I followed the guide given here http://wiki.awn-project.org/index.php?title=DistributionGuides#Reacocard.27s_Ubuntu_Gutsy_Repository
now here is the error i get

abhishek@abhi:~$ awn-manager 
/usr/share/avant-window-navigator/awn-manager/awnPreferences.py:182: DeprecationWarning: raising a string exception is deprecated
  raise "\nKey: "+key+" isn't set.\nRestarting AWN usually solves this issue\n"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/awn-manager", line 199, in <module>
    awnmanager = AwnManager()
  File "/usr/bin/awn-manager", line 100, in __init__
    self.prefManager = awnPreferences(self.wTree)
  File "/usr/share/avant-window-navigator/awn-manager/awnPreferences.py", line 162, in __init__
    self.setup_color(TITLE_TEXT_COLOR, self.wTree.get_widget("textcolor"))
  File "/usr/share/avant-window-navigator/awn-manager/awnPreferences.py", line 182, in setup_color
    raise "\nKey: "+key+" isn't set.\nRestarting AWN usually solves this issue\n"

Key: /apps/avant-window-navigator/title/text_color isn't set.
Restarting AWN usually solves this issue

abhishek@abhi:~$