DistributionGuides

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Ubuntu

Hardy Heron (8.0x) and later

As of version 0.2.1, Awn has been accepted as a package in universe/gnome.

It can be installed by simply running the following in the terminal:

 sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator

Gutsy Gibbon (7.10)

Version 0.2.1 is available in the gutsy-backports repository. To enable this repository, go to "Software Sources" in the Administration menu, "Updates" tab and check "Unsupported updates (gutsy-backports)". Then, it can be installed via Synaptic or Adept, or by simply running the following in the terminal:

 sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator

Reacocard's Ubuntu Gutsy Repository

For more information, news or help check the thread in ubuntuforums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=385981

Works for both 32-bit and 64-bit, but this repo does not contain PowerPC packages.

Add these lines to the bottom of your /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42 gutsy avant-window-navigator
deb-src http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42 gutsy avant-window-navigator

Then do this in a terminal:

wget -q http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42/reacocard.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update

Now to install AWN:

sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-bzr awn-core-applets-bzr

Or, if you don't want the applets, just do:

sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-bzr

TheEsylum.com's ppc repository (Ubuntu Feisty and Gutsy)

There is a repository maintained by Aantn for Ubuntu ppc. You can find instructions on his blog here.

Testing Packages

The Awn Testing Team has a Personal Package Archive (PPA). That link tells which version of Ubuntu are supported (as of 2008/01/09, Edgy through Hardy), and the sources.list entries needed for each version. The packages provided include avant-window-navigator-testing and awn-extras-applets-testing. For more information, please see the forum thread.

getdeb.net

There is a set of release .deb files at getdeb.net for both Feisty and Gutsy, in both 32-bit and 64-bit editions. These are to be installed via the gdebi installer GUI or via the command line dpkg -i [pkgname.deb].

Treviño's Ubuntu Feisty Repository

Add these lines to the bottom of /etc/apt/sources.list:

# Treviño's Ubuntu feisty EyeCandy Repository (GPG key: 81836EBF - DD800CD9)
# Many eyecandy 3D apps like Beryl, Compiz(-Fusion), AWN and kiba-dock snapshots
# built using latest available (working) sources from git/svn/cvs...
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb feisty eyecandy
deb-src http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb feisty eyecandy Please provide source with your debs!

Then do this in a terminal:

wget http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb/DD800CD9.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update

Now to install AWN:

sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator

You can install the AWN settings manager with

sudo apt-get install awn-manager

You can install more applets for AWN by running

sudo apt-get install awn-core-applets

Debian Unstable/Sid

Arearelax repository

Packages from awn trunk are available in Arearelax's repository (Italian version). Just add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://www.arearelax.org/awn/ ./

To install it:

sudo apt-get update && apt-get install avant-window-navigator-trunk

Packages on mentors.debian.net

Work in progress for inclusion in official Debian repository is available on mentors.debian.net. You can download the last version source package if you add to your /etc/apt/sources.list : deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free

Do-It-Yourself Debian/Ubuntu Packages

In the case that your version of Debian/Ubuntu/Other-Debian-derived-distribution does not have a sufficiently recent version of Awn (we recommend 0.2.1 or later), there is a .deb package building guide on this wiki.

Fedora 7 Kirov Repository

First, according to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238863 AWN has been accepted for inclusion in the offical Fedora Repositories! Looking at the spec file it seems to be just core at the moment. We may want to get on them to include awn-extras as well.

Instructions copied wholesale from http://www.planetblur.org/hosted/awnforum/index.php?shard=forum&action=g_reply&ID=214&page=1

Log into root:

su

Remove any previous AWN installations:

rpm -e avant-window-navigator

Add the Kirov repository to Yum repo list:

cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~admiller/repo/pub/kirov.repo
rpm --import http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~admiller/repo/pub/RPM-GPG-KEY-Kirov

Install:

yum install avant-window-navigator awn-applets-core

Fedora 8 Diffingo Repository

Please note that AWN is included in the Fedora 8 repository, however at the moment it is quite outdated. Until they are updated, a more recent version is available from the diffingo repository.

• Log in as root:

su

(Alternatively: sudo -s)

• Remove any previously installed packages of awn-applets-core:

rpm -e awn-applets-core

• Add the diffingo repository:

cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://www.diffingo.com/downloads/diffingo-repo/diffingo.repo

• Install/update AWN:

yum update avant-window-navigator awn-extras-applets

Gentoo

Portage

As of version 0.2.1, both Awn and awn-extras are in Portage. If you're running a stable arch and Awn has not been stabilized for it yet, you will need to unmask it yourself. To do so, add the following lines to /etc/portage/package.keywords (in the example, the arch is x86):

gnome-extra/avant-window-navigator ~x86
gnome-extra/avant-window-navigator-extras ~x86

Then, simply run this from the command line (in the example, the package manager used is emerge):

# emerge avant-window-navigator avant-window-navigator-extras

xeffects Overlay

The (former) xeffects overlay provided ebuilds for Awn and awn-extras so that you can install the latest development version of the packages via your favorite Portage-compatible package manager. There is a detailed explanation on how to install the overlay on the Unofficial Gentoo Wiki.

Since the development ebuilds have no keywords, you will need to add them yourself. To do so, add the following lines to /etc/portage/package.keywords:

gnome-extra/avant-window-navigator **
gnome-extra/avant-window-navigator-extras **

Then, install the packages as seen in the #Portage section.

Mandriva Linux

AWN is available in the official /contrib section of the Mandriva Linux repositories, for all releases since Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring. The package is regularly updated to the latest available code via the /backports repository. To install the version originally shipped with the release of Mandriva Linux you use, follow the instructions at this Mandriva Wiki page to enable the official repositories, and then install the avant-window-navigator package. To install the latest available version from the /backports repository, follow the instructions here to enable the /backports repositories, and then install or update the avant-window-navigator package.

A -extras package will be made available via /backports as soon as an official release of the extras is available.

openSUSE

There are RPM packages in the openSUSE repositories. To find them, go to the Software Search page and type "avant-window-navigator" in the search field. You can choose the distribution and version in another field just below.

For openSUSE 10.3, AWN can be obtained using the new 1-click install technology on the same website.

Please note that these are not "official" packages for openSUSE, and therefore may not necessarily be up-to-date.

Arch Linux

You can download the PKGBUILD in the AUR.