Ubuntu (For Debian and other forks, etc.: have a look at the bottom. For Linux Mint users, please use our PPA (have a look to the next text box) instead of our repository)
Installation with one copy-paste If you don't want to learn more about the installation or if you want a quick install of the dock, copy-paste all this box in a terminal
(Note: The 2nd line is long and is maybe displayed as 2 lines on the page, but it's a single line.)
Please write your password (it's invisible )
echo "deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) cairo-dock" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
wget -q http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/cairo-dock.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins (For Debian, and other forks, etc.: have a look at the bottom)
If our repository doesn't work, you can also use our PPA
Simply copy-paste all this box in a terminal :
sudo -v
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cairo-dock-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins
Or: sudo -v
echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main ## Cairo-Dock-PPA" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E80D6BF5
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins
Installation with details
It is highly recommended to download a signed key for authentication. It will also remove the error message to inform you about security issue. To download and install the key just run the following command in a terminal:
wget -q http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/cairo-dock.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Edit your sources.listsudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list and add the following line corresponding to your release:
For Lucid Lynx 10.04 LTS:
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/ubuntu lucid cairo-dock
For Maverick Meerkat 10.10:
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/ubuntu maverick cairo-dock
For Natty Narwhal 11.04:
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/ubuntu natty cairo-dock
For Oneiric Ocelot 11.10:
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/ubuntu oneiric cairo-dock
Then update your repository list and install cairo-dock and cairo-dock-plug-ins (it may install dependencies) :
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cairo-dock
Problems during install or update on Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 or newer
If you got the following message during fresh install or update:
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/cairo-dock/default-indicator.png', which is also in package cairo-dock-data
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
It's caused by packages included on Ubuntu repositories... Here is the workaround :
sudo apt-get remove cairo-dock* --purge
sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins
Debian
Installation with one copy-paste If you don't want to learn more about the installation or if you want install quickly the dock, add this line on your /etc/apt/sources.list (don't forget to replace #CODENAME# by stable/testing/unstable) deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/debian #CODENAME# cairo-dock ## Cairo-Dock Stable . Then, copy-paste all this box in a terminal of your Debian stable/testing/unstable wget -q http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/cairo-dock.gpg -O- | apt-key add -
apt-get update
apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins
Force APT to use packages from our repository It can be interesting to force APT to use Cairo-Dock's packages from our repository instead of Cairo-Dock's packages from official Debian repositories. For that, simply create this file: /etc/apt/preferences.d/cairo-dock
With this content: Package: cairo-dock*
Pin: origin download.tuxfamily.org
Pin-Priority: 501
Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) It seems Linux Mint Debian Edition no longer uses Debian testing repositories (and it seems this main repository is no longer maintained: http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest - the latest modification has been made at the end of August 2011...). Please have a look to this topic: http://www.glx-dock.org/bg_topic.php?t=5815
Quick informations For stable release:deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/debian stable cairo-dock
For testing release:deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/debian testing cairo-dock
For unstable release:deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/debian unstable cairo-dock
The PGP Key:wget -q http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/cairo-dock.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Installation with details
It is highly recommended to download a signed key for authentication. It will also remove the error message to inform you about security issue. To download and install the key just run the following command in a terminal:
wget -q http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/cairo-dock.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Edit your sources.list (sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list) and add the following line:
For stable release (squeeze) :
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/debian stable cairo-dock
For testing release (squeeze) :
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/debian testing cairo-dock
For unstable release (testing/unstable) :
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/debian unstable cairo-dock
Then update your repository list and install cairo-dock and cairo-dock-plug-ins (it may install dependencies) :
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins
Linux Mint and other Debian-forked For Linux Mint you can use the same repository as Ubuntu corresponding to your version :Ubuntu . >> . Linux Mint Hardy (8.04) . >> . Elyssa (5)
Jaunty (9.04) . >> . Gloria (7)
Karmic (9.10) . >> . Helena (8)
Lucid (10.04) . >> . Isadora (9)
Maverick (10.10) . >> . Julia (10)
Natty (11.04) . >> . Katya (11) Simply have a look to this method here and replace the Ubuntu version by the corresponding given here. But simply use our ppa (see the first box at the beginning of this wiki page)
For other you can use the stable or unstable debian repository
About these repositories
All Official Repositories are signed with that Key:
Name Cairo-Dock Team
E-Mail repository@glx-dock.org
Key-ID 0x41317877
Key Fingerprint 7F519117BF5E1805D98075E21392A97E41317877 |