How do I install the global appmenu (mac menu)?

Anyone knows how to install globalmenu on Ubuntu 10.10?

Solution 1:

Instead use this:

sudo apt-get install appmenu-gtk indicator-appmenu indicator-applet-appmenu

Add it to your panel by right clicking on the panel, choosing Add to Panel and then select Indicator Applet Appmenu

I got this from OMGUbuntu

Hope that helps!! :)

Solution 2:

Unfortunately, indicator-applet-menu is not entirely equivalent to globalmenu. The main difference afaict is that the application name, which usually shows up in the window's title bar does not show up in the upper tray. I'm sure this is a bug/oversight in i-a-m (which I will now submit a bug report on), but it's an important part of what globalmenu does. It tells you which application has the focus.

Still, it's nice to see i-a-m in Maverick and I'll be switching my desktops over to it.

Solution 3:

This page hosts the maintainers' official documentation on installing globalmenu.

However, according to this issue, globalmenu doesn't compile at all in 10.10 and the project seems to be inactive. Here's the error in the attached buildlog. You may want to try and fix the issue yourself :)