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January 18th, 2007, 11:36 GMT · By

Ubuntu Edgy Desktop Effects with Beryl

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You've just installed Ubuntu 6.10 and now you want some of those latest eye candy effects on your desktop? You came to the right place. I will teach you in this guide how to setup some of the nicest desktop effects you ever saw. If you don't know what Beryl is and what kind of desktop effects it provides, please click on the following link:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Beryl-Showcase-42386.shtml

First of all, make sure you have the latest video driver installed for your graphics card, be it either nVidia, ATI or Intel. If you don't know how to install nVidia and ATI drivers, please click on the link below for a quick and simple guide:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Install-Nvidia-and-ATI-video-drivers-on-Ubuntu-Edgy-44388.shtml

If you are sure you have the latest video drivers for your graphics card, with 3D/OpenGL support enabled, then we can proceed with the Beryl installation. Let's set up the Beryl repository:

Open up a terminal and paste the following code:

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wget http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/root@lupine.me.uk.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

Then go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources, on the Third Party tab, click on Add and paste the following line:

CODE
deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org edgy main

After you've added the code above, click the "Close" button. It will ask you to reload the information about available software, so click on the "Reload" button and wait until the window disappears.

Now on a terminal, type the following lines, one by one:

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install beryl emerald-themes

During the installation process, you'll be asked if you want to continue, just type Y.

After Beryl has been installed, type the following command in order to start Beryl:

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beryl-manager

You may not like to start Beryl from the command-line every time you power up your computer, so go to System -> Preferences -> Sessions, on the Startup Programs tab, click the Add button and enter the above command (beryl-manager) and click OK.

That's all, now you can enjoy the ultimate desktop effects on your Ubuntu Edgy Linux.


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Comment #1 by: a6d9cmro on 24 Jan 2007, 14:34 UTC reply to this comment

Have ubuntu 6.10. When I tried to load using the instructions above, this supposedly did not exist anymore "deb http://beryl-mirror.pricechild.co.uk edgy main". Does anyone have any suggestions?


Comment #2 by: a6d9cmro on 24 Jan 2007, 14:34 UTC reply to this comment

Have ubuntu 6.10. When I tried to load using the instructions above, this supposedly did not exist anymore "deb http://beryl-mirror.pricechild.co.uk edgy main". Does anyone have any suggestions?

Comment #2.1 by: TheMatrix on 27 Jan 2007, 12:06 GMT

It appears that you only need the following link in order to install Beryl:

eb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org edgy main

Latest Beryl is 0.2.0 Beta 2 !

Comment #2.2 by: TheMatrix on 27 Jan 2007, 12:08 GMT

Sorry the code above was missing a letter, here is the code again:


deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org edgy main


Comment #3 by: sergio on 05 Dec 2007, 12:11 UTC reply to this comment

When I load I get the error "there is no public key "
What's up with that.?

Comment #3.1 by: marius.nestor on 05 Dec 2007, 15:07 GMT

Hi!

I guess you didn't installed the public key:

wget http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/root@lupine.me.uk.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

However, this may not work anymore as Beryl is dead. Please use Ubuntu 7.10 because it has all the latest desktop effects: Compiz Fusion!

Kind regards.


Comment #4 by: herminio.vazquez on 27 Aug 2008, 14:10 UTC reply to this comment

Does anyone knows if this instructions will also work for the Ubuntu 8.04?
I had issues and white screens after trying another option that changes the configuration of the drivers for the video card.

Thanks,
Regards.


Comment #5 by: ppk on 28 Sep 2008, 13:57 UTC reply to this comment

Thank You Very Much!

I've found the information about Beryl like this for 4 months!

Thanks


Comment #6 by: Park DaeHwan on 28 Sep 2008, 14:23 UTC reply to this comment

Hi!

I'm Korean, So I try to write well but Please understand my English

Thank you! I've found the information like this for 4 months!!!

I like Linux especially I love Ubuntu.

But I think it is quite long time to wait upgrading... cuz I'm Korean

Do you know why Korean people likes quick and fast?

Because Korean ancestors are Northern Horseback Riding Race!

They rode horse all day.

We Korean are succeeded their blood. So we love anything fast and quick!!!


Anyway, Very Thank you!

When I see Beryl on Ubuntu, I charmed so I decided to install Beryl...


My 4 months privation became nothing because of your article!

Thank you!!


Comment #7 by: jasperi on 13 Dec 2008, 19:14 UTC reply to this comment

when I type sudo apt-get install beryl emerald-themes I get emerald-themes: Depends: emerald (>= 0.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages.


Comment #8 by: Marius Nestor on 14 Dec 2008, 13:52 UTC reply to this comment

For jasperi: This version of Ubuntu is very old. On top of that, the Beryl project is dead... read this article:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Beryl-Is-Dead-Long-Live-Compiz-Fusion-57881.shtml

Please try Ubuntu 8.10

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-10-Released-96818.shtml

Have fun!


Comment #9 by: Morgan on 22 Mar 2009, 02:57 UTC reply to this comment

everytime i try to install beryl i get this error... please help.......


sudo apt-get install beryl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
beryl: Depends: beryl-settings but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

Comment #9.1 by: Marius Nestor on 23 Mar 2009, 08:27 GMT

Hi Morgan,

On what operating system are you trying to install Beryl? Ubuntu 6.10?

You should know that both Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) and Beryl are no longer supported... Beryl was replaced by Compiz Fusion a long time ago... and Canonical droped the support for Ubuntu 6.10 in April 2008

Therefore this guide is obsolete! Please use Ubuntu 8.10, it has desktop effects installed by default.


Comment #10 by: spirit on 04 Jan 2011, 08:42 UTC reply to this comment

i cant find Software Sources..

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