Once you’ve added the lines, import the key for the repository using this command. You will have to open the file as an administrator from Nautilus (Files app). You can do this via the command line or use the file explorer to navigate to /etc/apt// and open elementary.list as a text file to do this. You can refer to our guide on configuring hot corners in Elementary OS. It still works but it probably won’t look right in all the corners. Moreover, installing the Pantheon desktop can mess a little with the GNOME desktop already present.
#Elementary os package manager install
So before you install it, you should make sure you’re using the latest Ubuntu LTS release. Pantheon desktop packages are built for the latest Ubuntu LTS release though. It is even officially available via a PPA maintained by Elementary OS developers. You can though install the Pantheon Desktop on Ubuntu manually.Įlementary OS is based directly off the Ubuntu LTS releases so it isn’t very hard to install the Pantheon desktop on Ubuntu either. This is why you won’t find an Ubuntu flavor with the Pantheon desktop. Elementary OS, for instance, is based on Ubuntu and uses the Pantheon desktop. This is usually because of an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution using that desktop as the default desktop. However, not all popular Linux desktop environments get their own Ubuntu flavor. All of these are based around a popular desktop environment such as Kubuntu if you prefer KDE over GNOME. Ubuntu’s default desktop environment is now GNOME, but Ubuntu comes in many flavors.