How to Install Kiba-Dock in Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)
Posted by admin on May 3rd, 2008 
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Note:- You need to have beryl / compiz - fusion working to install kiba-dock
Preparing Your system
sudo aptitude remove automake1.4
sudo apt-get install fakeroot automake1.9 build-essential libpango1.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev libgconf2-dev libglitz-glx1-dev librsvg2-dev libglade2-dev libxcomposite-dev subversion libtool libgtop2-dev python-gtk2-dev libgnome-menu-dev libgnomeui-dev libgnomevfs2-dev intltool libxml2-dev libglitz1-dev libcairo2 libdbus-1-dev libgtop2-7 libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomeui-0 librsvg2-2 python-feedparser libasound2-dev libsdl1.2-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev libgstreamer0.10-0 pidgin-dev libpurple-dev
Prepare kiba-dock Directory
mkdir kiba-dock
cd kiba-dock
Download kiba-dock and Plugins
svn co https://kibadock.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kibadock/trunk/akamaru/ akamaru
svn co https://kibadock.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kibadock/trunk/kiba-dock/ kiba-dock
svn co https://kibadock.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kibadock/trunk/kiba-plugins/ kiba-plugins
svn co https://kibadock.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kibadock/trunk/kiba-dbus-plugins/ kiba-dbus-plugins
Install kiba-dock and Plugins
cd akamaru/
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr
sudo make install
cd ..
cd kiba-dock/
./autogen.sh
sudo make install
cd ..
cd kiba-plugins/
./autogen.sh
sudo make install
cd ..
cd kiba-dbus-plugins/
./autogen.sh
sudo make install
cd ..
This will complete the installation.
Now you need to open the Terminal and type the following command to open kiba dock
kiba-dock
Additing to Start-UP
Go to System -> Preferences -> Sessions and click add new under the start-up tab.
Name = Kiba-Dock
Command = kiba-dock
Uninstall kiba-dock and plugins
Go into each sub-directory of kiba-dock folder and and type sudo make uninstall
cd kiba-dock/kiba-dbus-plugins
sudo make uninstall
cd ..
cd kiba-dock/kiba-plugins
sudo make uninstall
cd..
cd kiba-dock/kiba-dock
sudo make uninstall
cd..
cd kiba-dock/akamaru
sudo make uninstall
That’s it.
Check Kiba-dock Demo Video from here
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May 3rd, 2008 at 3:34 pm
In know thes instructions are for gutsy, but what about hardy? Most people will have upgraded or will be doing soon…
I tried the same instructions in hardy and received the following error when running the autogen for akamaru:
autoreconf: running: automake –add-missing –copy
libakamaru_la_LDFLAGS: variable `export_symbols’ is used but `export_symbols’ is undefined
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:39 pm
False alarm, I must have missed out one of the dependencies…
May 4th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Installing on 8.04 I get an error:
Running ‘./configure –prefix=/usr –exec-prefix=/usr’ …
configure: error: invalid variable name: –prefix
Any idea what im doing wrong ?? Anyone else getting error like this?
I pretty much just copied and pasted everything….
May 4th, 2008 at 5:49 am
Why don’t you go ahead and post the dependency you were missing?
May 4th, 2008 at 7:44 am
@happy_tux
please check the correct command above it should be double dash before prefix.exec-prefix not single dash
May 4th, 2008 at 8:51 am
phoenix@phoenix-desktop:~/Munkaasztal/kiba-dock$ svn co https://kibadock.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kibadock/trunk/kiba-plugins... kiba-plugins
svn: URL ‘https://kibadock.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kibadock/trunk/kiba-plugins…’ doesn’t exist
phoenix@phoenix-desktop:~/Munkaasztal/kiba-dock$
phoenix@phoenix-desktop:~/Munkaasztal/kiba-dock$ svn co https://kibadock.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kibadock/trunk/kiba-dbus-pl... kiba-dbus-plugins
svn: URL ‘https://kibadock.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kibadock/trunk/kiba-dbus-pl…’ doesn’t exist
Please help me!
May 5th, 2008 at 4:17 am
On this step ./autogen.sh –prefix=/usr –exec-prefix=/usr
i get this error
checking for intltool…
found intltool
checking for libtoolize…
found libtoolize
checking for automake…
found automake
checking for autoconf…
found autoconf
Running ‘autoreconf -v –install’…
autoreconf: Entering directory `.’
autoreconf: configure.in: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal –output=aclocal.m4t
aclocal: configure.in: 28: macro `AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT’ not found in library
autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
David
May 9th, 2008 at 11:47 am
I followed all of the instructions, and so far this has been the most stable build of kiba-dock that I have used, wonderful instructions.
Although Akamaru compiled with no obvious errors, it doesn’t show up in settings, and I can’t seem to figure out how to enable the physics engine.
I am running on Hardy by the way, but everything else worked fine.
Please reply soon! I’ve wanted kiba-dock for years now, but I’ve just never been able to get it to work properly.
May 26th, 2008 at 1:35 am
I was just wondering if these are supposed to work in Kubuntu 8.04 as well? I copy and pasted the instructions, but when I start it says:
(kiba-dock:9354): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_screen_get_monitor_geometry: assertion `monitor_num num_monitors’ failed
** (kiba-dock:9354): WARNING **: Error (dbus.c @ line 879):
Failed to make connection to session bus: Failed to execute dbus-launch to autolaunch D-Bus session
For a core dump, run kiba-dock with –g-fatal-warnings.
** (kiba-dock:9354): WARNING **: Error (plugin.c @ line 434):
‘/usr/local/lib/kiba-dock/dock_plugins/libdbus.so’ is not loadable
For a core dump, run kiba-dock with –g-fatal-warnings.
and then the programs don’t usually start properly(Synaptics won’t start with root, digikam won’t start). Also when I exit konsole kiba-dock quits as well.
Then if I start under sudo su I get the error message:
No protocol specified
(kiba-dock:9724): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
So am I doing something wrong or does it just not work in Kubuntu 8.04? Thanks.