{"id":5780,"date":"2016-04-09T17:36:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T17:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=5780"},"modified":"2016-04-09T17:36:37","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T17:36:37","slug":"weather-indicator-desktop-widget-ubuntu-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/04\/weather-indicator-desktop-widget-ubuntu-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Install My Weather Indicator with Desktop Widget in Ubuntu 16.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/weather_icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/weather_icon.png\" alt=\"Desktop Weather App for Ubuntu 16.04\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5781\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking for a weather app for your Ubuntu desktop? Though there are a few available in Software Center, I would recommend <i>my-weather-indicator<\/i> which is developed by <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~atareao\" target=\"_blank\">atareao team<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My-weather-indicator is an advanced desktop weather app for Ubuntu Unity. It displays the current weather situation and a week forecast for your location through indicator menu and\/or a desktop widget.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5782\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/my-weather-indicator.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5782\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/my-weather-indicator-450x275.jpg\" alt=\"my weather indicator and &quot;alinone&quot; widget\" width=\"450\" height=\"275\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/my-weather-indicator-450x275.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/my-weather-indicator-600x366.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/my-weather-indicator.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">my weather indicator and &#8220;alinone&#8221; widget<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5783\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/forecast.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5783\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/forecast-450x292.jpg\" alt=\"one week forecast\" width=\"450\" height=\"292\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/forecast-450x292.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/forecast-600x389.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/forecast.jpg 872w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">one week forecast<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It also allows you to see a map of current situation, forecast information for the next hours and days of the temperature, humidity and cloudiness.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5784\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/forecast-nexthours.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5784\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/forecast-nexthours-450x290.jpg\" alt=\"Forecast for next hours\" width=\"450\" height=\"290\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/forecast-nexthours-450x290.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/forecast-nexthours-600x387.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/forecast-nexthours.jpg 1006w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forecast for next hours<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The app also features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>support two locations<\/li>\n<li>weather services: Yahoo, OpenWeatherMap, wunderground.com, world weather online.<\/li>\n<li>weather display: Temperature, Pressure, Humidity, Thermal sensation, Dew point, The speed and wind direction, cloudiness, Time sunrise, sunset and twilight, Moon phase<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_5785\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/weather-preferences.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5785\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/weather-preferences-450x216.jpg\" alt=\"Weather Preferences Window\" width=\"450\" height=\"216\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/weather-preferences-450x216.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/weather-preferences-600x288.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/weather-preferences.jpg 944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weather Preferences Window<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>How to Install My-weather-indicator in Ubuntu:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The weather app is available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~atareao\/+archive\/ubuntu\/atareao\" target=\"_blank\">developer&#8217;s PPA<\/a> for all current Ubuntu releases. Follow the steps below to add PPA and install the software:<\/p>\n<p>1. Add PPA<\/p>\n<p>Open terminal from app launcher or via Ctrl+Alt+T keys. When it opens, paste below command and hit run:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao\/atareao<\/pre>\n<p>Type in your password <i>(no visual feedback when typing)<\/i> when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/atareao-ppa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/atareao-ppa-600x89.jpg\" alt=\"atareao-ppa\" width=\"600\" height=\"89\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/atareao-ppa-600x89.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/atareao-ppa-450x66.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/atareao-ppa.jpg 734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Install the software via Synaptic Package Manager after clicked Refresh button. Or run following commands one by one in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt-get update\n\nsudo apt-get install my-weather-indicator<\/pre>\n<p>Once installed, you can future update of the software alongside other system packages via the <i>Software Updater<\/i> utility.<\/p>\n<p>3. (Optional) To remove the PPA, use <b>Software &#038; Updates -> Other Software<\/b>. To remove my-weather-indicator, use Synaptic Package Manager or run command below in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt-get remove my-weather-indicator<\/pre>\n<p>For new changes, bugs, and requests, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/atareao\/my-weather-indicator\" target=\"_blank\">github.com\/atareao\/my-weather-indicator<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a weather app for your Ubuntu desktop? Though there are a few available in Software Center, I would recommend my-weather-indicator which is developed by atareao team. My-weather-indicator is an advanced desktop weather app for Ubuntu Unity. It displays the current weather situation and a week forecast for your location through indicator menu and\/or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[383,1167],"class_list":["post-5780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-weather-app-for-ubuntu","tag-weather-indicator"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}