Growl For Linux

Introduction:

Growl For Linux is Linux-compatible of Growl. Growl is a notification
system for Mac OS X.

Installation:

Growl For Linux require following libraries.

* openssl
* libcurl
* gtk+-2.0
* sqlite3
* dbus-glib-1

Following libraries are optional.

* libnotify(for libnotify display)

If you are developer, then type following.

    # ./autogen.sh
    # ./configure
    # make && make install

If you are ubuntu user, then type following.

    # sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mattn/growl-for-linux
    # sudo apt-get update
    # sudo apt-get install growl-for-linux

Usage:

# ./gol

Why "gol" ?, "gol" mean "Growl On Linux". (or ゴルア).
Currently, This is required.

Notification should be sent with GNTP protocol or Growl Network Protocol.
See also:
  http://www.growlforwindows.com/gfw/help/gntp.aspx
  http://growl.info/documentation/developer/protocol.php

If you want to be show icon in notification, you need to use GNTP protocol.

FAQ:

• Q. I can't see icon in system tray. I'm using ubuntu linux.

• A. Try following.

  gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "$(gsettings get com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist | sed -e "s/]$/, 'growl-for-linux']/")"

License:

Growl For Linux is BSD style license. see also COPYING.
This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in
the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/).

Author:

Yasuhiro Matsumoto <[email protected]>
Kohei Takahashi <[email protected]>