How To Install cinnamon-control-center on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-control-center on Ubuntu 22.04. cinnamon-control-center is configuration applets for the Cinnamon desktop

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-control-center on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cinnamon-control-center

cinnamon-control-center is:

This package contains configuration applets for the Cinnamon desktop, allowing to set the date and time, regional settings, network configuration, screen resolution, and other Cinnamon parameters.

There are three methods to install cinnamon-control-center on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cinnamon-control-center Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cinnamon-control-center using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cinnamon-control-center

Install cinnamon-control-center Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cinnamon-control-center using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cinnamon-control-center

Install cinnamon-control-center Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install cinnamon-control-center using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cinnamon-control-center

How To Uninstall cinnamon-control-center on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the cinnamon-control-center package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cinnamon-control-center

Uninstall cinnamon-control-center And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cinnamon-control-center and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cinnamon-control-center

Remove cinnamon-control-center Configurations and Data

To remove cinnamon-control-center configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cinnamon-control-center

Remove cinnamon-control-center configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cinnamon-control-center configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cinnamon-control-center

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-control-center package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.