August 1, 2009
Installation and updating of USP
Introduction
Installation instructions for Edgy(6.10), Feisty(7.04), Gutsy(7.10), Hardy(8.04), Intrepid(8.10) and Jaunty(9.04)
Instructions provided by kobewanDetails
Please Note:- If you are running compiz/beryl you will need to set focus stealing to “None” to use USP.
Installation All you need to do is make sure that you have Subversion, so that you can download the SVN. Run this command:
sudo apt-get install subversion
Alright, now cd to the directory that you want to download it to. For example, I like to use ~/Downloads/SVN , so that’s where I’ll go:
cd ~/Downloads/SVN
now run
svn checkout http://ubuntu-system-panel.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ usp-svn
This should download all the correct files that you need. Now, put in
cd usp-svn
and then
./usp_update install fresh
That should install it for you, as well as clearing out the old version!
Before you finally get to add the applet to your panel, do this:
killall gnome-panel
Your Panel(s) will disappear for a few seconds then re-appear. Don’t worry this is correct.
Now you can right click on any empty panel area, and select ‘Add to Panel’. You should see ‘Ubuntu System Panel’ under the ‘Miscellaneous’ group.
Updating
Whenever you want to get the latest SVN version of USP, ‘cd’ to the directory that contains the SVN files (in the above example it was ~/Downloads/SVN) and type
./usp_update update
This should display a log of all the changes that were made between the version that you have and the newest version. It will then download all the files that you need and attempt to install them. You will most likely need to enter your password before USP is updated. Some updates will require you to logoff and then log back on to take effect.
Uninstallation
You can also uninstall USP by going to the directory that contains the SVN files (in the above example it was ~/Downloads/SVN) and typing in
./usp_update uninstall
If you want to uninstall completely, including removing your settings, put in
./usp_update uninstall complete
