Installation: ============= extract it where you want (<installation-folder>) sudo ln -s <installation-folder>/lyrics-applet/bonobo/servers/LyricsApplet.server /usr/lib/bonobo/servers/LyricsApplet.server sudo ln -s <installation-folder>/lyrics-applet/lyrics_applet.py /usr/lib/gnome-applets/lyrics-applet sudo cp <installation-folder>/lyrics-applet/lyrics.png /usr/share/pixmaps/ (lyrics_applet.py should be already executable, if not: chmod +x <installation-folder>/lyrics-applet/lyrics_applet.py) Debugging: ========== cd /usr/lib/gnome-applets python lyrics-applet -w or cd <installation-folder>/lyrics-applet/ python lyrics_applet.py -w