{"id":10134,"date":"2020-05-31T14:52:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T14:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=10134"},"modified":"2022-01-02T05:14:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T05:14:03","slug":"my-weather-indicator-ubuntu-20-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/05\/my-weather-indicator-ubuntu-20-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install My Weather Indicator in Ubuntu 20.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/myweather-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10135\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking for a desktop weather application for Ubuntu desktop? My Weather Indicator is one of the great choices.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/atareao\/my-weather-indicator\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Weather Indicator<\/a> is an application especially designed for Ubuntu. It&#8217;s written in <b>Python 3<\/b> and works on Plasma, GNOME, MATE, Xfce, etc.<\/p>\n<p>The software displays current weather and the weather forecast via system tray <b>indicator applet<\/b> and <b>desktop widget<\/b>. Supported weather services include: <b>OpenWeatherMap<\/b>, <b>Yahoo<\/b>, <b>wunderground.com<\/b>, and <b>World Weather Online<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/myweatherindicator.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/myweatherindicator.png 500w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/myweatherindicator-450x315.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mwi-forecast.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"292\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mwi-forecast.png 500w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mwi-forecast-450x263.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To install the weather application, open <u>terminal<\/u> from your system application menu and run following commands one by one.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.)<\/b> Add the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~atareao\/+archive\/ubuntu\/atareao\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">developer&#8217;s PPA<\/a> by running command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao\/atareao<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type your login password (no asterisk feedback) for sudo prompt and hit Enter to continue.<\/i> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/atareao-ppa-focal-600x130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"130\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/atareao-ppa-focal-600x130.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/atareao-ppa-focal-450x97.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/atareao-ppa-focal.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.)<\/b> Refresh package cache and install the software:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\r\n\r\nsudo apt install my-weather-indicator<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/apt-myweatherindicator-600x119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"119\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/apt-myweatherindicator-600x119.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/apt-myweatherindicator-450x89.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/apt-myweatherindicator.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>3.)<\/b> The first launching My Weather Indicator will bring up the settings dialog. There you can setup your location, widget theme, weather services, auto-start, refresh frequency, etc.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mwi-preferences.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"290\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mwi-preferences.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mwi-preferences-450x218.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Note: after clicking OK button, it can take a few seconds to show the desktop widget.<\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove the PPA, either open <i>Software &#038; Update > Other Software<\/i> or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:atareao\/atareao<\/pre>\n<p>To remove the weather application, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt remove my-weather-indicator<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a desktop weather application for Ubuntu desktop? 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