This guide will take you through how to install Enlightenment Desktop Environment on Ubuntu 22.04. Enlightenment is a window desktop environment for the Linux platform which primarily focuses on speed and low resource usage.
Install Enlightenment Desktop Environment on Ubuntu 22.04
- Update your system.
sudo apt update.- Add PPA repository.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:niko2040/e19Sample output
Repository: 'deb https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/niko2040/e19/ubuntu/ jammy main' Description: Latest versions of Enlightenment and EFL. More info: https://launchpad.net/~niko2040/+archive/ubuntu/e19 Adding repository. Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel. Adding deb entry to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/niko2040-ubuntu-e19-jammy.list Adding disabled deb-src entry to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/niko2040-ubuntu-e19-jammy.list Adding key to /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/niko2040-ubuntu-e19.gpg with fingerprint C5BC0C8D564E5F7BCB983E7FA1C52A3884E6BD97 Hit:1 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease Get:2 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease [109 kB] Get:3 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease [99.8 kB] Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [110 kB] Get:5 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages [311 kB] Get:6 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/niko2040/e19/ubuntu jammy InRelease [17.5 kB] Get:7 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main i386 Packages [137 kB] Get:8 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main Translation-en [75.5 kB] Get:9 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [91.0 kB] Get:10 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main DEP-11 48x48 Icons [26.2 kB] Get:11 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [38.2 kB] Get:12 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata [5,360 B] Get:13 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [184 kB] Get:14 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/restricted Translation-en [27.9 kB] Get:15 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe i386 Packages [62.8 kB] Get:16 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 Packages [130 kB] Get:17 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/niko2040/e19/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages [9,924 B] Get:18 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe Translation-en [46.2 kB] Get:19 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [93.3 kB] Get:20 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe DEP-11 48x48 Icons [35.4 kB] Get:21 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [46.8 kB] Get:22 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/niko2040/e19/ubuntu jammy/main i386 Packages [9,228 B] Get:23 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [2,628 B] Get:24 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [4,192 B] Get:25 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/multiverse Translation-en [1,016 B] Get:26 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/multiverse amd64 c-n-f Metadata [232 B] Get:27 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports/universe i386 Packages [1,484 B] Get:28 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports/universe amd64 Packages [2,036 B] Get:29 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [1,192 B] Get:30 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [216 B] Get:31 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/niko2040/e19/ubuntu jammy/main Translation-en [6,116 B] Ign:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [110 kB] Get:32 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main i386 Packages [63.4 kB] Get:33 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 Packages [190 kB] Get:34 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main Translation-en [45.8 kB] Ign:34 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main Translation-en Get:35 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [11.4 kB] Get:36 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata [3,096 B] Get:37 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/restricted amd64 Packages [167 kB] Get:38 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/restricted i386 Packages [19.4 kB] Get:39 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/restricted Translation-en [25.3 kB] Get:40 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/restricted amd64 c-n-f Metadata [464 B] Get:41 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe amd64 Packages [77.1 kB] Get:42 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe i386 Packages [34.8 kB] Get:43 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe Translation-en [27.4 kB] Get:44 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [1,632 B] Get:45 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [4,192 B] Get:46 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/multiverse amd64 c-n-f Metadata [228 B] Get:34 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main Translation-en [45.8 kB] Fetched 2,278 kB in 2min 1s (18.8 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done
- Update your system to apply changes.
sudo apt update- Next, install Enlightenment Desktop Environment using the command below.
sudo apt install enlightenment -ySample output
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: enlightenment-data libaom3 libdav1d5 libddcutil4 libde265-0 libecore-audio1 libecore-bin libecore-con1 libecore-drm2-1 libecore-evas1 libecore-fb1 libecore-file1 libecore-imf1 libecore-input1 libecore-ipc1 libecore-wl2-1 libecore-x1 libecore1 libector1 libedje-bin libedje1 libeet1 libeeze1 libefreet-bin libefreet1a libeina1a libeio1 libelementary-bin libelementary-data libelementary1 libelput1 libembryo-bin libembryo1 libemile1 libemotion1 libethumb-client-bin libethumb-client1 libethumb1 libevas-loaders libevas1 libevas1-engines-drm libevas1-engines-fb libevas1-engines-wayland libevas1-engines-x libheif1 libluajit-5.1-2 libluajit-5.1-common libscim8v5 libx265-199 The following NEW packages will be installed: enlightenment enlightenment-data libaom3 libdav1d5 libddcutil4 libde265-0 libecore-audio1 libecore-bin libecore-con1 libecore-drm2-1 libecore-evas1 libecore-fb1 libecore-file1 libecore-imf1 libecore-input1 libecore-ipc1 libecore-wl2-1 libecore-x1 libecore1 libector1 libedje-bin libedje1 libeet1 libeeze1 libefreet-bin libefreet1a libeina1a libeio1 libelementary-bin libelementary-data libelementary1 libelput1 libembryo-bin libembryo1 libemile1 libemotion1 libethumb-client-bin libethumb-client1 libethumb1 libevas-loaders libevas1 libevas1-engines-drm libevas1-engines-fb libevas1-engines-wayland libevas1-engines-x libheif1 libluajit-5.1-2 libluajit-5.1-common libscim8v5 libx265-199 0 upgraded, 50 newly installed, 0 to remove and 48 not upgraded. Need to get 438 MB of archives. After this operation, 513 MB of additional disk space will be used.
- After the installation, reboot your system then on the login screen select Enlightenment by clicking the desktop environment icon.
sudo reboot- The setup wizard will take you through Enlightenment Desktop configuration then you will be taken to the desktop as shown below.
- File manager interface.
Uninstall Enlightenment Desktop Environment on Ubuntu 22.04
- To remove Enlightenment Desktop Environment on Ubuntu 22.04 run the following command.
sudo apt remove --autoremove enlightenment- Then remove the Enlightenment PPA repository.
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:niko2040/e19- That marks the end of the article, congratulations. We have gone through how to install Enlightenment Desktop Environment on Ubuntu 22.04.
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