Mint 13 MATE: Avant Window Navigator & AWN Mint Menu
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:25 pm
If anyone pre-unity ever used program launchers, they probably caught wind of AWN. For some, it's a supplement. For others, a total panel replacement. Regardless how it's used, it's stylish looks and multi-dock capability cannot be denied as making it one of the most customizable bolt-on addins to any system.
Installation is pretty simple -- Go to terminal:
And you're well on your way to installing the program. Just in case you didn't get all of the applets:
Now, there is one applet people with Ubuntu and AWN went ga-ga over, and that was AWN Mint Menu. This hard-to-find program was great in Gnome, but we're talking about Mate here. If ran by itself, then it will not work at all. So to first install it, go into Synaptic, and find the Repositories dialog. Add the following:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/neelance/awn/ubuntu natty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/neelance/awn/ubuntu natty main
Then update; The new repository will be there and the software can be installed. But we still have that little issue of it not working... Do this:
Then go into find and replace (Ctrl+H) and make gnomeapplet become mateapplet. Save a backup prior to editing if you're paranoid.
Once saved, kill AWN, then restart it. After a minute it should show up.
EDIT: Modding some features of AWN plugins where no dialog is accessible
Sadly, MateConf can't do this. Install gconf-editor, then once there, navigate to apps/avant-window-navigator to see the available components and change their features at will. When finished, you can safely remove gconf-editor and gconf-defaults-service.
If you want to replace mate with AWN entirely, this one is easy too! Go into the Configuration Editor utility, navigate to /desktop/mate/session/required_components and change panel from mate-panel to avant-window-navigator. Note you'll have to use xkill to force-kill it.
Want mate-panel back? Revert changes, or select Mate from the list of available sessions.
Installation is pretty simple -- Go to terminal:
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sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator
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sudo apt-get install awn-applets-all
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/neelance/awn/ubuntu natty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/neelance/awn/ubuntu natty main
Then update; The new repository will be there and the software can be installed. But we still have that little issue of it not working... Do this:
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gksu pluma /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/mintMenuAwn.py
Once saved, kill AWN, then restart it. After a minute it should show up.
EDIT: Modding some features of AWN plugins where no dialog is accessible
Sadly, MateConf can't do this. Install gconf-editor, then once there, navigate to apps/avant-window-navigator to see the available components and change their features at will. When finished, you can safely remove gconf-editor and gconf-defaults-service.
If you want to replace mate with AWN entirely, this one is easy too! Go into the Configuration Editor utility, navigate to /desktop/mate/session/required_components and change panel from mate-panel to avant-window-navigator. Note you'll have to use xkill to force-kill it.
Want mate-panel back? Revert changes, or select Mate from the list of available sessions.