But before we get into the details of installing it. Let’s see how it looks like on Ubuntu 10.04.

Let’s get on with the installation. Open a terminal window and add the following line and copy paste the following line.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cairo-dock-team/ppa

Next up copy paste the following line in your terminal

sudo apt-get update

Next copy paste the following to install Cairo Dock in your Ubuntu 10.04.

sudo apt-get install cairo-dock

That’s it Cairo dock is installed. You can start it by going to Applications > System Tools > Cairo Dock (If your system doesn’t support OpenGPL).

If you have OpenGPL support you can run cairo dock with OpenGPL

Applications > System Tools > GLX-Dock.

By default Cairo is not installed to run at startup. You can do so, by going to System > Preferences > Startup Applications. And adding the following.

That’s all. We are done here!

Following is what I did to upgrade from Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala to Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha Lucid Lynx.

1. Bring up run prompt by hitting ALT+F2 and type the following command to bring up the update manager.

update-manager -d

You’ll now see that update manager shows “New Ubuntu release ’10.04′ is available”.

2. Hit the upgrade button.

3. Follow the onscreen instructions to upgrade to Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx.

Enjoy the new Ubuntu upgrade. There’s been a lot of buzz about the suggested changes in the upcoming  Ubuntu 10.04. Cant wait to see the release.