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Pantheon is the name of the desktop shell used by Elementary OS Luna and later.

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How to install the Pantheon desktop environment?

I want to install Pantheon desktop environment from elementaryOS on Ubuntu, is that possible?
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How can I see a folder and a subfolder in the same window?

How can I navigate folders and subfolders at the same time? Like "column view" in Mac OS X. Edit 2: I use Ubuntu 14.04 and I couldn't install Marlin, so I installed "Pantheon File Manager" instead.
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How do you install Pantheon on Ubuntu 16.04?

Has anyone managed to install Pantheon on Ubuntu 16.04? The dock shows up for me but not the applications menu or indicators. Thanks!
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Can I replace the default login screen for the Pantheon Greeter?

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04, and I'd like to know if I can replace the default login screen (Light-DM) for the one used on ELementary OS (Phantheon Greeter). If possible without installing the rest of the ...
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Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pantheon-filechooser-module"

Once upon a time, I've installed Pantheon desktop on Ubuntu 14.04. And then I decided to use vanilla desktop, Unity. So I've removed all things related with Pantheon. I can't remember the exact ...
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How to install Elementary's Pantheon Mail client on Ubuntu (15.10)

I would like to tryout Pantheon Mail (a Geary fork by Elementary OS) on Ubuntu (15.10). I found their code hosting but I can't find how to install that. There's also a Q&A about building from ...
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Can I install pantheon terminal in Ubuntu 14.04 or newer?

Is it possible to install Pantheon terminal from elementary OS on my Ubuntu 14.04 or newer LTS releases? If yes, how can I?
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How to remove Pantheon DE from Ubuntu 16.04?

Can anyone help me remove elementary-desktop? I installed it in my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS x64 system. I already did the "solution" from this question: How to completely remove Elementary-Desktop from Ubuntu ...
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How to start Pantheon from the command line

Long story as to why I've chosen to go this route, but I've installed Ubuntu Trusty without a desktop, and then installed pantheon, pantheon-shell, pantheon-greeter and elementary-desktop packages. ...
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pantheon-files depends on libhandy-1-0 but it is not installable on Ubuntu 20.04

I am getting dependency error while installing pantheon-files $ sudo apt install pantheon-files Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some ...
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How to install Pantheon without messing up GNOME

I'd like to have Pantheon as another session option, next to GNOME and Ubuntu's GNOME variant. Is there a way I could install Pantheon on Ubuntu 19.04 without messing up various parts of my system? (...
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Elementary OS website spontaneously opens up in Chrome throughout the day. I have no idea why or how to stop it. Any solutions?

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 on my chromebook. However I'm 100% sure the chromebook has nothing to do with it as the problem just started up a couple days ago some time after visiting elementary.io . I ...
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Nvidia GPU is not workin on Ubuntu 18.04.3

I'm running Ubuntu 18.04.3 with pantheon desktop, I installed the Nvidia drivers with the following command: $ sudo apt install nvidia-driver-440 After the process was completed I restarted my pc. ...
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Install Elementary Pantheon desktop for Ubuntu 16.04?

Is it possible to install the pantheon desktop environment on Ubuntu 16.04? For many previous versions, it was only possibly by adding the unstable PPA, and installing from there, as explained here. ...
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Key server receive failed when installing through PPA

I'm fairly new to Linux. I have Ubuntu, and now I want to install the Pantheon desktop, but as soon I run the command sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/daily I get an error message saying: ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Pantheon session not shown in LightDM

I installed elementary-desktop on my Ubuntu 14.04 x64 virtual machine following these steps, but I don't get the Pantheon session in LightDM. I only have KDE Plasma Workspace and Ubuntu(Default). Is ...
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Install pantheon desktop on Ubuntu 15.10?

Pantheon desktop doesn't install on recent versions of Ubuntu, but is there a way to install it now? Are there any workarounds?
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How do I purge Pantheon desktop?/Why does this window appear?

This browser window showing http://elementary.io/ appears after I installed then uninstalled the Pantheon environment: Originally this occurred after (and possibly before) ppa-purging the PPA only ...
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How to install pantheon-greeter in 13.04 Raring?

Refer here: QUESTION Those are the exact step I did in my install - a raring x64 server install + all needed xorg packages to run a GUI + MATE 1.6. Basic lightdm + unity-greeter is flawless, as well ...
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Meson can't find accountsservice when it is clearly installed

I am trying to build the pantheon elementary greeter on Ubuntu but it keeps failing at the build stage since it can't find accountsservice. But accountsservice is clearly installed.. I am following ...
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How i can add bookmarks in files or Pantheon Files 0.1

I installed this software but I can't find the option to add bookmarks, or add to my favorite places.
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How to install Pantheon Desktop on Ubuntu 15.04?

Yeah none of the other solutions in How to install the Pantheon desktop environment? for older versions of Ubuntu worked out. The only ppa that wouldn't say "404 not found" when updated was the ppa:...
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Ubuntu MATE (Pantheon panel), minimized applications are being closed

I've recently installed Ubuntu Mate 17.04, and I've selected Pantheon as my panel layout. I've noticed that every time I minimize an application, it's actually closed. (They are even not present in ...
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How to install pantheon-files on Ubuntu 17.04?

I've tried to use this ppa: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:elementary-os/daily sudo apt-get update but it says "Unable to locate package pantheon-files" grep "^deb " /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://...
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A lot of system settings are missing after installing Pantheon

I installed pantheon on Ubuntu 13.10 and a ton of settings are missing. I only have these settings: defaults, desktop, tweaks (I installed tweaks), keyboard, power, and about. What do I do?
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Help! My wallpaper is broken after installing Pantheon Shell?

Earlier today, I installed Pantheon Shell, and got an unpleasant surprise. My wallpaper doesn't work! It doesn't work in either Pantheon, GNOME 3 Fallback, and Unity 2D. Instead, the background is ...
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How to install super-wingpanel on ubuntu 16.04 Pantheon?

W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/heathbar/super-wingpanel-daily/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file. N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore ...
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Run command as a login shell in pantheon terminal

where I can find option: “Run command as a login shell” in pantheon terminal ?
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How to install elementary's Pantheon Photos on Ubuntu 20.04?

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS with GNOME 3.36 with the X11 window system. I want to install the elementary OS's Photos app (Pantheon Photos). I don't need anything else. I am happy with GNOME and I'm ...
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how to install Pantheon desktop environment on Ubuntu 20.04?

How can I install Pantheon desktop environment(stable) on Ubuntu 20.04? Everything I found on the internet was for old version or not working(people said in the comments).
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how to install pantheon-files on ubuntu 18.04.3

what i did: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/stable $ sudo apt update Ubuntu 18.04.3 Mate try install Pantheon-Files but get error: $ sudo apt-get install -f pantheon-files Reading ...
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Ugly menus after install Pantheon [closed]

I have this problem about all menus after install Pantheon, I don't have any idea how to fix it. Please help me i'm pretty new to this thing. I know it has to do with the theme or something. Thank ...
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Pantheon DE doesn't show up

I've installed pantheon DE but it doesn't show up when I reboot. I've installed it on my machine which running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I've followed this tutorial when installing pantheon DE: https://...
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How to restore correct window control behaviour in Gnome? [closed]

I'm having an issue on my laptop which is preventing me from changing the settings for GTK+ applications that use headerbars. Non-header bar applications are working just fine. What happened is that ...
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Overlapping text in pantheon-terminal (Ubuntu 18.04)

I've recently installed pantheon-terminal on my new Ubuntu 18.04 and I have a problem with overlapping text. I've tried to change font with dconf-editor, but nothing has changed. Does anyone can ...
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Pantheon DE set some applications to display with header bars instead of title bars [closed]

I recently installed the Pandtheon DE on my laptop, but now whenever I use unity, several applications have header bars instead of title bars. I don't like this, because it messes up how the window ...
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White area behind transpared gnome terminal

I tried to install pantheon on ubuntu 16.04.1 with ppa. After the installation pantheon was not available as a desktop so i removed it. but after that the while the gnome terminal was transpired ...
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How to install Pantheon on Ubuntu 15.04? [duplicate]

is it safe to install elementary OS DE Pantheon on Ubuntu 15.04 without doing any damage to the system? if so how?
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Minimal Ubuntu Elementary OS Port [closed]

Can anyone help in creating a Ubuntu with the following packages. Desktop Environment :Pantheon GTK Theme :eGTK Icon Theme :Moka Icon Theme Terminal :Pantheon-Terminal Settings :Switchboard File ...
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How to move title bar buttons to the left in Pantheon/Gala?

I want to move the window-buttons to the left in the Pantheon 1.29. How can I do this?
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How to remove Elementary OS and install Ubuntu Over it, without burning to a DVD or USB?

I was previously an elementary os 5.1. I want to know how to do it so I can use Ubuntu. Ideally not by installing ubuntu via burning dvd and usb. (Original title translates to: Removing the base os to ...
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aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template for Elementary/next

The following happens every time I want to add a repository - It is not working since I have installed (and then uninstalled) pantheon desktop :( $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:appgrid/stable ...
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install pantheon desktop on ubuntu 16.10

I was wondering if it was possible to install the pantheon desktop from elementary-os on a ubuntu 16.10 ? thx
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How to change the default file manager to Pantheon-files in Ubuntu LTS 22.04?

I want to change the the defaut file manager from Nautilus to Pantheon-files (which I already installed in Ubuntu LTS 22.04). I had a look at the following question: https://elementaryos.stackexchange....
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How to install Pantheon Files (Elementary OS File Manager) in Ubuntu OS with ‘Open in Terminal’ in Context menu?

I've installed Pantheon File manager in Ubuntu OS. But ‘Open in Terminal’ is not available in Context menu. How to add it to Context menu?
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How can I install pantheon terminal in (L)ubuntu 16.10?

I tried to install pantheon-terminal from elementaryos/daily PPA as instructed in a question about how to install it in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... but it did not work. When I run sudo apt install pantheon-...
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Does Pantheon work without 3d acceleration?

I installed Pantheon DE on my 12.04 laptop, which doesn't support 3d acceleration but Pantheon seems to don't work. How can I make it work?
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Show desktop shortcut on Pantheon

I'm using Elementary OS's Pantheon Desktop Environment in Ubuntu 12.04. What is the shortcut to show the desktop? How can I add Show Desktop icon on Wingpanel or on Plank Doc?
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How to make the Dock appear permanently on Pantheon Desktop environment on Ubuntu 22.04

I just installed the Pantheon Desktop environment on Ubuntu 22.04. I used those commands (that I found there: https://techviewleo.com/install-pantheon-desktop-environment-on-ubuntu/): sudo apt install ...
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How to install pantheon desktop on ubuntu

I want to install pantheon desktop on ubuntu server 20.04. I've looked at a few guides online and they all tend to suggest the below. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/stable sudo add-apt-...
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