit.compiz-fusion.org/users/warlock/freewins
git clone git://anongit.compiz-fusion.org/users/pafy/screensaver
Then,run following command to make install:
cd ~/compizplugins/atlantis2
make &make install
cd ~/compizplugins/freewins
make &make install
cd ~/compizplugins/screensaver
make &make install
Now,go to System->Preferences->CompizFusion Setting Manager,and enable the new plugins.
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Reader Comments
Thanks for this tutorial, The best one out there.
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hmmm, its cool… all works..lol..!!!
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compiling : shark.c -> build/shark.lo/bin/sh: libtool: not found
make: *** [build/shark.lo] Error 127
compiling : shark.c -> build/shark.lo/bin/sh: libtool: not found
make: *** [build/shark.lo] Error 127
[1]+ Exit 2 make
not working for me…thats’ the msg. i get
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sudo apt-get install compiz-bcop compiz-dev build-essential libtool libglu1-mesa-dev libxss-dev libcairo2-dev git-core
Reading package lists… Done
This is a better why to explain it. When I put the code in the terminal for the Atlantic this pops up. Why would it do this. I have put it on my ubuntu before and it worked.
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Package compiz-bcop is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
compiz-fusion-bcop
E: Package compiz-bcop has no installation candidate
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deepak Reply:
December 28th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
hi cool its easy to chage:)))))
you can try to change for
sudo apt-get install compiz-fusion-bcop compiz-dev build-essential libtool libglu1-mesa-dev libxss-dev libcairo2-dev git-core.
like above this….
it will surely work.
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Processing 4 added doc-base file(s)…
Registering documents with scrollkeeper…
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/compiz-bcop_0.7.4-0ubuntu1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
due to which compiz-bcop did not install successfully.How do i install it. I am rubbing ubuntu 11.04
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