This is a beginner’s tip shows how to install the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Linux Mint 20.
Hewlett-Packard, IBM, SunSoft, and USL announced CDE in June 1993 as a joint development within the Common Open Software Environment (COSE) initiative. Each development group contributed its own technology to CDE.
CDE has been ported to Linux and BSD derivatives. And it has now been released under an Open Source licence by The Open Group. The latest version so far is v2.3.2 released 10 months ago.
Install CDE via Sparky Linux Repository:
Thanks to this thread, CDE is available to install via Sparky Linux repository.
1. Add Sparky Linux repository
- First open
terminal
and run command to create a new repository file and open it with gedit text editor:sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sparky.list
For Linux Mint, you may replace
gedit
in the command withxed
text editorWhen the file opens, add following two lines and save it.
deb https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ potolo main deb https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ core main
- Then run command to install the keyring:
wget -O - https://repo.sparkylinux.org/sparky.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
2. Install missing dependencies.
Some old libraries has been removed from Ubuntu repository. It is however easy and safe to install them back by manually downloading & installing the .deb package.
Download and install the 3 packages one by one via Gdebi package installer (available to install in Ubuntu Software). The multiarch-support
package need to be installed first to avoid dependency issue.
3. Finally install CDE via apt command.
First check updates by running command:
sudo apt update
Then install the Common Desktop Environment via command:
sudo apt install cde-desktop
Once installed, log out and select log back with “CDE” session and enjoy!
Uninstall CDE Desktop:
To remove the desktop environment, simply run command in terminal:
sudo apt remove --auto-remove cde-desktop
And remove the Sparky Linux repository by going to Software & Updates > Other Software tab.
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