How To Install cinnamon on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is cinnamon
cinnamon is:
Cinnamon is a desktop environment which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience.
The desktop layout is similar to GNOME 2. The underlying technology is forked from gnome-shell. The emphasis is put on making users feel at home and providing them with an easy to use and comfortable desktop experience.
Package: cinnamon Architecture: amd64 Version: 4.4.8-4 Priority: optional Section: universe/x11 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Cinnamon Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1097 Provides: notification-daemon, x-window-manager Depends: cinnamon-common (= 4.4.8-4), cinnamon-control-center (>= 4.4), cinnamon-desktop-data (>= 4.4), cinnamon-screensaver (>= 4.4), cinnamon-session (>= 4.4), cinnamon-settings-daemon (>= 4.4), cjs (>= 4.4), cups-pk-helper, gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0, gir1.2-caribou-1.0, gir1.2-clutter-1.0, gir1.2-cmenu-3.0 (>= 4.4), gir1.2-cogl-1.0, gir1.2-cvc-1.0 (>= 4.4), gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0, gir1.2-gkbd-3.0, gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0, gir1.2-gtk-3.0 (>= 3.9.12), gir1.2-gtkclutter-1.0, gir1.2-keybinder-3.0, gir1.2-nemo-3.0 (>= 4.4), gir1.2-nm-1.0 | gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0, gir1.2-nma-1.0, gir1.2-notify-0.7, gir1.2-pango-1.0, gir1.2-polkit-1.0, gir1.2-soup-2.4, gir1.2-timezonemap-1.0, gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0, gir1.2-xapp-1.0 (>= 1.2), gkbd-capplet, gnome-backgrounds, gnome-themes-extra | gnome-themes-standard, gsettings-desktop-schemas (>= 0.1.7), iso-flags-png-320x240, libcinnamon-desktop4 (>= 4.4), libcinnamon-menu-3-0 (>= 4.4), libcjs0 (>= 4.4), libglib2.0-bin, libmuffin0 (>= 4.4.1), mesa-utils, muffin (>= 4.4), nemo (>= 4.4), network-manager-gnome, policykit-1-gnome (>= 0.105-6), python3, python3-dbus, python3-distro, python3-gi, python3-gi-cairo, python3-pampy, python3-pexpect, python3-pil, python3-pyinotify, python3-setproctitle, python3-tz, xapps-common (>= 1.2), gir1.2-meta-muffin-0.0 (>= 4.4), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libatk-bridge2.0-0 (>= 2.5.3), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libcroco3 (>= 0.6.2), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgirepository-1.0-1 (>= 1.29.15), libgl1, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.4.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.9.12), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.11), libx11-6, libxfixes3 (>= 1:5.0), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4) Recommends: blueman, cinnamon-l10n (>= 4.4), gnome-terminal | x-terminal-emulator, libcanberra-pulse, metacity-common Suggests: cinnamon-doc, python3-opencv Breaks: cinnamon-common (<= 2.2.14-1), cinnamon-core (« 4.4~) Replaces: cinnamon-common (<= 2.2.14-1) Filename: pool/universe/c/cinnamon/cinnamon_4.4.8-4_amd64.deb Size: 296832 MD5sum: bfce6c7fbd8ac78ae76ca34fba0e46a4 SHA1: d622fcbbf4bb0fbe2856aa2f087c48c418955681 SHA256: 23e909f0f6c48c31ac09c81aa0f8a4828d1d38909a716e001ae0bac2fe130085 Homepage: http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com Description-en: Innovative and comfortable desktop Cinnamon is a desktop environment which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience.
The desktop layout is similar to GNOME 2. The underlying technology is forked from gnome-shell. The emphasis is put on making users feel at home and providing them with an easy to use and comfortable desktop experience.
There are three methods to install cinnamon 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cinnamon
Install cinnamon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cinnamon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cinnamon
Install cinnamon 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cinnamon
How To Uninstall cinnamon on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the cinnamon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cinnamon
Uninstall cinnamon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cinnamon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cinnamon
Remove cinnamon Configurations and Data
To remove cinnamon configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cinnamon
Remove cinnamon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cinnamon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cinnamon
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
