How to install MintMenu on Debian (lenny, sid)
I really like (and miss) Linux Mint Menu (mintmenu), so I installed it on my Debian Sid box and here is how I managed it:
- Install mintsystem and mintmenu deb packages, either by adding mint repository to yout sources.list file or by downloading them from mint packages or simplier, by grabbing them from my blog
- Help it to recognize your applications by symlinking some files in /etc/xdg/menus (as root):
ln -s gnome-applications.menu applications.menu
ln -s gnome-preferences.menu preferences.menu
ln -s gnome-settings.menu settings.menu - Add mintMenu to your Gnome panel..
et voilà! Here are the two deb files I’m using:
mintsystem_61_all
mintmenu_4.2_all
Here is an updated screenshot:
MintMenu complete under Debian Sid
If you also want to enable beagle or tracker, be sure to add the correct search command in the preferences of mintMenu (see the screenshot)
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You can also install this package gnome-main-menu, it adds slab-style menu to gnome desktop.
# apt-get install gnome-main-menu
Now you can add new main menu to gnome panel.
Thank you very much, miksuh, gnome-main-menu is also a very cool menu (here is a screenshot [reverendted.wordpress.com])