Comments on: How to Install Guake (dropdown terminal) on Xubuntu 14.04

By: @yan123

@yan123 — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:11:49 +0000

hi, i’m using Ubuntu system. Had difficulties when i try to download any package on the terminal through command line.
It responds: “E: Unable to locate package guake”. what should i do??

By: bobsobol

bobsobol — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 16:19:00 +0000

In reply to Greg Chabala. Because it's specifically packaged to be an integral part of the GNOME 3 desktop environment. So the problem is specific to any non-GNOME based distribution trying to import just a small part of that DE into their own, alien system. (like xfce, KDE, MATE, or lxde)

By: Jason Smythe

Jason Smythe — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 02:16:00 +0000

In reply to Giorgio Torreggiani. You should use 'sudo' to give you the desired permissions.

By: Giorgio Torreggiani

Giorgio Torreggiani — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 22:23:00 +0000

I can’t copy it to another folder or directory. I don’t get permission with the command chmod u+x or chmod 755 guake.desktop

By: Toby Cass

Toby Cass — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 04:18:00 +0000

I had the same problem in Zorin 9 so not xubuntu specific. It worked well for me.

By: Jeňa Kočí

Jeňa Kočí — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 15:49:00 +0000

In reply to Greg Chabala. apparently this problem is xubuntu specific

By: Greg Chabala

Greg Chabala — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 15:59:00 +0000

Why does it take so much hand configuration to get this tool working? Is it packaged badly?