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How to install Cinnamon desktop environment in Ubuntu, I believe many inexperienced people are helpless about this, for this reason this article summarizes the causes and solutions of the problem, through this article I hope you can solve this problem.

How to Install Cinnamon Desktop Environment on Ubuntu

In the past, there was a series of official PPAs provided by the Cinnamon team for Ubuntu, but they are now invalid. But don't worry, there's an unofficial PPA, and it works pretty well. This PPA contains the Cinnamon version of ***.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:embrosyn/cinnamon sudo apt update && sudo apt install cinnamon

The download size is about 150 MB (if I remember correctly). This includes Nemo (Cinnamon File Manager, Nautilus based) and Cinnamon Control Center. These things provide a closer feel to Linux Mint.

Using Cinnamon Desktop Environment on Ubuntu

After Cinnamon is installed, exit the current session. On the login screen, click the Ubuntu symbol next to the username:

After that, it displays all desktop environments available for the system. Choose Cinnamon.

You should now be logged into Ubuntu with Cinnamon desktop environment. You can also return to Unity Desktop in the same way. Here's a screenshot of the Ubuntu desktop with Cinnamon as the desktop environment.

It looks like Linux Mint. Also, I didn't find any compatibility issues with Cinnamon and Unity. Switch between Unity and Cinnamon and they still work great.

Uninstall Cinnamon from Ubuntu

If you want to uninstall Cinnamon, you can use PPA Purge to do it. First install PPA Purge:

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge

After installation, use the following command to remove the PPA:

sudo ppa-purge ppa: embesyn/cinnamon After reading the above, do you know how to install Cinnamon desktop environment in Ubuntu? If you still want to learn more skills or want to know more related content, welcome to pay attention to the industry information channel, thank you for reading!

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