awn wont start

This is not exactly the answer to what you are asking. Maybe you would like to try installing from the repositories.

add to /etc/apt/sources.list

## AWN
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42 gutsy avant-window-navigator
deb-src http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42 gutsy avant-window-navigator

then

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-bzr awn-core-applets-bzr

Also take a look at this question, https://answers.launchpad.net/awn/+question/16840

I added the repositories and got: [b]W: GPG error: http://download.tuxfamily.org gutsy Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 3E231AC7F4ECF181[/b] after i ran apt-get update.

cookie@ubu1:~/Appz/avant-window-navigator-0.1.1$ [b]sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-bzr awn-core-applets-bzr[/b]
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
[b]E: Couldn't find package avant-window-navigator-bzr[/b]
cookie@ubu1:~/Appz/avant-window-navigator-0.1.1$

?????

Sorry i forgot about the signature, do the following,

wget http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42/reacocard.asc
sudo apt-key add reacocard.asc
rm reacocard.asc
sudo apt-get update

and try to install again.

nope, it still aint working. The signature added. apt-get update went fine, no errors but it still cant find the package :(

With regards to your initial question, Awn version 0.1.1 is very outdated. The one in the unofficial Gutsy repository (see http://wiki.awn-project.org/index.php?title=A_Visual_Install_Guide#Ubuntu for details on how to install that repository via Synaptic) is more up-to-date, and less crashy.

I think the problem is that there's actually no package avant-window-navigator-bzr for amd64.

Someone could mail the maintainer of the package or file a bug for this.

As far as I know, the maintainer of that repository is waiting for his amd64 packager to update the package. You can find out about the status here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=385981

You can also comment on the repository and ask for help regarding it.

There is an alternative solution, although I don't guarantee it to work. Ubuntu recently approved Awn in universe/gnome, so you could try installing the .deb from packages.ubuntu.com: http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/gnome/avant-window-navigator

Yes i was going to point to that, the source for that package is available here, https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/amd64/avant-window-navigator/0.2.1-0ubuntu1

Maybe someone could build it from looking at the source from hardy, i personally dont have experience in deb building.

Thanks for all your answers!
This mornin i wake up(im sick, so no goin out) turn on my comp., type "avant-" in synaptic and BAM!!!!!!! somehow avant got there........
I got it installed, ran it, it set all the widths and heights and all the other stuff. Only that it gave me:

Error: Screen isn't composited. Please run compiz (-fusion) or another compositing manager.

I've got Compiz Fusion installed but it's missin something because when i go to System>Preferences>Appearance>Visual Effects; the Custom setting is never set, its always on: None - Simple Desktop.
If i try and set it to: Custom, it always gives me: The Composite extension is not available

Where can i get this Composite extension?

Read the "Introduction" and "X Server" sections of the following document at the Ubuntu wiki:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager