How to install the Pantheon desktop environment?
This is answer for newer releases of Ubuntu — 12.04 and up. Remember, use this at your own risk!
Open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T).
Add the repositories and update the package list:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/daily sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/os-patches sudo apt update
Upgrade your packages...
sudo apt upgrade
...and install:
sudo apt install elementary-desktop
After completed installation log out and chose session called Pantheon in LightDM.
Open a terminal window (press Ctrl + Alt + T).
Run these commands line by line in the terminal:
bzr branch lp:elementaryos cd elementaryos sudo sh congrego.sh --configure-installed
Logout?Restart and select Pantheon on the login screen.
All answers work but they install the unstable builds, so if you want the stable builds use Ubuntu 12.04:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:elementary-os/stable
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install elementary-desktop
Now, after you login to Pantheon Desktop it will still look like regular Ubuntu, to easily modify its appearance install Elementary Tweaks:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:versable/elementary-update
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install elementary-tweaks
The Elementary Tweaks
app is an icon at the main System Settings
. Change all possible entries to elementary at Appearance
tab.
You may want to install more apps from Elementary, but with this you get most of it.