Weather app ???

[Larry]

On 12/01/2015 10:55 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 1 December 2015 at 15:48, Larry <larryesu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 12/01/2015 02:55 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>>> On 30 November 2015 at 23:50, Larry <larryesu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 11/30/2015 06:00 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
>>>>> On 30 November 2015 at 23:34, Larry <larryesu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> So were to go from here is beyond me as to how I can get it working...
>>>>> If you've installed it:
>>>>>
>>>>> Run it!
>>>>>
>>>>> Run it once -- Windows+A, type Indicator in the box, wait for it to
>>>>> populate and look for the icon for MWA. Once you've run it once, it
>>>>> appears in your menu bar's notification area, and you can customise it
>>>>> with a right-click. It should stay theere.
>>>>>
>>>>    Well I did say that I had installed it,  but in my /temp file it shows
>>>> this
>>>> "My-Weather-Indicator.desktop"  (in green) thats all.
>>>>
>>>> These are the commands I used to install it.
>>>>
>>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao
>>>>
>>>> sudo apt-get update
>>>>
>>>> sudo apt-get install my-weather-indicator
>>>>
>>>> Yet after  do  the above I do not see where I can activate the app...???
>>> Does it not appear if you follow Liam's suggestion above (hit
>>> Windows=A and type indicator, or something similar)?  That is the
>>> standard way of finding apps in Unity.
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
>> Colin -- I am not sure what Liam means, does he mean for me to use the
>> windows key+the letter A in a terminal or what...???
> I presume you are using Ubuntu with Unity (with the launcher icons
> down the side of the screen).  This is the assumption since you just
> said 'Ubuntu".  No, not in a terminal.  In fact you don't even need
> the A, just hit the Windows key and it will bring up the Dash home
> showing both files and apps.  If you hold down the Win key and hit A
> then it shows just apps.
>
> If you have been using Ubuntu and did not know that you have been
> missing a great deal.
>
> If you hold down the win key it will show you the hot keys available.
>
> Colin
>
    I am using KUBUNTU, and when I hold down the win key, nothing 
happens that I can see..
Larry