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Sep 11 2007, 1:04 PM EDT (current) nablaa 2 words added
Sep 1 2007, 9:23 PM EDT Ruazinn 2 words added

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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"