https://paapereira.xyz/tags/gnomedo/Recent content in Tags/GnomeDo on paapereira.xyzHugoen-US<a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>©</a> 2008-2026 / <a href='https://gitlab.com/paapereira/paapereira.gitlab.io' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>source code</a>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:13:00 +0100https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2008/07/gnomedo-05_29/Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:13:00 +0100https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2008/07/gnomedo-05_29/<p>A friend of mine asked me about a Linux equivalent to <a href="http://www.launchy.net/index.html">Launchy</a>, a keystroke launcher for Windows.</p> <p>And that is <a href="http://do.davebsd.com/">GnomeDo</a>.</p> <h2 id="install">Install</h2> <ul> <li>If you have an older version of GnomeDo start by removing it and deleting is plugins:</li> </ul> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">1</span><span>sudo aptitude purge gnome-do gnome-do-plugins gnome-do-plugin-rhythmbox </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">2</span><span>rm -rf ~/.local/share/gnome-do/plugins/ </span></span></code></pre></div><ul> <li>Then add the following software sources (System &gt; Administration &gt; Software Sources):</li> </ul> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-text" data-lang="text"><span style="display:flex;"><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">1</span><span>deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu hardy main </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">2</span><span>deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu hardy main </span></span></code></pre></div><ul> <li>Install GnomeDo (currently v0.5.97):</li> </ul> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">1</span><span>sudo aptitude update <span style="color:#f92672">&amp;&amp;</span> sudo aptitude install gnome-do </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="using-gnomedo">Using GnomeDo</h2> <p>Go to Application &gt; Accessories &gt; GNOME Do to start the application (it will also appear in your notification area).</p>