Howto: Install a brand new Dock with expandable menu's for Ubuntu Hardy Heron & Compiz!

Labels: , , , , Posted by defcon on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 9:15 AM

Want a really hot OSX like dock that blows simdock and awn out of the water? Well Cairo Dock comes fully loaded with a ton of fun features to play with, including its own widgets, themes, and auto update function! Checkout a youtube video:

And Checkout my screenshots:


Add the repository to System->Administration->Software Sources->Third Party Software->Add:
deb http://repository.cairo-dock.org/ubuntu gutsy cairo-dock

Click Reload.
Click here to install if you have apt-url installed with firefox and you added the above repository or:
Open up synaptic:
System->Administration->Synaptic and search for cairo-dock and cairo-dock-plug-ins then click install.


Once Installed you can access Cairo Dock via Applications->System Tools->Cairo Dock
Cairo-Dock has an update function so you will not need a repository or need to download it again

Check here for more plugins and addons

Additonal Documentation is here

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Peitschie · 882 weeks ago

Just to add, there is a repo available for people who don't like installing orphaned deb files ;-)
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defcon 52p · 882 weeks ago

thanks, just added that to my howto :)
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Wyld · 875 weeks ago

Shame there's no 64bit repo.
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Lein · 882 weeks ago

Mmm pics with shirt off, I like it, and cairo dock too xD .
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h3nk · 876 weeks ago

what abaout cairo with glitz support?

i found it quite difficult/the second time i didn't manage to get a version of cairo with glitz support, which by default isn't enabled in ubuntu.

cairo with glitz support is neccessary to make cairo-dock work on the graphics processor. otherwise the icons won't zoom smoothly enough.

cairo-dock is the dock of choice for me, but at the moment i'm stuck on awn because i can't get libcairo to work with glitz

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