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Installing Plank Dock for Linux 
Plank is meant to be the simplest dock which can be extended to create other dock programs with more advanced features. Installing Plank on Ubuntu from Repository 
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Installing Dependencies 
 
<pre style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(60, 60, 60); border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"># aptitude install automake gnome-common intltool \ 
pkg-config valac libbamf3-dev libdbusmenu-gtk3-dev \ 
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libgee-dev libglib2.0-dev libgtk-3-dev \ 
libwnck-3-dev libx11-dev libgee-0.8-dev</pre>
Dependency Requirements Listed 
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gnome-common
intltool (>= 0.35) 
libtool 
pkg-config 
valac (>= 0.14.1) 
libbamf3-dev (>= 0.2.94) 
libdbusmenu-gtk3-dev (>= 0.6.2) (optional) 
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev (>= 2.26.0) 
libgee-dev (>= 0.5.2) 
libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.32.0) 
libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.0.0) 
libwnck-3-dev 
libx11-dev</pre>
Install to Debian from Source 
Using Debian 8: 
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Output 
<pre style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; overflow: auto; padding: 9.5px; word-break: break-all; word-wrap: break-word;">PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="8"
VERSION="8 (jessie)"
ID=debian
HOME_URL="http://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://www.debian.org/support/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"</pre>
Download and Install Plank 
<pre style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(60, 60, 60); border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"># wget https://launchpad.net/plank/1.0/0.11.1/+download/plank-0.11.1.tar.xz
# tar xvf plank-0.11.1.tar.xz
# cd plank-0.11.1
# ./configure 
# make;make install</pre>
Update shared libraries 
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Now just type: 
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Launch Plank 
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Alternative Install to Debian - Recommended 
Add below to /etc/apt/sources.list 
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SID Repository    
 
Add below to /etc/apt/sources.list 
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Update Packages List    
 
After adding 1 of the above repositories we can now update the deb package list 
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Install docky and Plank 
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Answer Yes to the screen prompt like below example to restart services. 
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Type plank to start Plank 
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Adding Required Ubuntu / Mint Repository 
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Update Repository 
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Installing docky 
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Removing packages, run following 
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Installing Plank with Ubuntu 15.10/16.04 Linux 
 
Add ppa repository 
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Install plank 
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# apt-get install plank docky
# plank
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Installing plank on Fedora 23 
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Installing plank with Fedora is quite simply, can be install with a single command. Update system. 
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Install plank 
<pre style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(60, 60, 60); border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"># yum install plank docky</pre>
Configure plank 
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How to Install Plank Dock On Linux

Installing Plank Dock for Linux Plank is meant to be the simplest dock which can be extended to create other dock programs with more advan...