12.04 workspace indicator

[dln9]

I wish to use 12.04 as designed, Unity and all.

How do I quickly know at a glance which workspace I am working in? I can't find the indicator that tells me that?

[diablo465]

See this one:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/77160/how-can-i-tell-what-workspace-i-am-in-with-unity

[baizon]

Not working properly with precise. I was using it for a while now :(

[hsuclarklarry2]

THANKS SO MUCH TO Joern AT
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/indicator-workspaces-simple-switching-between-workspaces.html
Your Jan 4 posting is the only is the only easy recipe that worked for me.

indicator-workspace BUILD FROM SOURCE
WORKS FOR Ubuntu 12.04 PRECISE PANGOLIN

Some Notes If Anyone "hit snags"

# I don't know why you ubuntu guys don't
# work from a root prompt but I do.
sudo su -

# Joern's directions use aptitude.
# Of course, you need to install aptitude
# if you don't have it.
apt-get install aptitude

# There are some "wnck" dependencies
# you might need to install
aptitude install python-wnck

# The name of the "deb" file may change.
# ls *.deb to see what it is after building

# I DID NOT need to run indicator workspaces.
# I DID NOT need to add it to startup.


aptitude install cdbs bzr
bzr branch lp:indicator-workspaces
cd indicator-workspaces
./make-deb
cd build
dpkg -i indicator-workspaces_0.6.4_all.deb

# REBOOT HERE

[hsuclarklarry2]

ERRORS FROM BAD DIRECTIONS POSTED ON OTHER SITES
I'm adding these errors so people searching for solutions will see my posting above.

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/geod/ppa-geod/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/geod/ppa-geod/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found

[somethis]

Workspace Indicator seems to be buggy on my version of Precise.
No matter which workspace I navigate to it always display "1" instead of the correct number, making it useless.

FYI
lsb_release -a:
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

uname -a:
Linux gemini-desktop 3.2.0-35-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 5 17:45:18 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux





aptitude install cdbs bzr
bzr branch lp:indicator-workspaces
cd indicator-workspaces
./make-deb
cd build
dpkg -i indicator-workspaces_0.6.4_all.deb

# REBOOT HERE