Step 1: Prepare your system
- sudo apt-get install build-essential bzr automake1.9 autotools-dev
Step 2: Download the required dependencies
- sudo apt-get install libxdamage-dev libxcomposite-dev libgnome2-common libgnome2-dev libgnome-desktop-dev libgnome-vfs-dev libgtk2.0-dev libwnck-dev libgconf2-dev libglib2.0-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libgnomevfs2-0 libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome2-0 libwnck-common python-gtk2 python-gtk2-dev python-cairo-dev python-gconf gnome-common python-dev python-gnome2-dev
Step 3: Download Avant Window Navigator from Bazaar:
Step 4:
- cd avant-window-navigator
- ./autogen.sh
- make
- sudo make install
Step 7: Run Avant Window Navigator
- Alt-F2
- avant-window-navigator
Step 8: Have Avant Window Navigator automatically start up on reboot
- Click System, Control Center
- Click Sessions
- Click Startup Sessions Tab
- Click "New" and type "avant-window-navigator" in both name and command fields
- Click "OK"
- Click "Close"
Information taken from
this post on Ubuntu Forums with thanks to Ubuntu Forums member "Pveith"