How To Install cinnamon-core on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-core on Ubuntu.

What is `cinnamon-core`

cinnamon-core is:

These are the core components of Cinnamon, a desktop environment which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience.

This metapackage depends on basic components needed to use the desktop environment. Install this if you want a minimal cinnamon desktop.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cinnamon-core

Install cinnamon-core Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cinnamon-core

Install cinnamon-core 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-core using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cinnamon-core

How To Uninstall cinnamon-core on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove cinnamon-core

Uninstall cinnamon-core And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cinnamon-core

Remove cinnamon-core Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cinnamon-core

Remove cinnamon-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cinnamon-core

Dependencies

cinnamon-core have the following dependencies:

References

cinnamon-core website

Summary

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