Wingpanel Ayatana-Compatibility Indicator (Community Version)

Description:

Keep compatibility with ubuntu/unity indicators on Elementary OS wingpanel. If you want to install applications with indicators like weather forecast, redshift... this plug-in let these indicators appear in your panel.

Installation

1. Download the last release (zip) and extract files

Dependencies

2. You'll need the following dependencies to build :

sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev libgranite-dev libindicator3-dev 
sudo apt-get install libwingpanel-2.0-dev valac gcc meson 

Build with meson

3. Open a Terminal in the extracted folder, build your application with meson and install it with ninja:

meson build --prefix=/usr
cd build
ninja
sudo ninja install

Parameters for Pantheon (eos)

4. You need to add Pantheon to the list of desktops abled to work with indicators:

sudo nano /etc/xdg/autostart/indicator-application.desktop

Search the parameter: OnlyShowIn= and add "Pantheon" at the end of the line :

OnlyShowIn=Unity;GNOME;Pantheon;

Save your changes (Ctrl+X to quit + Y(es) save the changes + Enter to valid the filename).
5.reboot.

uninstall

Open a terminal in the build folder.

sudo ninja uninstall
killall wingpanel