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Download Aqualung

Aqualung is primarily released as a source code tarball archive. Download the latest one from the SourceForge project page.

The latest release tarball version is 0.9beta4.1. You can read the ChangeLog to decide whether you want to upgrade from a previous version.

Most development happens in CVS, so if you want to take part in the development process, or try the very latest version, you have to get the code from CVS. This is possible by means of the anonymous CVS access provided by SourceForge.net. To obtain a copy of the Aqualung source repository, follow these steps (% is meant to be your prompt):

% cd /usr/local/src
(just an example, it can be anywhere)

% cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.aqualung.sf.net:/cvsroot/aqualung login
(just press enter when prompted for a password)

% cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.aqualung.sf.net:/cvsroot/aqualung -z3 co aqualung

There is also an online web-based CVS browser. Nice to see if there is anything new.

Occasionally we might post a link to a CVS tarball here; particularly when someone has problems accessing SF.net anonymous CVS due to server problems. (If you tried the above instructions repeatedly, but they seem to hang, go ahead and ask for a CVS tarball on our mailing list. We'll put it right here.)


Get additional skins

Skins greatly alter the appearance of the program (just check out our screenshots). You can change the skin currently in use at any time, simply by selecting it from the program's corresponding setup dialog. (Hint: right-click almost anywhere in the main window.) The program will then re-skin itself immediately, and stay that way. No configuration file editing is needed, nor is it necessary to restart the program.

The Aqualung source contains the four basic skins (dark, default, metal, woody) supported by the developers. Supported means that these skins will be kept up to date with regard to the latest developments (new dialogs, new, formerly unused widgets etc.) These four skins are part of the Aqualung source distribution, and are automatically installed as part of the make install process.

The following table shows additional skins. These are distributed as .tar.gz archives. After downloading any of these, all you need to do is unpack it either in your ~/.aqualung directory, or the system-wide Aqualung skin directory (which is ${prefix}/share/aqualung/skin where ${prefix} is the prefix you used when installing Aqualung itself; it is likely to be /usr or /usr/local).

The program may be running when you install the new skin (that is, you need not close the program before you unpack a skin). The new skin will be immediately available after you reopen the skin chooser dialog.

The skins in the following table are authored by indepent contributors. We accept no responsibility and offer no support concerning their use. As Aqualung development proceeds, skins generally (but not always) need to be updated to keep up with newer GUI components. We are happy to receive updated versions of these skins from their authors at any time, and will update the downloadable version.

skin namecurrent as of Aqualung versiondownload linkdescriptionauthor
plain0.9beta3http://aqualung.sf.net/skins/aqualung-plain.tar.gz A simple skin using the default GTK 2.4.x color scheme and GTK 2.5.x stock icons.pasp

Creating new skins is easy if you are familiar with the usual GTK+ stuff concerning rc files, pixmaps etc. Look at the existing skins to find out about their internals. You are encouraged to create new skins of your style, and send them to us. Your contribution will be welcome, and most probably added to the above table.

Skins are considered to be non-necessary components of Aqualung itself, and they are freely redistributable under the same conditions as the main program. See the Misc page for details.