How to install showmouse plugin, Compiz Fusion
Fist of all , what this plugin is all about ??
It just displays the current mouse/cursor position a little more eyecandy.
Lets take a look :
Nice !!! what to do now ??
Just continue reading .. ;)
i use ubuntu hardy alpha 4 and i already have installed master git
here is how i installed mousepoll and showmouse plugin:
1) run “Alt+F2” and type “gksudo gnome-terminal“
this will open gnome-terminal with superuser priviledges
2) type :
mkdir compiz_plugins
cd compiz_plugins
3) clone both plugins through git :
git clone git://anongit.compiz-fusion.org/fusion/plugins/mousepoll mousepoll
git clone git://anongit.compiz-fusion.org/fusion/plugins/showmouse showmouse
4 )
cd mousepoll
make
BUILD_GLOBAL=true make install
cd ..
5)
cd showmouse
make
BUILD_GLOBAL=true make install
done 
i hope this helps you
Important : you need master git for both plugins to work !!
Master git is the latest version of compiz.
If you are looking for a way to install compiz fusion from git take a look at this (look at Makefusion script)
Note : if you are going to use makefusion script to install compiz then you don’t need this , as both plugins are already in plugins-extra category
Hello,
Everything works untill I get to step 4. When I enter “make”
I get the following error message:
Makefile:48: *** [ERROR] Compiz not installed. Stop.
Do you have any workaround?
thanks!
hi, this is rather old post and the present code of mouse poll plugin maybe is not for your compiz version
try an older version of both plugins (
hit at older commits
here http://gitweb.compiz-fusion.org/?p=fusion/plugins/showmouse;a=summary
and here http://gitweb.compiz-fusion.org/?p=fusion/plugins/mousepoll;a=summary
)
or
maybe you should (if you are using Gutsy) Quattro’s repository. http://kwatrow.nl/repo/