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Install Weather Indicator With New Location And Forecast Fixes In Ubuntu

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Weather Indicator</b> used to be one of the most popular Ubuntu appindicators but unfortunately, it doesn't work properly any more: it <b>crashes when trying to add a new location and the weather forecast doesn't work</b> - because of this, it was even <a href="http://ubuntu.5.x6.nabble.com/indicator-weather-broken-should-we-drop-it-from-raring-td5022058.html">removed</a> from the Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) official repositories.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwDD8uQTxm9Iq8553U8ukmqZQKu3ipXr3Zn5ZvzFZvtVkaG5P_pN0P76F6dn65FBPEgsPjUgChxoVp7RU_23RfXltMPjTSh6oqobVcUm1PhCTg6nE01XFtUnYT96-JU8fNxoTgm9Hv7qR/s1600/weather-indicator-fixed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Weather Indicator" border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwDD8uQTxm9Iq8553U8ukmqZQKu3ipXr3Zn5ZvzFZvtVkaG5P_pN0P76F6dn65FBPEgsPjUgChxoVp7RU_23RfXltMPjTSh6oqobVcUm1PhCTg6nE01XFtUnYT96-JU8fNxoTgm9Hv7qR/s320/weather-indicator-fixed.jpg" title="Weather Indicator" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, if for whatever reason you don't want to use <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/get-htc-like-weather-clock-widget-in.html">My Weather Indicator</a>, a pretty cool alternative by the way, <b>you can now use Weather Indicator again thanks to <i>Joshua</i>, who has <a href="https://launchpad.net/weather-indicator/2.0/13.05.17">fixed</a> the two issues mentioned above</b> along with some other bugs and has created a PPA so you can easily install a working Weather Indicator in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 and 12.04.</div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The new version also adds some new features, like displaying the relative temperature ("Feels like") and options to toggle the display of some weather conditions (see the new "Conditions" tab in the Weather Indicator preferences).</div><br /><b>Weather Indicator features:</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">displays current temperature, humidity, wind, sunrise and sunset in the indicator menu and optionally, it can display the weather next to the indicator icon;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">uses the Yahoo Weather API;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">4-day weather forecast;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">multiple locations support;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">optional notifications support for severe weather or on every weather condition change;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">supports imperial and metric units.</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install the fixed Weather Indicator in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install Weather Indicator, with fixes for adding new locations and for the weather forecast, in Ubuntu, use the following commands in a terminal:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pywapi-devel/ppa<br />sudo add-apt-repository ppa:weather-indicator-team/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install indicator-weather</code></pre>The first PPA is required to install Pywapi, a new Weather Indicator dependency that's not available in the Ubuntu repositories yet.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, launch the appindicator from the Dash / menu, select "Set up weather" and you should be able to successfully add locations under the "Locations" tab.<br /><b><br /></b> <b>Important</b>: by default, the indicator only displays an icon on the top panel and it doesn't display the current temperature. If you want it to display the temperature on the panel, in the Weather Indicator preferences, on the "General" tab, enable "Show temperature near indicator".</div>

Install Weather Indicator With New Location And Forecast Fixes In Ubuntu

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How To Use Your Own Weather Services API Key With `My Weather Indicator`

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4j5371G_dmCS-rN3tAT6NKdB7z-_uEdRJdZka_Req-yMarpR0vzFXGP6fDCn6-r12cB8v0VDhfL2_wfQupEbEZdVzPfK8lOM5f3cyPF41CpsZrcQ2Mj215wVjPoOpi6q8BuytKbukZdd/s1600/my-weather-indicator-wiget_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="my weather indicator ubuntu" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4j5371G_dmCS-rN3tAT6NKdB7z-_uEdRJdZka_Req-yMarpR0vzFXGP6fDCn6-r12cB8v0VDhfL2_wfQupEbEZdVzPfK8lOM5f3cyPF41CpsZrcQ2Mj215wVjPoOpi6q8BuytKbukZdd/s320/my-weather-indicator-wiget_1.png" title="my weather indicator ubuntu" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Weather Indicator on top panel + widget</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">`My Weather Indicator` is an Ubuntu AppIndicator which displays the current weather in the top panel. The application comes with many features, including weather forecast, a cool <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/my-weather-indicator-gets-new-forecast.html">forecast map</a> and even <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/get-htc-like-weather-clock-widget-in.html">desktop widgets</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Because of API limitations, Wunderground and World Weather Online didn't work properly in My Weather Indicator lately, so a new version has been released recently which allows users to enter their own API keys for these services in the My Weather Indicator preferences.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can continue to use Open Weather Map and Yahoo weather services, which don't require you to enter an API key, so this isn't something required to get My Weather Indicator to work, it's just if you want to use Wunderground or World Weather Online services.</div><a name="more"></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>This is useful if Yahoo or Open Weather Map don't work properly for you (no data available for your region, etc.) or if you want an extended forecast - I recommend using World Weather Online because it has a nice 5-day forecast</b>, especially useful if you use one of the My Weather Indicator widgets that displays a forecast.</div><br /><br /><b>To get your API key, go to the following page:</b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.worldweatheronline.com/register.aspx">for World Weather Online</a></li><li><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/">for Wunderground</a></li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN6EEDMQWtHmTnXnJFntTaUQNOfmc2Lrsb8zH0_YB7bwkeb513klBdC8G34gnnLp8HLI1GwlhEhYSLHWzt3EwGKrd28nyznzwqWCcLXG8RdKwkZFkpd6AhlqhlWCe8Q4ygFckMVMQ2Rklb/s1600/my-weather-indicator-services.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="my weather indicator ubuntu" border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN6EEDMQWtHmTnXnJFntTaUQNOfmc2Lrsb8zH0_YB7bwkeb513klBdC8G34gnnLp8HLI1GwlhEhYSLHWzt3EwGKrd28nyznzwqWCcLXG8RdKwkZFkpd6AhlqhlWCe8Q4ygFckMVMQ2Rklb/s320/my-weather-indicator-services.png" title="my weather indicator ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, register, confirm the registration and you'll get your own API keys (the API is either sent in the email - for WWO, or follow the link to get it - for Wunderground). Then, launch the latest My Weather Indicator and in its preferences, under Weather Services, enter the API key next to the service you want to use, click the "Activate" button and then select the checkbox next to the service you want to use.</div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTnW6TuvLQn064mPiATvW1C4HVaTZToKEokU4Idj1OQJSkXlAUv7oiN2q9cowtVa8GBfSjWBnj3qaAmBltP6SgiKM6UaLfDEaL59Nn_yCIFUiPOu-YHfm9nfqfw3uD2KohdfGpOnKEqy7/s1600/my-weather-iindicator-widget_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="my weather indicator ubuntu" border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTnW6TuvLQn064mPiATvW1C4HVaTZToKEokU4Idj1OQJSkXlAUv7oiN2q9cowtVa8GBfSjWBnj3qaAmBltP6SgiKM6UaLfDEaL59Nn_yCIFUiPOu-YHfm9nfqfw3uD2KohdfGpOnKEqy7/s320/my-weather-iindicator-widget_2.png" title="my weather indicator ubuntu" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another My Weather Indicator widget + indicator on the top panel (tip: the indicator can be hidden via preferences)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install My Weather Indicator in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To add the Atareao PPA and install My Weather Indicator in Ubuntu, use the following commands (the latest version which allows entering your own API for Wunderground and World Weather Online is only available for Ubuntu Quantal and Precise for now):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install my-weather-indicator</code></pre><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/my-weather-indicator">Launchpad</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.atareao.es/ubuntu/software-para-tu-ubuntu/my-weather-indicator-con-underground-y-world-weather-online-bajo-clave/">atareao.es</a></i></div>

How To Use Your Own Weather Services API Key With `My Weather Indicator`

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Get A HTC-Like Weather / Clock Widget In Ubuntu With My Weather Indicator, Now With Widgets Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_R3FODFBrtUt_P7ffY1w4tcn8Xqm0PyjxzQ9223UQf26D_cptOc6RtQu7mmFmy133bMBWE-4T3Jbdx3lhACNGJ1QMt9PihH0LTqAlxEBmztD0OmKgDhJc07SHNndWQIVZQ_vxVOqYTpFF/s1600/my-weather-indicator.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="My Weather Indicator" border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_R3FODFBrtUt_P7ffY1w4tcn8Xqm0PyjxzQ9223UQf26D_cptOc6RtQu7mmFmy133bMBWE-4T3Jbdx3lhACNGJ1QMt9PihH0LTqAlxEBmztD0OmKgDhJc07SHNndWQIVZQ_vxVOqYTpFF/s320/my-weather-indicator.jpg" title="My Weather Indicator" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>My Weather Indicator has got widgets support</b> a few days ago, but I didn't write about it back then because it was the initial widgets release and there was still work to be done. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Today, the application has been updated, adding <b>3 weather widget styles</b> along with options to display the widget on top (or under), or to hide the indicator when the widget is displayed:</div><br /><br />- My Weather Indicator "full" widget is a HTC-like weather / clock widget: <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/my-weather-indicator-widget-full.png" rel="image_group" title="HTC-like widget (full)"><img alt="My Weather Indicator widget full" src="http://img.netupd8.com/my-weather-indicator-widget-full_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><br />- "Medium" widget":<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/my-weather-indicator-widget-medium.png" rel="image_group" title="Medium widget"><img alt="My Weather Indicator widget medium" src="http://img.netupd8.com/my-weather-indicator-widget-medium_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br />- "Little" My Weather Indicator widget:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/my-weather-indicator-widget-little.png" rel="image_group" title="'Little' widget"><img alt="My Weather Indicator little" src="http://img.netupd8.com/my-weather-indicator-widget-little_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b> <b>Update: </b>two more widgets have been added:<br /><br />- "Super":<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/my-weather-indicator-super.png"><img alt="My Weather indicator widget" src="http://img.netupd8.com/my-weather-indicator-super_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />- "Anotherone":<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/my-weather-indicator-anotherwidget.png"><img alt="My weather indicator widget" src="http://img.netupd8.com/my-weather-indicator-anotherwidget_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>There's also a <a href="http://www.atareao.es/ubuntu/software-para-tu-ubuntu/como-crear-tus-propios-widgets-para-my-weather-indicator/">tutorial</a> (in Spanish though...) for how to create your own My Weather Indicator widgets.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To enable one of the 5 My Weather Indicator widgets: super, full, anotherone, medium or little, open the Preferences dialog and on the Location tab, check the "Show widget" box. Here you can also select to show the widget on top, the widget stile and if the indicator should be hidden when the widget is displayed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When the indicator is hidden, you can reveal it by clicking the widget.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I've noticed a minor bug with the "full" widget when using Yahoo Weather or Open Weather Map, at least for my location: some forecast icons are not displayed. For me, this was fixed by selecting "World Weather Online" as the Weather service instead of Yahoo (My Weather Indicator Preferences > Weather Services). But this might not be an application bug but a Yahoo weather issue.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install My Weather Indicator in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest My Weather Indicator version which comes with widgets support is available for Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04. Add the PPA and install it using the following commands:</b></div><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install my-weather-indicator</code></pre><br />For bugs or suggestions, see My Weather Indicator @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/my-weather-indicator">Launchpad</a>.<br /><br /><br /><i>My Weather Indicator is an application developed by Lorenzo @ <a href="http://www.atareao.es/">atareao.es</a></i>

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`My Weather Indicator` Gets New Forecast Map, Improved Geolocation

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrma91w_G_Q9H8B0FobmpBuK_h04qHMjHaqkjR8683qQaYV9VA3TaoaOaE7tHfcS1RBFAM7kM0ZZSRzpsv8VobSTDahNzK3e6-LM9VEGPrSf0YIW4MZIDvUB0DGnu5zjnL7SfrkggAg5Y/s1600/my-weather-indicator.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="my weather indicator" border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrma91w_G_Q9H8B0FobmpBuK_h04qHMjHaqkjR8683qQaYV9VA3TaoaOaE7tHfcS1RBFAM7kM0ZZSRzpsv8VobSTDahNzK3e6-LM9VEGPrSf0YIW4MZIDvUB0DGnu5zjnL7SfrkggAg5Y/s320/my-weather-indicator.png" title="my weather indicator" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>`My Weather Indicator`, an appindicator which displays the weather on the Unity panel</b>, has been updated to version 0.5.3.2 yesterday and comes with an interesting new feature: <b>a weather forecast map through the OpenWeatherMap service.</b></div><br /><a name="more"></a>The new weather forecast map displays the following information as an overlay:<br /><ul><li>Radar (USA and Canada)</li><li>Clouds forecast</li><li>Precipitation forecasts</li><li>Current weather</li><li>Stations information</li></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6vprD5knLHqOwOsXaEtwE3GckQdEzdQyy3oZ3rfaYf1soyoKny481KWUvUaE55kJJjCleVwXIefkEg5nq9gPvIm3qgHzs_frpmENLs5LxIezVlYKWv7nEJ0AtXz-xoYAx7qvSWpQjRNm/s1600/my-weather-forecast-map_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="my weather indicator forecast" border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6vprD5knLHqOwOsXaEtwE3GckQdEzdQyy3oZ3rfaYf1soyoKny481KWUvUaE55kJJjCleVwXIefkEg5nq9gPvIm3qgHzs_frpmENLs5LxIezVlYKWv7nEJ0AtXz-xoYAx7qvSWpQjRNm/s320/my-weather-forecast-map_2.png" title="my weather indicator forecast" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weather forecast map</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNKYReiPddiPc8fiHr1QiuQwlX3jdb9NKrFx8H_egJNVMFeoKWYp5jUIis7zYKJ7D3u1eMvtj6KvtC112CPwkgYXjvkWN5TIuwq2G9nJCbWO3rWZ9Be-tq8lgZsLLGWspgAMRy2K91BZo/s1600/my-weather-indicator-forecast-map.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNKYReiPddiPc8fiHr1QiuQwlX3jdb9NKrFx8H_egJNVMFeoKWYp5jUIis7zYKJ7D3u1eMvtj6KvtC112CPwkgYXjvkWN5TIuwq2G9nJCbWO3rWZ9Be-tq8lgZsLLGWspgAMRy2K91BZo/s320/my-weather-indicator-forecast-map.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest version also comes with a modified geolocation service, which now uses two services so now if one of them fails, the second one is used as a backup. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's also worth mentioning that <b>My Weather Indicator has received many changes for the past few months</b>, including wind conditions, new weather services like World Weather Online and Open Weather Map (and also the removal of Google Weather, which no longer exists and Wunderground), auto location and more.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install My Weather Indicator in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest My Weather Indicator 0.5.3.2 is available in a PPA for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal and 12.04 Precise Pangolin. Add the PPA and install it using the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install my-weather-indicator</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The PPA provides older My Weather Indicator versions for Ubuntu Oneiric, Natty and Lucid. Since it's not the latest version, so you may encounter bugs and obviously, you won't have the latest features (make sure you don't select Google as the weather service as it doesn't work).</i></div><br />Report any bugs you may find @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/my-weather-indicator">Launchpad</a>!<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>this appindicator has been created by Lorenzo from <a href="http://atareao.es/">atareao.es</a>, check out the latest version release notes in Spanish, <a href="http://www.atareao.es/ubuntu/conociendo-ubuntu/la-prevision-en-un-mapa-o-my-weather-indicator-0-5-3-2/">here</a>.</i></div>

`My Weather Indicator` Gets New Forecast Map, Improved Geolocation

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