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.
After updating apt database, We can install cinnamon-desktop-environment
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install cinnamon-desktop-environment Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install cinnamon-desktop-environment
using apt
by running the following command:
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.
After updating apt database, We can install cinnamon-desktop-environment
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall cinnamon-desktop-environment on Debian 12
To uninstall only the cinnamon-desktop-environment
package we can use the following command:
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:
Remove cinnamon-desktop-environment Configurations and Data
To remove cinnamon-desktop-environment
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
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:
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
.