Install the Cinnamon 4 desktop environment on a minimal install of Ubuntu 19.04. It is possible (and easier) to install Cinnamon without this process but you end up with many GNOME-specific packages and applications you may not want.
Ubuntu 19.04 Network Installer
Either burn to USB for bare-metal install or create a virtual machine.
- balenaEtcher
- Oracle VM VirtualBox
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install software-properties-common
Thanks to embrosyn for making the Cinnamon 4 PPA available.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:embrosyn/cinnamon
sudo apt update
sudo apt install cinnamon
This may take a while depending on your internet connection.
As described on StackExchange:
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Change /etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml:
- Rename 01-netcfg.yaml to 01-netcfg.yaml.HOLD for backup purposes.
sudo mv /etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml /etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml.HOLD
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Create a new file called /etc/netplan/config.yaml...
sudo nano /etc/netplan/config.yaml
- with the following content:
network:
version: 2
renderer: NetworkManager
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sudo netplan --debug generate
# generate new config files -
sudo netplan apply
# apply new configuration -
reboot
# reboot the computer -
Use the standard NetworkManager menu to configure your "Wired Connection".
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Verify Internet operation.
There are very few packages installed so you will likely want to do things like install themes, wallpapers and some applications. I like the Linux Mint themes personally. If you would like to install them I have a gist for that.
Hi, you forgot the install command at "sudo apt cinnamon"
The right one is:
sudo apt install cinnamon
Thanks for sharing