The ubuntu add-on called “my-weather-indicator” displays the current temperature as an applet. Clicking on the applet shows the current weather conditions and has options to display weather forecast and a weather map.
The current version for Ubuntu 12.04 is 0.6.1.0.precise.1.
Available weather services are:
- Yahoo
- World Weather Online
- Open Weather
A personal api key is required to use World Weather Online. To request an api key go to http://www.worldweatheronline.com and click on the Free Signup link or go directly to http://www.worldweatheronline.com/register.aspx. You only need to sign up once. If you you forget your key then click on the link provided to resend your personal key to your email account.
The key must be entered on line 34 of file /usr/share/my-weather-indicator/worldweatheronlineapi.py.
Replace the key in the line which reads
KEY = ‘4c041d63fd151649130902’
with your personal key.