How to install Emerald window manager in Mint 13 (Mate,KDE,)

[Jetro]

If you don't mind me asking, why is it so complicated to install Emerald? Is it discontinued? I remember it being easily grabbable from Synaptic before. Now it doesn't turn up, and you can't even add a simple ppa to get it? Oh well. I haven't tried the big guide yet, but I will soon.

[Vifsorbier]

Thanks a lot for this guide, I finally have compiz working well with mate
Same remark as above, why is it so complicated to install Emerald ?

[DarthBear]

im running linux Mint 14 KDE and i tried to follow these directions but whenever i try to run the ./autogen.sh command i get this
Can't exec "libtoolize": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/autoreconf line 195.
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/bin/autoreconf line 195.
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --no-force
engines/Makefile.am:37: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
engines/Makefile.am:37: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add `LT_INIT'
engines/Makefile.am:37: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.
engines/Makefile.am:37: If `LT_INIT' is in `configure.ac', make sure
engines/Makefile.am:37: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
libengine/Makefile.am:8: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
libengine/Makefile.am:8: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add `LT_INIT'
libengine/Makefile.am:8: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.
libengine/Makefile.am:8: If `LT_INIT' is in `configure.ac', make sure
libengine/Makefile.am:8: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1

so i cant make or install it so is there a set of directions to do this in mint 14 kde or how do i proceed?

[bu99zy]

Apologies for my delayed reply, I've moved on from the Ubuntu based Mint distros to Debian based ... LMDE so I don't have the hassle of reinstalling every 6 months.

im running linux Mint 14 KDE and i tried to follow these directions but whenever i try to run the ./autogen.sh command i get this
Can't exec "libtoolize": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/autoreconf line 195.
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/bin/autoreconf line 195.
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --no-force
engines/Makefile.am:37: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
engines/Makefile.am:37: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add `LT_INIT'
engines/Makefile.am:37: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.
engines/Makefile.am:37: If `LT_INIT' is in `configure.ac', make sure
engines/Makefile.am:37: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
libengine/Makefile.am:8: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
libengine/Makefile.am:8: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add `LT_INIT'
libengine/Makefile.am:8: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.
libengine/Makefile.am:8: If `LT_INIT' is in `configure.ac', make sure
libengine/Makefile.am:8: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1

so i cant make or install it so is there a set of directions to do this in mint 14 kde or how do i proceed?

Just a quick guess from the output error. Is libtool installed on your system? Maybe it was installed in Mint 13 but not in 14.

If you don't mind me asking, why is it so complicated to install Emerald? Is it discontinued? I remember it being easily grabbable from Synaptic before. Now it doesn't turn up, and you can't even add a simple ppa to get it? Oh well. I haven't tried the big guide yet, but I will soon.

Thanks a lot for this guide, I finally have compiz working well with mate
Same remark as above, why is it so complicated to install Emerald ?

I think maybe its because none of the main desktop environments use it. KDE has its own very similar KWin window manager. Compiz / Emerald is not compatible with Gnome3 or Cinnamon. XCFE & LXDE users usually want a fast system so Compiz / Emerald is too much bloat. Unity uses its own, which only really leaves the Gnome2 fork , Mate, and you can install Compiz and use the default window decoration on Mate. So like the old saying goes ... use it or lose it.