{"id":33237,"date":"2021-01-14T16:25:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=33237"},"modified":"2024-04-24T15:12:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:12:28","slug":"install-cinnamon-desktop-4-8-ubuntu-20-04-lts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/01\/install-cinnamon-desktop-4-8-ubuntu-20-04-lts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Linux Mint&#8217;s Cinnamon Desktop 4.8 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33217\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/linuxmint-cinnamon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/linuxmint-cinnamon.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/linuxmint-cinnamon-450x281.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Want to try out the Cinnamon Desktop Environment? Without installing Linux Mint, you can get the desktop packages in Ubuntu via a few commands.<\/p>\n<p>Cinnamon is available in Ubuntu main repositories, though the package version is however a little old. You can simply run the command in step 2 to install it if you don&#8217;t stick to the latest features.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wastalinux.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wasta Linux<\/a> team maintains an Ubuntu PPA that contains Cinnamon 4.8 packages for Ubuntu 20.04.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.)<\/b> Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~wasta-linux\/+archive\/ubuntu\/cinnamon-4-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ubuntu PPA<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wasta-linux\/cinnamon-4-8<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33238\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cinnamon48-ppa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.)<\/b> After adding the PPA and updating package cache, run command to install the desktop:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt install cinnamon-desktop-environment<\/pre>\n<p>There will be a large list of packages (about 400 MB download) and more disk space usage for installing the DE.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33239\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/apt-cinnamon-desktop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once installed, log out and select log back with Cinnamon session.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33240\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/select-cinnamon-session.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How to Remove Cinnamon Desktop:<\/h3>\n<p>If something goes wrong or you just want to remove Cinnamon, paste and run the command below will remove most the components.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt remove --autoremove blueman brasero brasero-cdrkit cinnamon '~ncinnamon*' cjs desktop-base  five-or-more fonts-noto '~nfonts-noto*' fonts-quicksand four-in-a-row gedit-plugins-common gnome-chess gnome-backgrounds gnome-games gnome-klotski gnome-nibbles gnome-robots gnome-taquin gnome-tetravex gnote hexchat-common hitori hoichess hwdata iagno iso-flags-png-320x240 '~nlibcinnamon*' mate-icon-theme mate-themes muffin muffin-common nautilus-extension-brasero nemo nemo-data nemo-fileroller pidgin-data quadrapassel sound-juicer swell-foop tali vinagre wodim xapps-common<\/pre>\n<p>And remove the PPA either via <b>Software &amp; Updates<\/b> under <b>Other Software<\/b> tab, or run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:wasta-linux\/cinnamon-4-8<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to try out the Cinnamon Desktop Environment? 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