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I found some PPA that is patching Unity. (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/789979 )

I want to re-install unity from this PPA.

How can I do?

EDIT: The accepted answer below is to how to build your own version of Unity.. please carefully read all comments.

Muhammad Hewedy
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It does not appear there is a PPA for that code. You can either wait for the fix to be released, update your version of Ubuntu, or build from source.

From the README included in the code / patch

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ikarosdev/unity/5.0_unity-revamped/files

• Installation

Please see INSTALL or http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/InstallationGuideFromSource

The link then re-directs to an answer here:

How do I build Unity from source?

NOTE: If you build from source support will be limited, at best.

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Panther
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  • So, You think http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~iaz/unity/menubar-lp789979/changes/2384?start_revid=2384 is not built yet? As I've this http://ppa.launchpad.net/iaz/unity/ubuntu added as a PPA in my sources. Sorry, I am very new to Launchpad. – Muhammad Hewedy Sep 27 '13 at 16:22
  • There are no packages anywhere in that tree (if you look in the sub directories). – Panther Sep 27 '13 at 16:24
  • I found packages here : http://ppa.launchpad.net/iaz/unity/ubuntu/pool/main/u/unity/ If the do not install with sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade , post any error messages. – Panther Sep 27 '13 at 16:25
  • BTW, the links you put above is very cool, I gonna clone the repo on my machine, do the change and then build/install the new unity locally. – Muhammad Hewedy Sep 27 '13 at 16:26
  • I've tried sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade many times before, but cannot see the final result as stated in the above issue link (in my question). Can you help me make sure that I've the Unity version of this PPA? – Muhammad Hewedy Sep 27 '13 at 16:27
  • If you did not get any error messages, log out and back in, or perhaps reboot (although it is unlikely you need to reboot) and see in your bug is fixed. To check your version of Unity, type unity --version. – Panther Sep 27 '13 at 16:29
  • I did build it from source, but I noticed that I need the exact version compatible with my system (in terms of gcc and other build tools), so it is very better to know the version on my system, and clone the exact version from lp. – Muhammad Hewedy Sep 28 '13 at 08:26