Slingshot: Install the ElementaryOS starter in Ubuntu

[Background] Elementary has always existed as a beautification project of Ubuntu, but now they release a new Linux release-ElementaryOS. It focuses on improving the appearance and user experience of Linux. This release uses Nautilus-elementary as the default file manager, Midori as the browser, and carries Empathy, Abiword, Gnumeric, Ghost, and Tote

[Background]

Elementary has always existed as a landscaping project for Ubuntu, but now they release a new Linux release-Elementary OS. It focuses on improving the appearance and user experience of Linux.

This release uses Nautilus-elementary as the default file manager and Midori as the browser, along with utilities such as Empathy, Abiword, Gnumeric, Ghost, and Totem. Elementary OS is also equipped with some self-developed applications, such as mail client Postler, address book Dexter, Dictionary program Purple, startup tool Slingshot, and top panel Wingpanel. You can download the software developed by the team on the official website. The Elementary OS team has released the Jupiter version, which can be downloaded for trial use on the official website.

Let's get to the point where we will introduce the starter Slingshot developed by the Elementary team.

Application:

Currently, Slingshot has no PPA. We can download the source code for compilation and installation.

#1. First, we need to install the relevant dependencies:

Open the terminal and enter the following command:

Sudo add-apt-repository ppa: vala-team/ppa

Sudo apt-get update

Sudo apt-get install bzr

Sudo apt-get install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libgnome-menu-dev #2, open the new software package manager, search for "vala-0.12", mark the application, and then install;

Search vala-0.10, mark this application, and delete it;

Then, search for "libwnck-dev" and "libunique-dev" to install these two software packages.

#3. Download the source code, compile and install it

After step 2, we have resolved the related dependencies. Enter the following command on the terminal to download the source code:

Bzr branch lp :~ Cldx3000/slingshot/experimental

Cd experimental/

./Build_run now, slingshot has been installed. You can run the command slingshot. How can this problem be solved? (I did not test it myself. By the way, not all of the skills I have introduced have been tested by myself. If you ask me how a certain skill works, I cannot answer them, you 'd better test it yourself. If someone else says it is someone else's, it is the final truth to do it yourself)

Tip: The best way is to add slingshot to the Panel (right-click the Panel-add to the Panel, select "Custom Application Launcher", and enter "slingshot" in the Command (no quotation marks !) )