How To Install cinnamon-desktop-environment on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-desktop-environment on Debian 12.
What is cinnamon-desktop-environment
cinnamon-desktop-environment is:
These are the extended components of Cinnamon, a desktop environment which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience.
This metapackage depends on all programs needed to have a fully fledged desktop environment. Install this if you want a complete cinnamon desktop, including graphical apps that allow users to perform almost all everyday tasks.
There are three methods to install cinnamon-desktop-environment on Debian 12. 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-desktop-environment 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-desktop-environment using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cinnamon-desktop-environment
Install cinnamon-desktop-environment Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cinnamon-desktop-environment using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cinnamon-desktop-environment
Install cinnamon-desktop-environment 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cinnamon-desktop-environment using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cinnamon-desktop-environment
How To Uninstall cinnamon-desktop-environment on Debian 12
To uninstall only the cinnamon-desktop-environment package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cinnamon-desktop-environment
Uninstall cinnamon-desktop-environment And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cinnamon-desktop-environment and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cinnamon-desktop-environment
Remove cinnamon-desktop-environment Configurations and Data
To remove cinnamon-desktop-environment configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cinnamon-desktop-environment
Remove cinnamon-desktop-environment configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cinnamon-desktop-environment configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cinnamon-desktop-environment
Dependencies
cinnamon-desktop-environment have the following dependencies:
- cinnamon-core
- eog
- evince
- fonts-liberation
- fonts-noto
- gedit
- gnome-calculator
- gnome-screenshot
- xdg-user-dirs-gtk
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-desktop-environment package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.