Pantheon desktop is a default desktop used by the ElementaryOS Linux system. It is hand-crafted specifically for the ElementaryOS Linux distribution and the result is extremely polished, fast performing and user friendly desktop environment.
At this point the Pantheon desktop is not a part of the standard Ubuntu repository. However, it can be easily installed by enabling the official ElementaryOS PPA repository within the Ubuntu 18.04 system.
In this How to install Pantheon desktop on Ubuntu tutorial you will learn
- How to add the ElementaryOS PPA repository.
- How to install the Pantheon desktop on Ubuntu 18.04.
Pantheon Desktop graphical user environment on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver.
Software Requirements and Conventions Used
| Category | Requirements, Conventions or Software Version Used |
|---|---|
| System | Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver |
| Software | Pantheon 5.0 |
| Other | Privileged access to your Linux system as root or via the sudo command. |
| Conventions |
# – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command$ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user |
How to install Pantheon desktop on Ubuntu 18.04 Linux Desktop
- Add the ElementaryOS PPA repository:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/stable
- Begin the Pantheon Desktop installation
- Select default display manager. Pantheon desktop will attempt to install
lightdmas a default display manager.
What is display manager?Select
lightdmand hitOKbutton
Selectlightdmas a default display manager. - Reboot your system.
- Select default desktop environment as Pantheon desktop.
Select Pantheon desktop before login in. - Enter user credentials and login:
Enter user credentials. - Upon successful login, you should now be greeted with the Pantheon desktop environment. Enjoy!
$ sudo apt install elementary-desktop