How to install the HP MIE (Mobile Internet Experience) UI on Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10

Do you want your desktop to look like this? Well, follow this guide and you will be using the HP MIE UI in no time!

NOTE : Does NOT work for 64 - bit users

If you want the mail to work you will have to install thunderbird from the
repositories as it is not included in ubuntu by default.

GTK+ Theme:
You will first have to download the "GlassyBleu" theme from here. You have to apply the theme from the appearance manager (System > Preferences > Appearance).

Login Screen:
Download the file from here. You will have to apply this through the login window manager (System > Administration > Login Window).

Font:
First download this file from here. Change all instances of "Sans" to "LuzSans-Book" and all instances of "Sans Bold" to "LuzSans Bold". After doing all this the finished product should look something like the following. (You don't have to change the fonst sizes).
Before:




After:





Browser Theme:
First download this file. Install it and apply it through the addons manager in firefox (Tools > Add-Ons > Themes). After restarting Firefox, the new theme will be applied.

Thinderbird Theme:
First download this theme. You can apply this through the Add Ons manager. (Tools > Addons > Themes)

OpenOffice.org:
After applying this theme, you will see that open office becomes unusable. To fix it download this.

Cool Launcher:
You will have to download this. Save it to your home folder if you aren't that good with ubuntu. Open up a terminal and copy the following.

sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture --force-depends harbour-launcher_0.78.3_lpia.deb

If you didn't save it into your home folder just change the last part.


Music / Pictures:
If you want these to work you will have to install HP MediaStyle. To do that download the following and install them IN THE ORDER PROVIDED!!

For 8.10 users:

1. libpigment
   
2. python-pgm
3. python-elisa
4. elisa
5. elisa-plugins-good
6. elisa-plugins-bad
7. elisa-plugins-ugly

For 8.04 users:

1. libpigment
2. python-elisa
3. elisa
4. elisa-plugins-good
5. python-encutils
6. python-cssutils
7. elisa-plugins-bad
8. elisa-plugins-ugly

Web Bookmarks:
You will have to run the following commands for this to work.

cd ~/.mozilla
ln -s firefox "web browser"


Mail:
For your mail to be integrated, you will have to install this.

Open up the synaptic package manager and install a package called "libxul0d" (without the quotes). Well, after you have done that, download this into your home folder and run the following command in a terminal.

sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture --force-depends gnome-web-photo_0.3-0ubuntu2netbook0dennis2_lpia.deb

Panel Layout:
Change the theme to clearlooks. (temporary!)

• Delete all the objects on the lower panel except the window switcher (yet).
• Add the "home applet" to the left most corner on the lower panel.
• Add a "shut down applet," a "clock applet (disable the date)," a "volume control," and a "notification area," from the right side of the lower panel.
• Add a "ubuntu menu" for ease of access to applications. (OPTIONAL)
  
• Finally, delete the window switcher. Add the "switcher applet" and move it to the middle of the panel.
• Delete the top panel and change the theme back to "GlassyBleu.

If you set the harbour-launcher to launch automatically, mediastyle will not work properly. Whenever you start the machine up, you have to launch the elisa media center and press ALT + F2 and type in harbour-launcher WITHOUT KILLING ELISA. Finally you should make a full restart and do the above steps.



At the end of the tutorial, you should end up with something looking like the above.