InstallationGuide
Unity Installation Guide
This page documents how you can try out Unity 3.0 on your Ubuntu system.
Natty PPA
Unity is available in the Unity PPA.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:unity/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install unity
Natty from source
You'll need a fully updated Natty system, with the latest compiz and bamfdaemon packages installed.
You'll then need to do do this:
sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libcairo2-dev libpng12-dev libglew1.5-dev libglewmx1.5-dev libxxf86vm-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libsigc++-2.0-dev libpango1.0-dev doxygen cmake build-essential debhelper pkg-config valac intltool libgee-dev libbunique-dev libclutter-1.0-dev libclutter-gtk-0.10-dev libclutk-dev libbamf-dev gsettings-desktop-schemas-dev libgconf2-dev libglib2.0-dev libdbusmenu-glib-dev libgnome-desktop-dev libgtk2.0-dev libpango1.0-dev libgnomeui-dev libdee-dev libindicator-dev libunity-misc-dev libutouch-grail-dev libxcb-icccm1-dev libnux-0.9-dev compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-dev
to get all the dependencies.
You'll need to build one library that Unity depends on but isn't yet packaged in Natty called Nux:
bzr branch lp:nux cd nux ./autogen.sh --disable-documentation make sudo make install
and then Unity:
bzr branch lp:unity cd unity mkdir build; cd build cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCOMPIZ_PLUGIN_INSTALL_TYPE=compiz make make install
and finally, once that's installed, you can restart Compiz (compiz --replace) and then use CompizConfig Settings Manager (/usr/bin/ccsm) to search for and enable the Unity plugin!
Maverick PPA
Coming Soon
Maverick from source
Exactly the same as above in Natty, but you'll first need Compiz 0.9.2 patched with glib support. There aren't any packages yet but there is a bulid script for it in the unity source under the "tools/" directory. After installing that, make sure to update you PKG_CONFIG_PATH and you can then follow the same instructions as Natty.