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Has anyone managed to install Pantheon on Ubuntu 16.04? The dock shows up for me but not the applications menu or indicators. Thanks!

anonymous2
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Edit: I installed Pantheon on Ubuntu 16.04 a week ago and it has been working fine so far. Though it does freeze up sometimes for a second or two right after I log-in. (Then again, Pantheon wasn't designed and isn't technically compatible for Ubuntu). But other than that, it is working just fine. This is how I installed it:

To install the Panteon desktop on Ubuntu go to the terminal and type, (These are packages from daily and testing PPAs):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/daily
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/os-patches
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/testing
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mpstark/elementary-tweaks-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install elementary-theme elementary-icon-theme elementary-default-settings elementary-desktop

To install the latest elementary-tweaks:

sudo apt-get install libgconf2-dev libpolkit-gobject-1-dev
git clone https://github.com/elementary-tweaks/elementary-tweaks
cd elementary-tweaks
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ../
make
sudo make install

// run

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To install Pantheon desktop on Ubuntu from the official Elementary OS PPA, type:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install elementary-desktop

There you go! Reboot and select Pantheon as your desktop on the login screen!

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System: Xubuntu 16.04

DE: Xfce (GNOME is also installed)

Installed: pantheon package from ppa:elementaryos/daily

Results: Nearly fine, but

  • Icons in top bar look too big

  • Menus in top bar have widgets that look too big

  • Cannot type to search in app menu (Slingshot)

  • Some icons are themed with the icon theme selected in GNOME (Numix circle) but rest are unthemed.

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The other 2 answers left me hanging. Here are the only installation commands you need to run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install pantheon-files

Then the only way that I could actually find the app was to go into the Applications overlay and search for Files. Note that I also have Nautilus installed (which I was using before) and it also shows up as Files. I had to figure out which was which and add the one corresponding to Pantheon Files to my favorites. Now I don't need to look for it anymore!

I got the commands from: https://codeyarns.com/2013/06/03/how-to-install-pantheon-files-on-ubuntu/

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