This will - if you have all deps installed - generate a debian binary package, install it via:
cd .. && sudo dpkg -i excelsior*.deb (or: cd .. && su -c "dpkg -i excelsior*.deb")
If you have built a package for SID, send it to me, so that I can provide it here (I'm using GTK 2.15 and PANGO 1.24 at the moment, so I can't provide a Package now)
Non-Debian Systems
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
su -c "make install" / sudo make install
Perhaps you'll like it, too.
Comments welcome.Last changelog:
4.1.0:
[GENERAL]
- improved configure.ac - new autogen.sh (taken from sawfish) - removed 9 unused variables - fixed 2 implicit declarations - updated debian/control description - use single gtk/glib includes
[SCALE_TROUGH]
- don't substract 2 from scale_trough_size - fixed scale_trough right border - set fallback value for scale_trough_size to 5
[HANDLES]
- draw less grips on handles (4*2 if on toolbar, else 8*2)
[SCHEMA]
- added CLARIUS and FLAT to style-list
[THEMES]
- added scale_trough_size = 5 to all themes - turn on random effects on all themes
That is not that important, either way:
You need a gpg key for that. Create one via Seahorse.
Name of the key must be:
"Name Familyname <emailaddress>"
keep the < > characters, afterwards open debian/changelog and replace my string inthe last line "Christopher Bratusek <emailaddress>" (keep the rest of the line. and now rebuild.
I'm a sawfish developer, so it's sawfish of course :) The Windowborder is aBOX.
http://sawfish.wikia.com -- here you can dl sawfish and almost 500 themes for it.
Hi, I am trying to use this theme :
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Intrepid-excelsior
But I am getting an error at line 157 using the 3.3.0 version of Excelsior. If I comment this line the error switch to line 158.
please help.
Cygoku
i have a selfmade theme which uses excelsior engine + pixmaps..there is something strange in thunderbird's menubar. (only with excelsior, same theme with murrine engine works fine in TB)
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9509/screenshot01pd2.png
btw: so far an exciting engine
I know that problem, but it's not my fault. It's because of Thunderbirds bad Widget-Abstraction (Thunderbird is not a native GTK Application), the problem is also the case with firefox v2, with v3 not, because it has a better abstraction. To fix the issue you'll either have to set the GtkMenubar::shadow-type and the GtkToolbar::shadow-type to GTK_SHADOW_NONE or wait for thunderbird 3.
I tried to build a deb package but I got this errors:
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
configure: error: cannot run /bin/bash ./config.sub
make: *** [config.status] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
How will I fix this?
Obviously, I got this error when I installed the fakeroot package from ubuntu repo. I have the same error too when I tried to compile this via ./configure --prefix=/usr. I'ven been successfully compiling this before via this command; It's only now I'm getting those errors after installing the fakeroot pacake...
dunno, why this happens, but you can delete an re-extract the archive, or manually add the missing files via:
cp /usr/share/libtool/config.{guess,sub} .
or
cp /usr/share/libtool/libltdl/config.{guess,sub} .
Excelsior is jacked when using Debian Sid + Experimental packages of Gnome.
When I try to compose an email with Evolution, the text entry is all sorts of screwey. I know it's excelsior, because as soon as I switched back to clearlooks, it works fine, well in as much as it does with Compiz leaving bits of the | around.
I have this file in that directory... Do you mean I'm going to copy theses files (config.guess & config.sub) into the excelsior folder after extraction then compile it?
I have this file in that directory... Do you mean I'm going to copy theses files (config.guess & config.sub) into the excelsior folder after extraction then compile it?
I have this file in that directory... Do you mean I'm going to copy theses files (config.guess & config.sub) into the excelsior folder after extraction then compile it?
I'm trying to install this, but it keeps telling me:
checking for x86_64-linux-gnu-pkg-config... no
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for GTK... no
configure: error: GTK+-2.10 is required to compile excelsior
make: *** [config.status] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
I really don't know what to do at this point. I had a few other dependency issues earlier, but solved them only to reach another, thicker brick wall.
Additionally, I have "no"'s from checking for x86_64-linux-gnu-g77... no
through checking if x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
Clearly there is something very important I am missing, help?
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Sorry for the late reply... Excelsior is deprecated, see TerraNova instead.
This is the actual download link: http://www.nanolx.org/downloads/TerraNova/Archive%20(Excelsior)/excelsior-4.1.0.tar.bz2.
I've built a .deb for Ubuntu 8.10 + Updates + Back-Ports but was unable to clearsign, could you help me with that?
That is not that important, either way: You need a gpg key for that. Create one via Seahorse. Name of the key must be: "Name Familyname <emailaddress>" keep the < > characters, afterwards open debian/changelog and replace my string inthe last line "Christopher Bratusek <emailaddress>" (keep the rest of the line. and now rebuild.
OK, thanks, I have the key, just didn't change that line in the changelog. Now I know :)
I was wondering? What Windows manager do you use on the screenshots, and with what skin? Thanks.
I'm a sawfish developer, so it's sawfish of course :) The Windowborder is aBOX. http://sawfish.wikia.com -- here you can dl sawfish and almost 500 themes for it.
Oh, thanks :)
Hi, I am trying to use this theme : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Intrepid-excelsior But I am getting an error at line 157 using the 3.3.0 version of Excelsior. If I comment this line the error switch to line 158. please help. Cygoku
BIG thumbs up here...best version of this engine so far!
ok, thank you for that solution. i will try it. :)
i have a selfmade theme which uses excelsior engine + pixmaps..there is something strange in thunderbird's menubar. (only with excelsior, same theme with murrine engine works fine in TB) http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9509/screenshot01pd2.png btw: so far an exciting engine
I know that problem, but it's not my fault. It's because of Thunderbirds bad Widget-Abstraction (Thunderbird is not a native GTK Application), the problem is also the case with firefox v2, with v3 not, because it has a better abstraction. To fix the issue you'll either have to set the GtkMenubar::shadow-type and the GtkToolbar::shadow-type to GTK_SHADOW_NONE or wait for thunderbird 3.
I tried to build a deb package but I got this errors: checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes configure: error: cannot run /bin/bash ./config.sub make: *** [config.status] Error 1 dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2 How will I fix this? Obviously, I got this error when I installed the fakeroot package from ubuntu repo. I have the same error too when I tried to compile this via ./configure --prefix=/usr. I'ven been successfully compiling this before via this command; It's only now I'm getting those errors after installing the fakeroot pacake...
dunno, why this happens, but you can delete an re-extract the archive, or manually add the missing files via: cp /usr/share/libtool/config.{guess,sub} . or cp /usr/share/libtool/libltdl/config.{guess,sub} .
It's because you have; rm -f config.sub config.guess in the debian/rules file under clean. I put a # before that line and now it compiles just fine.
Just a clarification... Do I have to delete these files, config.sub config.guess, that are located in /usr/libtool directory?
Excelsior is jacked when using Debian Sid + Experimental packages of Gnome. When I try to compose an email with Evolution, the text entry is all sorts of screwey. I know it's excelsior, because as soon as I switched back to clearlooks, it works fine, well in as much as it does with Compiz leaving bits of the | around.
Ok the Evolution Issue is solved. Just a misconfiguration of the themes. Quote:bits of the | around.
Can you please explain that more? Screenshot or something like that?
I have this file in that directory... Do you mean I'm going to copy theses files (config.guess & config.sub) into the excelsior folder after extraction then compile it?
I have this file in that directory... Do you mean I'm going to copy theses files (config.guess & config.sub) into the excelsior folder after extraction then compile it?
I have this file in that directory... Do you mean I'm going to copy theses files (config.guess & config.sub) into the excelsior folder after extraction then compile it?
Download 3.2.1 it will not happen anymore
I'm trying to install this, but it keeps telling me: checking for x86_64-linux-gnu-pkg-config... no checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for GTK... no configure: error: GTK+-2.10 is required to compile excelsior make: *** [config.status] Error 1 dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2 I really don't know what to do at this point. I had a few other dependency issues earlier, but solved them only to reach another, thicker brick wall. Additionally, I have "no"'s from checking for x86_64-linux-gnu-g77... no through checking if x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no Clearly there is something very important I am missing, help?