How To Install Cinnamon Desktop on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Cinnamon Desktop on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Cinnamon is a free and open-source desktop environment for the X Window System that derives from GNOME 3 but follows traditional desktop metaphors. It was developed by Linux Mint, an operating system based on the Ubuntu distribution. It is among the best desktop environments for Linux Desktops designed for speed, flexibility, and advanced innovative features. One of the main features of Cinnamon is its flexibility and customization options. Users can change the layout and appearance of the desktop by using themes, applets, and desklets. Cinnamon also includes a range of built-in desktop applications, including a file manager, a text editor, and a terminal emulator.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the Cinnamon Desktop environment on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 22.04 and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pop!_OS, and more as well.

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint.
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
• A non-root sudo user or access to the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

Install Cinnamon Desktop on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish

Step 1. First, make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date by running the following apt commands in the terminal.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install wget apt-transport-https gnupg2 software-properties-common

Step 2. Installing Cinnamon Desktop environment on Ubuntu 22.04.

By default, Cinnamon is available on Ubuntu 22.04 base repository. Now run the following command to install Cinnamon Desktop Environment on your Ubuntu system:

sudo apt install cinnamon-desktop-environment

Once the Cinnamon Desktop Installation is complete, restart your system:

reboot

Step 3. Accessing Cinnamon Desktop on Ubuntu.

Now, click on the user name, and before typing your password, click on the Gear icon given on the right bottom side. A pop-up will appear, select Cinnamon, and then enter your password.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Cinnamon. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the Cinnamon Desktop environment on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official Cinnamon website.