[SOLVED] Window-picker applet from Ubuntu NBR

[ichneumon]

Hi, new Mint convert here, running Nadia on an Acer Aspire One D270, and liking it very much. However, one thing I miss from my old Ubuntu NBR install is the compact windowpicker panel applet, which of course is no longer available in the quantal repos.
I've attempted to convert and compile the source for window-picker-applet 0.5.10 using the migrate.sh script, and, apparently, success! I had to modify GCC_FLAGS from "-g -Wall -Werror" to "-g Wall" in configure, and then it appears to compile with a warning that "variable ‘screen’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]".
However, after doing a "make install", nothing. It doesn't show up in the "Add to Panel" selection, and it returns an error code of 1 when run directly from a terminal. Unfortunately, here's where my knowledge stops. I've somehow managed to avoid learning C along the way, and I'm far from an expert on gnome/mate panel applets. I can just about follow what the applet code is doing, and I can provide my version of the converted source, along with any other help I can, but can anyone point me in the right direction to get it working?
regards, P.

[Monsta]

This applet is already converted by MATE devs. The source is available here.

However, the package (named mate-netbook) is missing from Mint repo for some reason. If you look into the official MATE repo, the version for quantal isn't there as well. I'd ask the devs at the official forum about where to get the package.

Also, there are two threads (this and this) you'll probably want to read if you'll manage to find and install that package.

[ichneumon]

Thanks - I'll try over there. No luck building the sources from github yet, as it's looking for libmatepanelapplet-4.0, whereas my installed version appears to be 1.4.0. I'll post back if I succeed.

[ichneumon]

Update - I've got it working thanks to quick responses on the Mate forums. The thread is here, and I'll post a step-by-step if anyone wants one.

[Monsta]

Good, you can now mark this thread as [SOLVED] (simply edit the title and add the word at its beginning)
It's strange though that the devs haven't said anything about the binary package - e.g. where to download the version for Nadia instead of building it by yourself.