/unity-webapps-pocket

Trying to make an Ubuntu Unity Webapp for Pocket

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Basic Unity WebApps integration with Pocket

Basic Pocket integration with Ubuntu Unity desktop. It enable a launcher shortcut, alt+tab and shorcut at dashboard for Pocket website (www.getpocket.com).

For more information about Ubuntu Unity Web apps see this: http://developer.ubuntu.com/resources/technologies/webapps/

For more information about Pocket, visit getpocket.com

Currently not working with Ubuntu 14.04+. Remember, this only work in Ubuntu with Firefox or Chromium. Webapps doesn't work with Google Chrome or Opera yet.

This is the source code to compile in .deb file and install in Ubuntu

Changelog:

  • 0.1 - Basic webapp integration (Dashboard search, launcher icon and alt+tab)
  • 0.2 - Bug fixes
  • 0.3 - Fix the HTTPS bug, now it's working again

Installing:

  1. Clone thie repository (or download .zip file);
  2. Open terminal and browse to that folder;
  3. Build the package with dpkg-buildpackage;
  4. Install the .deb file

Step by Step Install:

  1. Open Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T is the default keyboard hotkey)
  2. Select and go to one directory (cd /home/[user]/)
  3. Download the source from Github (git clone git@github.com:eudennis/unity-webapps-pocket.git)
  4. Open the source folder (cd unity-webapps-pocket)
  5. You need to install some packages to build it (sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake autotools-dev dh-make debhelper devscripts fakeroot xutils lintian pbuilder)
  6. Build it (dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot)
  7. Now install the .deb file. Back one directory up and use dpkg -i unity-webapps-getpocket_0.1_all.deb to install it.
  8. Once installed, it's done. You should see an popup notify the first time that you open the Pocket website