Upgrading to Beryl 0.2.0
March 17, 2007Beryl 0.2.0 is out with many cool features and fixes :
- New Plugins :
- Thumbnail: Thumbnails on the taskbar (window list) which show a mini view of the actual window
- Snap: Allows windows to “snap” to each other, or provide edge resistance
- Opacify: Makes windows behind the active window transparent
- Group: Allows windows to be group, to easily switch between a set of windows
- New system requirements check :
- The improved check has much better accuracy
- The check is a lot faster
- New Window Decorators :
- Since 0.1, we have two new window decorators
- Heliodor: Uses metacity themes
- Aquamarine: Uses Kwin themes.
- Newly Rewritten Beryl-Settings :
- Written in Python
- More user-friendly UI
- Better profile support
- New Translations :
- Thanks to all of our foreign speaking users, we’ve had a much better time getting translations
Now how to upgrade your version (mine used to be 0.1.4) on your kubuntu edgy ?
Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and add the following lines :
deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org edgy main
deb-src http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org edgy main
Update the list :
sudo apt-get update
And upgrade the following packages :
sudo apt-get install beryl
sudo apt-get install beryl-core
sudo apt-get install beryl-manager
sudo apt-get install beryl-plugins
sudo apt-get install beryl-plugins-data
sudo apt-get install beryl-settings
sudo apt-get install emerald
sudo apt-get install emerald-themes
sudo apt-get install libberylsettings0
sudo apt-get install libberylsettings-dev
sudo apt-get install libemeraldengine0
sudo apt-get install libemeraldengine-dev
Reboot and enjoy!
On Ubuntu Edgy – I did a fresh install: but in the last step:
sudo apt-get install beryl
installed all but the following:
sudo apt-get install emerald-themes
sudo apt-get install libberylsettings-dev
sudo apt-get install libemeraldengine-dev
Just wanted to say thanks for the guide, it worked like a charm. Cheers! =D
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I tried to edit the sources.list file and i cant add the two lines. I’m using ubuntu fiesty fawn 7.04. when i try to edit the sources.list file, i can add the two lines but then i cant save it.