Tilda is a drop-down terminal for Linux. Yesterday, Tilda has been upgraded to version 0.9.5. This release added some new features and fixed lots of bug. This HOWTO will help you install Tilda 0.9.5 from source on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon.
Tilda 0.9.5 changelog
- Tabs now loop to beginning/end for next/prev
- Better animation support
- Major code reorganization
- Make WWW links Ctrl+Left Click to open in a web browser
- Remove old configuration conversion script
- Updated documentation
- Use glade to generate the config wizard
- Gettextize
- Added true transparency
- Made scrollbar off by default
- Fixed another bug in getting the new lock file (Thanks Wilberding)
- Removed resize/move from hide when animation is turned off. This will fix the closing of certain program (i.e. nano) when Tilda is hidden
- To keep Tilda open on ‘exit’ set Preferences->Title and Command->When Command Exits to “Hold the Terminal Open”
Installing Tilda 0.9.5 on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy
- Install all of the dependencies:
$ sudo apt-get build-dep tilda
$ sudo apt-get install flex libglade2-dev
- Download the source package of Tilda from here. Then extract the tarball file:
$ tar zxvf tilda-0.9.5.tar.gz - Configure, build and install Tilda:
$ cd tilda-0.9.5/
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install
Running Tilda
To run Tilda, you can click Applications → Accessories → Tilda. Or, you can also run “tilda” from your command line.
12 responses so far ↓
1 The_Stig // Dec 13, 2007 at 6:59 am
I installed the Tilda, but I don’t like it. How I can remove it?
2 tallman // Dec 14, 2007 at 10:59 am
I used instead of “sudo make install” sudo checkinstall.
It has built successfully and installed. It disappears in a second after I launch it….
lol, whanted to show the output from the console, but forgot that I deleted it a few minutes ago))
The_Stig, in the directory
tilda-0.9.5/
type “sudo make uninstall”
3 Phil // Dec 22, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Where is tilda installed? I want to uninstall it. I can’t “sudo make uninstall” without being in the right folder, but I can’t find it.
4 Phil // Dec 23, 2007 at 10:43 am
Where is the directory, tilda-0.9.5?
5 Brian C // Jan 15, 2008 at 6:35 pm
I luv ya Man!!!!
This version has finally caught up somewhat to Yakuake.
Man thanks for da install tip. I got used to it in Fiesty and installed it in Gusty per apt-get but it was washing out when I used the keybinding after two taps.
Q: I didn’t know about this command when installing source apps
($ sudo apt-get build-dep tilda) but what is this one for
($ sudo apt-get install flex libglade2-dev) or how did you know to install flex and libglade2-dev?
I used your build-dep command to install sox from source and it worked perfectly. Thanks for the help…Great site
6 Damian D // Apr 24, 2008 at 9:49 pm
I had a problem when I did de apt-get:
$ sudo apt-get build-dep tilda
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to find a source package for tilda
The ./configure was ok, but I tried the “make” and “sudo make install”, but i get this:
$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
$ sudo make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install’. Stop.
Could you please help me? thanks a lot! Great site.
7 FND // Jun 20, 2008 at 6:32 am
Thank you very much for this!
I just followed these instructions for installing Tilda v0.9.6 on Ubuntu Hardy, and it worked like a charm!
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11 Bob Smiley // Mar 14, 2009 at 12:27 am
Tilda 0.9.6 is in the Intrepid Ibex 8.10 repo’s. However, after installing it, it still has the same old “screen goes blank” problem that started happening in Fiesty Fawn (?). Tilda used to work great long ago (like up to Edgy Eft, I think). But after a few releases, something changed in Ubuntu making Tilda screens go blank. I thought the latest version would fix this, but it doesn’t. I like Tilda, because it’s light-weight, and doesn’t install a bunch of KDE stuff to run on a Gnome desktop like Yakuake. But, Yakuake works while Tilda doesn’t for me, so I’m stuck wih Yakuake for the time being. *sigh*
12 Bob Smiley // Mar 14, 2009 at 12:35 am
CORRECTION: It seems like after playing with the configuration, you have to quit and restart it to keep it from blanking the screen. It starts by blanking out all of your characters you type except for your last 2. Then when flipping the screen up/down, it eventually just goes blank. Restarting Tilda seems to have helped. Perhaps “animation” or “transparency” settings have something to do with this. Not sure. I’ll mess with it for a bit, and if it’s still screwing around, I’ll go back to Yakuake.
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