How to Install and Uninstall cinnamon-session Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 23,2025

You can also install and uninstall the cinnamon-session on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "cinnamon-session" package

Please follow the instructions below to install cinnamon-session on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "cinnamon-session" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall cinnamon-session on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cinnamon-session package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: cinnamon-session
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.2.0-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Cinnamon Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 457
Provides: x-session-manager
Depends: cinnamon-desktop-data (>= 5.2), cinnamon-session-common (= 5.2.0-2), default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus, upower (>= 0.9.0), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgl1, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.45.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libsm6, libsystemd0, libx11-6, libxapp1 (>= 1.0.4), libxau6 (>= 1:1.0.9), libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.4.5), libxext6, libxrender1, libxtst6
Recommends: cinnamon-l10n (>= 5.2)
Breaks: cinnamon (<< 5.2~), cinnamon-core (<< 5.2~)
Filename: pool/universe/c/cinnamon-session/cinnamon-session_5.2.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 122082
MD5sum: b45d797a574284745bc36117f3b85d03
SHA1: 5d03b47055bcb9f6ce58ed3dfe1dab1f3141a7e1
SHA256: 9d6f2c909f30eed85fc5c9b034a7061cba646d99f3718d6423d53d7ed85451df
SHA512: cc9c68b4e734f56bcdf729bd144f177568e2f8dc807301be9920180611a63efde1fe1ddf6a7797b7565ed48efdb3869223cc005a92f06bccbece14209e22ff40
Homepage: http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com
Description: Cinnamon Session Manager - Minimal runtime
Description-md5: 0361118c974a1d7833385553aa7c1bab