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My 16.10 system running Gnome desktop crashed during the 17.04 upgrade, so I'm going to do a fresh install, which I'd like to switch to Cinnamon. On another Gnome system, Cinnamon installed fine, but I had a lot of conflicts--settings, default applications, etc.

So what I'd like to do is a clean install of Cinnamon desktop, but remove other conflicts. I've found some related questions.

This one tells how to remove Gnome, but is a bit dated. Plus I tried something similar on my other box, and it removed too much, creating problems getting back to a running system.

This one on the other hand is more recent but following the links 2 levels deep for a UEFI system is pretty involved, and I need to do this without spending all day on it. Booting to stick, backing up data, and re-installing (without overwriting Win10 of course) is going to take enough time that I don't have!

Is there a good way to install only cinnamon, or cleanly remove all remnants of the first intall?

Jim Passmore
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  • Arguably a good way is to start with the minimal ISO, and add whatever you want. Removing Gnome is a bit misleading, since Cinnamon is based on Gnome, and needs its packages. – mikewhatever Aug 12 '17 at 13:43
  • How about installing Ubuntu with no desktop environment(Ubuntu server edition) and then install cinnamon.Not posting as ab answer cause I didn't tried it yet. –  Aug 12 '17 at 13:44
  • @mikewhatever--That second link is the minimal ISO process, but it points out that ISO doesn't support booting UEFI (only BIOS). – Jim Passmore Aug 13 '17 at 01:42
  • @mikewhatever-- Because Cinnamon is a fork of Gnome, I figured most dependencies were already installed. Everything worked for the most part in the other system, but it's the Cinnamon tweaks that cause problems. For example, when I put in a memory stick, Nautilus launched instead of Nemo. I had hoped when I removed Gnome, apt would recognize the cinnamon meta-package had been installed and not remove any dependencies, but it didn't go that well. :-/ – Jim Passmore Aug 13 '17 at 01:52
  • @SMITPATIL--May try something like that. Have to see what the server install actually gives me to work with. – Jim Passmore Aug 13 '17 at 02:16

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