Package request: Unity desktop environment

[themagiulio]

Package name

unityd

Package homepage

https://gitlab.com/ubuntu-unity/unity/unity

Description

A desktop platform, based on technologies such as Nux, GTK and Compiz.

Does the requested package meet the package requirements?

Compiled

Is the requested package released?

Yes

[blacklightpy]

+1 It's on Arch, so should be able to refer the instructions from it.

[EarldridgeJazzedPineda]

I already ported over the Unity Greeter:

[EarldridgeJazzedPineda]

Currently, I have been trying to make the packages on my own, but I may start from scratch and refer to Debian/Arch build instructions.

[EarldridgeJazzedPineda]

Here is a list of packages required for the Unity desktop environment:

• [x] dbus-activation-env
• [x] ~ido~ (Use ayatana-ido as a drop-in replacement instead)
• [x] ~libindicator~ (Use libayatana-indicator as a drop-in replacement instead)
• [x] ~libappindicator~ (Use libayatana-appindicator as a drop-in replacement instead)
• [x] unity-gtk-module
• [x] dee
• [x] libunity
• [x] libunity-misc
• [x] indicator-messages
• [x] gsettings-ubuntu-schemas
• [x] unity-settings-daemon
• [x] libgeonames
• [x] unity-control-center
• [x] cmake-extras
• [x] properties-cpp
• [x] unity-api
• [x] indicator-application
• [x] indicator-appmenu
• [x] indicator-datetime
• [x] indicator-keyboard
• [x] indicator-power
• [x] indicator-printers
• [x] indicator-session
• [x] indicator-sound
• [x] gsettings-qt
• [x] dee-qt
• [x] libcolumbus
• [x] hud
• [x] glewmx (version 1.13.0)
• [x] nux
• [x] unity-asset-pool
• [x] unity-lens-applications
• [x] unity-lens-files
• [x] unity-lens-music
• [x] unity-lens-photos
• [x] unity-lens-video
• [x] unity-scope-home
• [x] compiz-ubuntu (version 0.9)
• [x] lightdm-unity-greeter
• [x] unity
• [x] indicator-bluetooth
• [x] unity-backgrounds
• [x] unity-indicator-appearance
• [x] unity-session
• [x] unity-settings
• [x] unity-tweak-tool

[classabbyamp]

• [ ] ido
• [ ] libindicator
• [ ] libappindicator

we're not adding those back, use the ayatana replacement (#42263)

and some of these others, if they are just unity-/ubuntu-specific versions of existing packages, they are probably not valid for packaging

[EarldridgeJazzedPineda]

While I was testing lightdm-unity-greeter, the indicators did not work. The source code used systemctl --user start (which is not available on Void Linux). I am not sure what the equivalent is on runit. Only indicator-datetime, indicator-power, indicator-session, and indicator-sound have runit services, but I will make services for indicator-application and indicator-keyboard later on.

[blacklightpy]

While I was testing lightdm-unity-greeter, the indicators did not work. The source code used systemctl --user start (which is not available on Void Linux). I am not sure what the equivalent is on runit.

@EarldridgeJazzedPineda There are user services, as documented here.

[EarldridgeJazzedPineda]

I finally got Unity to work on Void Linux, though it comes with a few issues.

[EarldridgeJazzedPineda]

I fixed some more bugs with Unity, and here is what my desktop looks like almost a week later: