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 How to make 'Ailurus' work on Mint 11 Katya

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This tutorial is based on what I posted as an Answer for a Question at Mint Forums on 09 Jun 2011.

My own post on Linux Mint forums:

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=74455

 

Ailurus is simple application installer and GNOME tweaker, which aims at making Linux easier to use.

Features:

 

# Ailurus does not work as it is on Mint 11 Katya.

# I will show you the workaround to make Ailurus work on Mint 11.

 

1. Open the Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal).

2. Copy/Paste or type the following line of code into Terminal and then press enter:

gksudo gedit /usr/share/pyshared/ailurus/lib.py

3. System will then ask you for your password, type it and then press enter.

4. gedit will open a file called lib.py.

5. Open [ Find ] Dialog (Search > Find...).

6. Enter a string 'maverick' into [ Search for: ] Text box and then press enter ( or click on [ Find ] Button).

7. You will find two places like below.

 

@classmethod

def get_all_Ubuntu_versions(cls):

        return ['hardy', 'intrepid', 'jaunty', 'karmic', 'lucid', 'maverick']

 

elif MINT:

    DISTRIBUTION = 'ubuntu'

    UBUNTU_DERIV = True

    VERSION = Config.get_Mint_version() # VERSION is in ['5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10']

    VERSION = ['hardy', 'intrepid', 'jaunty', 'karmic', 'lucid', 'maverick'][int(VERSION)-5]

    BACKEND = APT

    installation_command_backend = debian_installation_command

 

8. Insert a string , 'natty' behind 'maverick' (both of two), and insert a string , '11' behind '10', like this:

 

        return ['hardy', 'intrepid', 'jaunty', 'karmic', 'lucid', 'maverick', 'natty']

 

    VERSION = Config.get_Mint_version() # VERSION is in ['5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11']

    VERSION = ['hardy', 'intrepid', 'jaunty', 'karmic', 'lucid', 'maverick', 'natty'][int(VERSION)-5]

 

9. Save the file called lib.py, then close the window (both gedit and Terminal), Done!

 

# In my case, it was not necessary to Log out or Reboot.

Click on Ailurus Icon in mintMenu (Applications > System tools > Ailurus), Ailurus works!

 

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Acknowledgement

I was able to write this tutorial by the grace of @Alexio.

If there had not been the exchange of comments between @Alexio and I on my idea "Improve 'Software Sources'", I would have not found this workaround for making Ailurus work on Katya.

I appreciate @Alexio though belately.

 

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History of Modification

 - Corrected some words and phrases

 - Added 'a screenshot of Ailurus'

 - Added 'Acknowledgement'

(on 06 Aug 2011 11:40 AM UTC)

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Tags: Ailurus tweak customize Gnome Mint 11 Katya
Created: 11 months ago.
Last edited: 9 months ago.
Reviewed: 8 months ago by oscar799.
Read 701 times.

Comments
7 months ago	kazztan0325	@carlosjimy: You are welcome! Thank you for your comments. By the way..., Does LMDE have Version Number or Something like Code name?
7 months ago	carlosjimy	Thanks @kazztan0325. I wonder if something like that would work on LMDE. Regards!
8 months ago	kazztan0325	@ivy_s: You are welcome! Thank you for your comments.
8 months ago	ivy_s	Very good tutorial. Thank you.
9 months ago	kazztan0325	@compuman2004: You are welcome! Thank you for your praise.
9 months ago	compuman2004	Thanks @kazztan0325  it works great. Excellent tutorial. Job well done.
9 months ago	kazztan0325	@Tonya: You are welcome! I'm glad this article has been helpful to you.
9 months ago	Tonya	Many thanks for this tutorial!
9 months ago	kazztan0325	@blueXrider: You are welcome! By the way, I hope 'Ailurus' would be updated to newer version, but it seems there is no scent of being updated...
9 months ago	blueXrider	Worked for me, thanks
9 months ago	blueXrider	Floating-Gate Analog Implementation of the Additive Soft-Input Soft-Output Decoding Algorithm
9 months ago	kazztan0325	@blueXrider: Actually the version which I hacked is "ailurus_10.10.5-0maverick1_all.deb". And there is "ailurus_10.10.3-0maverick1_all.deb" too. I guess the way which I wrote can apply to all of them (10.10.5 / 10.10.3 / 10.10.1).
9 months ago	blueXrider	Hey, Kazz! Question? What version did you hack. Assuming you are referring to this one = "ailurus_10.10.1-0maverick1_all.deb"
11 months ago	kazztan0325	Sorry, I noticed that I should go to Mint Forums and ask at Forums for the KDE Edition.
11 months ago	kazztan0325	@mikefreeman, Thank you for your comment. I use both Ailurus and Ubuntu Tweak. By the way, Do you know any good tweaking tool for KDE? I use Mint 10 KDE (Virtual Machine) too, but have not found good tool yet...
11 months ago	mikefreeman	Good tool to have. Used to use this all the time, although now I generally use Ubuntu Tweak instead.

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