First download Volwheel
Untar it
tar zxvf volwheel-0.2.8.tar.gzDependencies
sudo apt-get install libgtk2-trayicon-perlInstall
cd volwheel-0.2.8
sudo ./install.plCopy Icons to System
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/volwheel/icons
cd icons
sudo cp -a * /usr/local/share/volwheel/iconsCopy Libs to System
cd ..
cd lib
sudo cp -a * /usr/lib/perl5
Launch Volwheel
volwheel &
Change the theme and settings (I use static + speaker-black)
Right click on Volwheel icon, choose Preferences
Autostart for Openbox
vim .config/openbox/autostart.sh
Add this line:
## Start volumeicon after a slight delay
(sleep 5s && volwheel) &
That's it, now you have a nice Perl volume icon.
Thanks for this, nice walk through. I was missing the perl libs and I always appreciate when someone takes the time to detail each step rather than assume every knows what they do.
ReplyDeleteNo problem, glad it helped, and thanks for the comment :)
ReplyDeletetrue..just flawless thanks a lot, don't get why they never tell you every step you need to do..grr. :)
ReplyDeleteI like to read step by step guides, so I try to do the same for others. Thanks for the comments, nice to know some of the Howtos help :)
ReplyDeletethank you so much. I couldn't figure this out for the life of me. You need 'perl-Gtk2-TrayIcon' for fedora though :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tommy, i'll let my Fedora using friends know that :)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant, flawless. Thanks a lot!
ReplyDeleteSuperb!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback Anonymouses :)
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