Written on January 16, 2011 at 6:34 pm by

Installing Unity 2D on Ubuntu

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As per the news GNOME shell will not be included in Ubuntu 11.04. Unity will be default desktop environment for Ubuntu 11.04. Here is the quick tutorial on how to install Unity 2D version on Ubuntu.

Adding repository

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:unity-2d-team/unity-2d-daily
sudo apt-get update

Installing Unity

sudo apt-get install unity-qt-default-settings

After the installation, log out and log in again. At the time of logging in you will see Unity Qt option for desktop environment tab.

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Article by Vidyadhar

My name is Vidyadhar Sarmalkar & I work as a consultant and have done RHCE & CCNA.
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One Comments

  1. Dan says:
    April 3, 2011 at 9:32 pm

    The correct command to install via apt after adding the PPA is:

    sudo apt-get install unity-2d-default-settings

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