How To Install cinnamon-settings-daemon on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-settings-daemon on Ubuntu 20.04. cinnamon-settings-daemon is daemon handling the Cinnamon session settings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-settings-daemon on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is cinnamon-settings-daemon

cinnamon-settings-daemon is:

This package contains the daemon which is responsible for setting the various parameters of a Cinnamon session and the applications that run under it. It handles the following kinds of settings:

  • Keyboard: layout, accessibility options, shortcuts, media keys
  • Clipboard management
  • Theming: background, icons, GTK+ applications
  • Cleanup of unused files
  • Mouse: cursors, speed, accessibility options
  • Startup of other daemons: screensaver, sound daemon
  • Typing break

It also sets various application settings through X resources and freedesktop.org XSETTINGS.

There are three methods to install cinnamon-settings-daemon on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-settings-daemon 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-settings-daemon using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cinnamon-settings-daemon

Install cinnamon-settings-daemon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cinnamon-settings-daemon

Install cinnamon-settings-daemon 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-settings-daemon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cinnamon-settings-daemon

How To Uninstall cinnamon-settings-daemon on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the cinnamon-settings-daemon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cinnamon-settings-daemon

Uninstall cinnamon-settings-daemon And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cinnamon-settings-daemon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cinnamon-settings-daemon

Remove cinnamon-settings-daemon Configurations and Data

To remove cinnamon-settings-daemon configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cinnamon-settings-daemon

Remove cinnamon-settings-daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cinnamon-settings-daemon

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-settings-daemon package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.