Hamster can be found packaged in most distributions. The instructions below
are for installing from sources for testing and development purposes.

The instructions are mix between Gnome 2 and Gnome 3, so, errm, just bear with
us.

Debian-based: apt-get install git-core gettext intltool gnome-control-center-dev
RPM-based: yum install git-core gettext intltool gnome-control-center-dev

./waf configure build --prefix=/usr
sudo ./waf install

After that make sure that the old daemons aren’t roaming around:

killall hamster-service & killall hamster-windows-service

Now restart your panels/dockies and you should be able to add hamster to your panel!