{"id":44081,"date":"2023-06-16T15:08:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T15:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=44081"},"modified":"2023-06-17T05:14:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T05:14:03","slug":"install-cinnamon-58-ppa-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/06\/install-cinnamon-58-ppa-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Cinnamon Desktop 5.8 via PPA in Ubuntu 22.04 | 23.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This simple tutorial shows how to install the latest Cinnamon Desktop 5.8 in Ubuntu 22.04 or Ubuntu 23.04 via PPA.<\/p>\n

The source of Cinnamon<\/a> 5.8 was out a few days ago! It will be officially announced later in this month along with Linux Mint 21.2.<\/p>\n

Cinnamon 5.8 features built-in touchpad \/ touchscreen gestures support<\/b>! There will be new “Gestures” option in System Settings utility. Where, provides options to configure actions for 3-finger\/4-finger swipe<\/b>, 2-finger\/3-finger\/4-finger pinch<\/b>, and activation thresholds.<\/p>\n

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The new release also added new theme option (prefer light<\/code>, prefer dark<\/code>, left app decide<\/code>) to switch between light and dark mode.<\/p>\n

How to Install Cinnamon 5.8 via Ubuntu PPA<\/h3>\n

Cinnamon 5.8 will be default in Linux Mint 21.2 coming later in this month. Ubuntu user can try my PPA repository<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n

NOTE 1: This is an unofficial PPA!<\/b>
\nNOTE 2: The packages seem working good in my case in Ubuntu 22.04, but WITHOUT well testing! It MAY or MAY NOT WORK due to various reasons!<\/b>
\nNOTE 3: light\/dark switching feature does not work in my case. Not sure if something is missing!<\/b>
\nNOTE 4: Do NOT install this PPA in production machine!<\/b>
\nNOTE 5: New gestures feature seems using touchegg as background service. If the feature does not work, try installing touchegg from its official PPA<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

1.<\/b> First, press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal. When terminal opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/cinnamon<\/pre>\n
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n
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2.<\/b> While adding PPA, it should automatically refresh package cache. When done, run command to upgrade to Cinnamon 5.8 in Ubuntu Cinnamon:<\/p>\n
sudo apt upgrade<\/pre>\n
For non-Cinnamon desktop environment, run this command instead to install it:<\/p>\n
sudo apt install cinnamon-desktop-environment<\/pre>\n
It’s better to write down what packages it’s going to install, in case you want to completely remove Cinnamon desktop later!<\/b><\/p>\n
After installation, restart your computer and go to “System Settings -> System Info” to check the desktop version. You need to of course switch to ‘Cinnamon’ session from login screen.<\/p>\n
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Uninstall:<\/h3>\n
To restore the original Cinnamon desktop environment, open terminal and run command:<\/p>\n
sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/cinnamon<\/pre>\n
The previous command will restore Cinnamon to stock version in Ubuntu repository. To completely remove the desktop environment, use sudo apt remove package1 package2 package3 ...<\/code> by replacing the package names to what you installed in previous step.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This simple tutorial shows how to install the latest Cinnamon Desktop 5.8 in Ubuntu 22.04 or Ubuntu 23.04 via PPA. The source of Cinnamon 5.8 was out a few days ago! It will be officially announced later in this month along with Linux Mint 21.2. Cinnamon 5.8 features built-in touchpad \/ touchscreen gestures support! There […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[352,1476],"class_list":["post-44081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-howtos","tag-cinnamon","tag-linux-mint"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}