14.04appletindicatorpanel
I recently installed the following applet / indicators
my weather indicator by:
sudo apt-get install my-weather-indicator
and calendar indicator
sudo apt-get install calendar-indicator
These didn't automatically install an applet to the panel.
How do I add applets to ubuntu 14.04 unity?
How do you make these start up on boot up?
I don't seem to remember it being especially hard in 12.04?
Thanks
You can no longer add/remove indicators or panels by right-clicking like you used to with older Ubuntu versions before 11.10.
Warning: The default indicators (messages, networking, power, sound, user accounts, etc.) are tightly integrated with Unity since Ubuntu 11.10, and trying to remove them may cause problems.
You can remove these default indicators without affecting the rest of the system:
indicator-messagesindicator-soundindicator-powerindicator-printers
Removing these default indicators is NOT recommended or not possible without serious adverse effects:
Please see this question for a master-list of all the different indicators -- each answer/comments will tell you if it is available from PPAs or the Software Center:
Best Answer
Each indicator/applet (should) have a user setting letting the user specify autorun on startup. Installing the indicator does not run it as you discovered and a well-behaved indicator will not autorun unless set to do so by the user.
However, in the unity dash, search for "start" and you'll find Startup Applications which will allow you to specify specific programs, including indicators, to run on startup and that will "add the applet to the top panel".