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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 0.9beta2. You can read the ChangeLog to decide whether you want to upgrade.

You can also make use of the anonymous CVS access provided by SourceForge.net. To do this, 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.


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 default skin, which provides a very simple, neutral look. (It is automatically installed as part of the make install process.) The following table shows additional (richer looking) 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.

skin namedownload linkdescriptionauthor
darkhttp://aqualung.sf.net/skins/aqualung-dark.tar.gz Dark, XMMS-like colors. Your eye won't get burned.Peter Szilagyi
metalhttp://aqualung.sf.net/skins/aqualung-metal.tar.gz Modern looking, shining metal colors.Peter Szilagyi
woodyhttp://aqualung.sf.net/skins/aqualung-woody.tar.gz Warm look&feel, for those who like natural surfaces.Peter Szilagyi

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.

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.