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When running commands such as bundle install (for Ruby apps), I'd like to hear a small sound (or popup) notification when the command finishes. How can I do this?

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Install the tool 'beep'. 

$ sudo apt-get install beep

Now you append "; beep" to whatever command you run. 

$ bundle install; beep
maletor
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  • Also, I am aware that Konsole (from KDE) has this feature. – maletor Nov 25 '10 at 01:59
  • Well, Ubuntu 13.10 is alpha and if your internal speaker is disabled you should enable it for this to work. Here is the [manual](http://linux.die.net/man/1/beep). – maletor Jul 19 '13 at 20:38
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    I installed it, but it didn't work for me on Lubuntu 12.10. So I used "rhythmbox-client --play" command. It launches rhythmox and plays last song – Tebe Jan 07 '14 at 13:01
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To get a pop-up notification, you can use notify-send. This gives you a notification using the same bubble pop-up as you see the OS using for new mail, etc. It is non-modal, so it will only last for a set amount of time though. You can extend the amount of time with the -t option.

Zenity will give you a modal pop-up than you can clear manually. Use something like:

zenity --info --text="message text"
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