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Installing Cinnamon Desktop

« on: May 01, 2015, 02:04:11 AM »

To install the latest version of Cinnamon desktop (i.e version 2.4) on Ubuntu 14.10, run the following commands in the terminal.

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$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-nightly
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install cinnamon

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Logout.. and choose “Cinnamon” from the sessions menu in LightDM greeter and start exploring it.

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cinnamon --version[/SIZE]

Removing...
To remove ‘Cinnamon‘ desktop and all the packages that were installed from the PPA, we added to our system, run the following commands.

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$ sudo ppa-purge ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-nightly[/SIZE]

Installing Unity Desktop
To re-install ‘Unity‘ desktop again, just issue one single command.

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$ sudo apt-get install unity[/SIZE]

« Last Edit: May 01, 2015, 02:22:36 AM by hubsinfo »

Re: Installing Cinnamon Desktop

« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2015, 03:05:30 AM »

Upgrade to or Install Cinnamon 2.4 in Ubuntu
If you favour stability you should not upgrade to Cinnamon 2.4 in Ubuntu yet. New releases of Cinnamon arrive a month before Linux Mint for the specific purpose of testing, ironing out bugs and gathering feedback.

But if the above sounds more like a reason to try rather than avoid, Cinnamon 2.4 can be installed in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10 using the following Cinnamon nightly PPA:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-nightly
Followed by:

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install cinnamonAlready have Cinnamon installed? I’d advise running the following command in lieu of the one above. This will ensure that any package conflicts are automatically resolved by the package manager:

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgradeInstalled and want shot? That’s easy enough; you can remove Cinnamon 2.4 and the bulk of its configuration files, dependencies and cruft by running this command:

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sudo apt-get purge cinnamon

Re: Installing Cinnamon Desktop

« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2015, 04:13:10 AM »

Re-install the unity & the desktop

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$ sudo apt-get autoremove ubuntu-desktop
$ sudo apt-get autoremove unity
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install unity
$ sudo apt-get install unity-2d
$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
$ sudo shutdown -r

Re: Installing Cinnamon Desktop

« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2015, 09:57:23 PM »

Installation on 14.04 LTS (stable)
Open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the following commands:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lestcape/cinnamon
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon

To uninstall Cinnamon:
Open Terminal and run the commands below:

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sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:lestcape/cinnamon

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