How to install MintMenu on Debian (lenny, sid)

I really like (and miss) Linux Mint Menu (mintmenu), so I installed it on my Debian Sid box and here is how I managed it:

  • Install mintsystem and mintmenu deb packages, either by adding mint repository to yout sources.list file or by downloading them from mint packages or simplier, by grabbing them from my blog
  • Help it to recognize your applications by symlinking some files in /etc/xdg/menus (as root):

    ln -s gnome-applications.menu applications.menu
    ln -s gnome-preferences.menu preferences.menu
    ln -s gnome-settings.menu settings.menu

  • Add mintMenu to your Gnome panel..

et voilà! Here are the two deb files I'm using:
mintsystem_61_all
mintmenu_4.2_all

Here is an updated screenshot:
MintMenu complete under Debian Sid

MintMenu complete under Debian Sid

If you also want to enable beagle or tracker, be sure to add the correct search command in the preferences of mintMenu (see the screenshot)

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2 Responses to “How to install MintMenu on Debian (lenny, sid)”

  1. miksuh Says:
    November 24th, 2008 at 20:52 pm

    You can also install this package gnome-main-menu, it adds slab-style menu to gnome desktop.

    # apt-get install gnome-main-menu

    Now you can add new main menu to gnome panel.

  2. bodom_lx Says:
    November 24th, 2008 at 22:08 pm

    Thank you very much, miksuh, gnome-main-menu is also a very cool menu (here is a screenshot [reverendted.wordpress.com])

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