localhost-indicator doesn't appear

I've solved the problem :

localhost-indicator.desktop and localhost-indicator.menu were installed in /data, and localhost-indicator in /.

- First I moved these in /usr/share/localhost-indicator;

- Then I create a file in /usr/share/indicators/messages/applications with the new path to localhost-indicator.desktop (/usr/share/applications/localhost-indicator.desktop);

- Finally, I created a symbolic link to the application : sudo ln -s /usr/share/localhost-indicator/localhost-indicator /usr/bin.

Now I can find the application in the gnome message indicator and it works !

(I'm not English so please don't pay attention on my writing style...)

- Then I create a file in /usr/share/indicators/messages/applications with the new path to localhost-indicator.desktop (/usr/share/applications/localhost-indicator.desktop);

Sorry, but I don't understand that sentence. Wha't do you mean?
* You created a file, OK, but what file? what's the name of that file?
* or did you just MOVE the file "localhost-indicator.desktop" into "/usr/share/indicators/messages/applications" ?

Following Christophe indications, I finally made it. This is how :

1 - Move "localhost-indicator.desktop", "localhost-indicator.menu" & "localhost-indicator" inside the "/usr/share/" directory.
2 - Make "localhost-indicator" executable (chmod 755)
3 - Create the file named (for exemple) "localhost-indicator" inside the "usr/share/indicators/messages/applications/" and inside it put simply the link to the "localhost-indicator.desktop" file (/usr/share/localhost-indicator.desktop)
4 - Create the symbolic link like in Christophe's post

that's it!

Alfred Maghi suggests this article as an answer to your question:
FAQ #1143: “localhost-indicator doesn't appear”.

Hey, guys.

I've tried to install from deb package and the system told me that everything's ok, but then i can find no sign of the soft in the system =)

$ locate localhost-indicator
returns nothing and there's nothing similar in the / directory.
When i run the deb installer again it says that software is installed, but then on the Details tab:

Version: 1.0
...
Size: Installed-size is not available in Kb

Any guess what what I'm doing wrong?

To create the link the command should be :

sudo ln -s /usr/share/localhost-indicator /usr/bin/

Wouldn't it be preferable to run the /setup.py file instead of moving files and edit symbolic links manually ? Then, you must be able to uninstall the .deb package and use localhost-indicator without some exotic files in the root of the file system.

Unzip the package and run the installation script /setup.py

* The application script would be in /usr/local/bin/

* The application menu would be in /usr/share/indicators/messages/applications

* The application desktop entry would be in /usr/share/localhost-indicator/

Hi everybody,

I'm really interested in installing localhost-indicator on my lucid indicator panel, but I just don't understand where I got it wrong. Here's what I did :

1- downloaded the localhost-indicator-1.1.tar.gz file on my user desktop

2- extracted the file on the desktop and got a directory

3- cd-ed into the dir and executed: ~$ sudo python setup.py install

4- everything seemed to go right :
running install
running build
running build_scripts
creating build
creating build/scripts-2.6
copying and adjusting localhost-indicator -> build/scripts-2.6
changing mode of build/scripts-2.6/localhost-indicator from 644 to 755
running install_scripts
copying build/scripts-2.6/localhost-indicator -> /usr/local/bin
changing mode of /usr/local/bin/localhost-indicator to 755
running install_data
running install_egg_info
Removing /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/localhost_indicator-1.1.egg-info
Writing /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/localhost_indicator-1.1.egg-info

5- And that's where I'm at a clue what to do ! Obviously, I cannot see anything new in the indicator panel, so I suppose I'm missing something essential.

I would greatly appreciate a step-by-step basic newbie-orientated protocol to follow, as I don't want to break or even pollute my system by mishandling files in root. Thank you for your patience !

Hello Christian, and thank you for your question.

First, check that screenshot:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Localhost-indicator_-_on_French_Ubuntu.png
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Localhost-indicator_-_on_French_Ubuntu.png>and
make sure you don't see it in your message menu.

Cheers,
Al
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Localhost-indicator_-_on_French_Ubuntu.png>

2010/8/27 Christian Casimir <email address hidden>

> Question #113107 on localhost-indicator changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/localhost-indicator/+question/113107
>
> Christian Casimir posted a new comment:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I'm really interested in installing localhost-indicator on my lucid
> indicator panel, but I just don't understand where I got it wrong.
> Here's what I did :
>
> 1- downloaded the localhost-indicator-1.1.tar.gz file on my user desktop
>
> 2- extracted the file on the desktop and got a directory
>
> 3- cd-ed into the dir and executed: ~$ sudo python setup.py install
>
> 4- everything seemed to go right :
> running install
> running build
> running build_scripts
> creating build
> creating build/scripts-2.6
> copying and adjusting localhost-indicator -> build/scripts-2.6
> changing mode of build/scripts-2.6/localhost-indicator from 644 to 755
> running install_scripts
> copying build/scripts-2.6/localhost-indicator -> /usr/local/bin
> changing mode of /usr/local/bin/localhost-indicator to 755
> running install_data
> running install_egg_info
> Removing
> /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/localhost_indicator-1.1.egg-info
> Writing
> /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/localhost_indicator-1.1.egg-info
>
> 5- And that's where I'm at a clue what to do ! Obviously, I cannot see
> anything new in the indicator panel, so I suppose I'm missing something
> essential.
>
> I would greatly appreciate a step-by-step basic newbie-orientated
> protocol to follow, as I don't want to break or even pollute my system
> by mishandling files in root. Thank you for your patience !
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you are a direct
> subscriber of the question.
>

Stupid me ! I was looking at the indicator-applet (Ayatana Project) ! Thanks a mil !

Christian

Hi,
I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 and installed this with no errors. All files are at their directory according to @Alfred Maghi.

* The application script would be in /usr/local/bin/

* The application menu would be in /usr/share/indicators/messages/applications

* The application desktop entry would be in /usr/share/localhost-indicator/

BUT I can't see the indicator in the panel or even under the Messaging panel.

Please help. This indicator will really be handy to me.

Thanks.

Same for me: files are in the correct locations, I can execute localhost-indicator, but there is no indicator inside the panel.
Ubuntu 14.04