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Installing Bridge

Via PPA

A PPA is available:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bridge/daily
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install bridge

Bridge is designed to run at startup. Once installed, you need to log out and log in.

Or run it manually by executing

• /opt/bridge/bridge-daemon

Installing from trunk

• bzr branch lp:bridge

Then starting it:

• ./bridge/bridge-daemon

Installing more Zeitgeist Data-Sources

The accuracy of Bridge is relative to the number of installed applications being able to notify Zeitgeist of their activity. In Ubuntu 12.04, only a few of them do it by default and it is recommended to install more Zeitgeist Data-Sources before installing the Bridge.

• bzr branch lp:zeitgeist-datasources
  cd zeitgeist-datasources
  ./autogen.sh
  make
  make local-install

• Installing Zeitgeist Data-Sources from trunk

• Zeitgeist Data-Sources in Launchpad

Browser extensions

Firefox

The Firefox Zeitgeist extension, which is available from the previous method, can also be found packaged:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:markjtully/ppa
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install zeitgeist-datasource-firefox

Chrome

The Chrome/Chromium extension is available on the Chrome Web Store:

• Zeitgeist Plugin