How to Display Weather info on the Top bar in Ubuntu Linux

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This article explains the steps to display the weather information on the Top menu bar in Ubuntu Linux.

Ubuntu Linux default displays the system time in a 24-hour or military time format. Therefore, the only information on the Top menu bar is the clock. If you want, you can also add weather info to know the current weather condition.

There are no easy and quick buttons to add weather info on the top menu bar. Instead, one must install additional packages to make that happen.

To get Ubuntu Linux to display the weather information on the Top menu bar, you’ll need to install the Gnome Weather package and Weather O’Clock extension.

Show weather information on the Top menu bar

As described above, by default, Ubuntu doesn’t show the current weather conditions on the Top menu bar. If you want to display weather info, you must install additional packages, and the steps below show you how.

Install Gnome Weather package

As I said before, displaying weather forecasts on your desktop in Ubuntu Linux is not easy. You must install additional packages, and one of them is Gnome Weather.

To install, open the Ubuntu Software Center, then search for Gnome Weather.

Ubuntu Linux install gnome weather from the software center
Ubuntu Linux install gnome weather from the software center

Alternatively, you can use the Terminal app to install Gnome Weather.

First, open the Terminal app in Ubuntu Linux.

You can do that by pressing the Super key (or Windows key) to show the Overview screen. Then use the search box to search for ‘Terminal. ‘

Select the Terminal app to launch.

Ubuntu Linux activities overview Terminal search
Ubuntu Linux activities overview Terminal search

Alternatively, press the keyboard shortcut (CTRL + ALT + T) on your keyboard to launch the Terminal app.

When the Terminal app opens, type the commands below to install the Gnome Weather app.

sudo apt install gnome-weather

Once the app is installed, open it. You can do that by pressing the Super key (or Windows key) to show the Overview screen. Then use the search box to search for ‘Gnome Weather. ‘

Set your location or city when the app opens to display the weather forecast.

Ubuntu Linux gnome weather search for your city
Ubuntu Linux gnome weather search for your city

Install Weather O’Clock Extension

Now that Gnome Weather is installed, you must install another package or extension to display the weather information of the city you selected using the Gnome Weather app.

Open the Ubuntu Software Center again and search for Extension Manager. Then, install the Extension Manager manager.

Ubuntu Linux search extenstion manager
Ubuntu Linux search extension manager

After installing the extension manager, go and open it.

You can do that by pressing the Super key (or Windows key) to show the Overview screen. Then use the search box to search for ‘Extension Manager.

Once the app opens, browse the install the Weather O’Clock extension as highlighted below.

Ubuntu Linux weather oclock install extension
Ubuntu Linux weather clock install the extension

Once you install the extension, the weather information of your city should now appear on the Top menu bar in Ubuntu Linux.

Ubuntu Linux display weather information on top menu bar
Ubuntu Linux displays weather information on the top menu bar

That should do it!

Conclusion:

This post showed you how to display the weather information on the Top menu bar in Ubuntu Linux. Please use the comment form below if you find any errors above or have something to add.

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Richard W

I love computers; maybe way too much. What I learned I try to share at geekrewind.com.

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