The popular hack to gtk and applet that imitates the Mac menu isnt’t maintained by its original creator AdQ.
Fortunately, rainwoodman started a new project based on adq patch and applet (now, totally rewritten from scratch) : globalmenu.
Now, the menus are detached to the panel applet only if this one is running, the menu key bindings (eg Alt+F) are now functional.
Here is a short guide with two possible methods to install global menu on Ubuntu.
/!\ WARNING : This how to works only with the 0.4 series of globalmenu (svn revision up to around 980) and may not work on Ubuntu Intrepid, Check the new how to for the 0.6 series
warning : regardless of the choosen method, before trying this hell thing, read very carefully the instructions and remind that globalmenu is an alpha software !
if you encounter problems, try to ask here
The deb packages way to install global menu
WARNING : this method works only with gutsy (ubuntu 7.10) 32 bits. there is at the moment no package for 64bits systems due to a compiling issue
First download the pack gnome-globalmenu-0.4.2_ubuntu-gusty-svn679.tar.gz here (the svn number may change)
Assuming you have downloaded the pack in your user home directory (if not put it there), open a terminal (menu Applications>Accessories>Terminal) and apply the following commands (use copy and paste to avoid typos):
Unarchive the packages :
tar xzvf gnome-globalmenu-0.4.2_ubuntu-gusty-svn679.tar.gz
then go to the directory where the packages have been extracted :
cd gnome-globalmenu
now install them with this command :
sudo dpkg - *.deb
if you got some errors at this step, you may need to try this command :
sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite *.deb
now, edit (or create) the ~/.gnomerc file:
gedit ~/.gnomerc
add this line to the file :
export GTK_MODULES=libgnomenu
save and exit gedit.
Finally, restart your session, add the global menu applet to your panel (right click on an empty part of the panel and choose “add to panel” from the menu).
That’s all, you should now have your applications menu in the panel.
building global menu yourself to be bleeding edge.
Warning: There is a compiling issue on 64 bits systems, if you manage to compile this, please post an issue here
Open a terminal (menu Applications>Accessories>Terminal) and apply the following commands (use copy and paste to avoid typos):
first, install all needed build tools :
sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake1.9 subversion fakeroot checkinstall
make a directory :
mkdir globalmenu-install
go in this directory :
cd globalmenu-install
checkout the source code with subversion :
svn co http://gnome2-globalmenu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ gnome2-globalmenu-applet-0.4.2
change to this directory :
cd gnome2-globalmenu-applet-0.4.2/gtk+-aqd/
get the gtk2.0 source code :
apt-get source libgtk2.0-0
and the required deps to build gtk :
sudo apt-get build-dep libgtk2.0-0
copy the patch to the debian dir in the gtk source directory :
(note: gutsy people want to use the patch.diff from here, download it and extract it in the directory listed bellow instead of copy the patch from trunk)
cp patch.diff gtk+2.0-2.12.0/debian/patches/
edit the series file :
gedit gtk+2.0-2.12.0/debian/patches/series
add this at the end of the file :
patch.diff
save and exit gedit.
edit the chanlog file to increase the release number (the number after ubuntu word in the package name),
this avoid that update manager wants to reinstall original distribution gtk packages.
gedit gtk+2.0-2.12.0/debian/changelog
add this at the very top of the file (respect the indentation and white line after mail/date line or it will give you an error at build)
gtk+2.0 (2.12.0-1ubuntu3.1~adq) gutsy; urgency=low
* debian/patches/patch.diff:
- patch from rainwoodman, for globalmenu integration
-- Ayoli <ayolinux@gmail.com> Tue, 10 Mar 2008 10:29:09 +0200
<br style="line-height:13px;" />
save and exit gedit.
go to the gtk2.0 source directory :
cd gtk+2.0-2.12.0now, we’re ready to build gtk, here we go :
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakerootnote: this process will take about 30 min of your life. Once this is finished, go up and install the debs :
cd .. && sudo dpkg -i *.debgo up once again :
cd ..before building the applet, install the required deps :
sudo apt-get install libgconf2-dev libpanel-applet2-dev libwnck-devnow we can run the autogen.sh :
./autogen.shand then the configure script :
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-tracing=no --enable-xfce-plugin=no --disable-maintainer-modenext step is make :
makeand install with checkinstall (this make uninstall easier) :
sudo checkinstallafter that run this :
sudo ldconfignow, edit (or create) the ~/.gnomerc file:
gedit ~/.gnomercadd this line to the file :
export GTK_MODULES=libgnomenusave and exit gedit. Finally, restart your session, add the global menu applet to your panel (right click on an empty part of the panel and choose “add to panel” from the menu). That’s all, you should now have your applications menu in the panel.
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I appended the configure line with the disable text but checkinstall still complains about the libgnome
Never mind. I got the applet to work. I restarted at ./autogen.sh, used the original configure line, and used “sudo make install” instead of “sudo checkinstall.”
I had global menu applet installed prior to upgraded to Hardy, though.
Glad you manage it, even if it is really weird that sudo checkinstall fails but not sudo make install.
You should have run a “make clean” before running again the autogen and configure with th—disable-maintainer-mode option.
Hi, great guide here, I tried your “deb package way” to install global menu. Everything worked except for when I restarted my session and I add the global menu to my bar, the only thing I can get it to show is the Title, and not the “File Edit View…”. I am currently using Hardy 8.04. If you can, please email me. Thanks,
the deb packages way is only for gutsy, you should use the other method.
Bonjour,
Etant un tout nouveau utilisateur de linux, j’ai installé ubuntu hardy heron à l’aide wubi.exe et j’ai suivi ta procédure pour avoir le macmenu sous hardy heron hors j’ai un petit probleme arrive à l’étape ou il faut faire make. J’ai ce message quand je tape make :
typpex@typpex-laptop:~/globalmenu-install/trunk$ make
make: *** Pas de cibles spécifiées et aucun makefile n’a été trouvé. Arrêt.
As-tu une idée de pourquoi je n’arrive pas a compiler ?
Ce genre d’installation n’est pas trop recommandée pour les nouveaux utilisateurs, mais je vais qd meme essayer de t’aider.
Qu’as tu obtenu comme résultat des deux commandes précédentes (avant make, a savoir ./autogen.sh et ./configure.sh suivi de ses parametres) ?
As tu bien respecté les étapes de la procédure ?
Merci de bien vouloir m’aidé :
)- sortie de ./autogen.shhttp://rafb.net/p/TgMqGy33.html <
http://rafb.net/p/LP1B5×49.html < —sortie de ./configure
Sans vouloir faire de la mauvaise vonlonté, j’ai l’impression que tes sorties sont tronquées, en tout cas, ne voyant pas d’erreur à la fin du configure, je ne sais pas trop quoi te dire.
A priori, ton erreur initiale (ton precedent commentaire) indique qu’il n’y a pas de Makefile (fichier contenant les regles de compilation et, généré par le script configure).
As tu bien installé toutes les dépendances requises (les lignes apt-get install du guide) ?
Hello, I tried to do it the “hard way” this time,but right after the autogen part where I have to make, it says, “No targets specified and no makefile found. I tried to do the configure with the—disable-maintainer-mode, and without that. Any ideas? THANKS
@ellimistx99 : Actually, I have no clue about this. You aren’t the first to have this issue.
The autogen script gives some errors about m4 files but they can be ignored, then run the configure script with the –disable-maintainer-mode option.
If there’s no errors at the end of the configure, make should work.
This method works for Hardy Heron too.
I’ve been waiting for something like this. I could never get the hack to work. Thanks ayoli!
@Nick : you’re most welcome
I like this! But I will just wait until more applications are supported.
How do I go back to my previous package configuration if I used the .deb way mentioned above? I try to remove the package in the .tar.gz file (so that I can install the originals from the repository), but they have >1GB of dependancies!