Friday, March 7, 2014

HOWTO: Add Bodhi's Enlightenment Desktop to Ubuntu 14.04

One question we often had users ask us in the past was if it was possible to convert an existing Ubuntu LTS install into Bodhi Linux. Previously the answer to this question had always been "No", but with our 3.0.0 release built on top of Ubuntu 14.04 we are finally looking to change this. The following is how you can add the latest Bodhi desktop to your existing Ubuntu 14.04 install.

Step 1: Add the Bodhi Repo to your Sources

Open a terminal and run:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

At the bottom of the file that is opened, add the line:

deb http://packages.bodhilinux.com/bodhi trusty main 

Step 2: Sync package lists

Next you will need to sync your package lists with the command:

sudo apt-get update

Step 3: Install the Bodhi Desktop

Install Bodhi's E19 Desktop with the command:

sudo apt-get install packagekit && sudo apt-get install bodhi-desktop

If you have an older computer or just prefer E17 you can install that instead with the command:

sudo apt-get install bodhi-desktop-e17

After this completes an "enlightenment" session should now be available in your login manager. 

Enjoy your new enlightenment powered Ubuntu!

~Jeff Hoogland
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26 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 14, 2014 at 3:12 AM

    I get this responce after adding the extra line:
    mixalis@mixalis-Aspire-E1-531 ~ $ sudo apt-get update
    E: Type 'http://packages.bodhilinux.com/bodhi' is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
    E: The list of sources could not be read.

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    1. JeffHooglandMarch 14, 2014 at 10:14 AM

      Looks like you missed the trusty main after the URL.

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    2. AnonymousMarch 29, 2014 at 11:52 AM

      I think the deb is missing:
      deb http://packages.bodhilinux.com/bodhi trusty main

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  2. UnknownApril 9, 2014 at 4:34 PM

    Something is broken. I get an error when installing esudo:

    Errors were encountered while processing:
    esudo
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

    It also blows up in the efl installation with a similar error

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    1. JeffHooglandApril 9, 2014 at 7:56 PM

      This is far from an ideal place to post bug reports. Please open a thread in the pre-release section of our user forums.

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    2. UnknownAugust 17, 2014 at 1:59 AM

      If the how-to is broken ...then this is the right place... FIX IT!

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    3. JeffHooglandAugust 18, 2014 at 9:53 AM

      The HOWTO isn't broken, this works fine on a clean Ubuntu 14.04 system. The issue the above user is having is something specific to their system configuration.

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  3. AnonymousApril 21, 2014 at 1:09 PM

    HI Jeff!

    Does this works in Debian too?

    Thanks

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    1. JeffHooglandApril 21, 2014 at 1:16 PM

      Possibly, but this will not be tested or supported.

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  4. AnonymousMay 14, 2014 at 11:44 PM

    A little more noobie friendly please. I'm trying to follow your instructions but I had no idea that I had to save and exit after the deb file nor that I needed the to install the nano command.

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    1. JeffHooglandMay 16, 2014 at 9:51 AM

      If you need more instructions that what is provided here I'd recommend just doing a clean install of Bodhi Linux from our ISO image instead of trying to modify your existing install.

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    2. AnonymousDecember 2, 2014 at 11:29 AM

      Anonymous, did u enter the password after sudo command?

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  5. KoGolBokJune 9, 2014 at 7:11 AM

    Thank you, finally I can get my hands on Bodhi repo from Ubuntu. But still, there is one problem: without key Bodhi repo is untrusted. Where can I get the key?

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  6. JeffHooglandJune 11, 2014 at 1:31 AM

    Did you follow the steps listed above? There are 64bit packages in the repo.

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  7. UnknownJuly 16, 2014 at 7:00 PM

    I wanted to do for 17 LINUXMINT. Error:
    E: / var/cache/apt/archives/bodhi-skel_0.81_all.deb: trying to overwrite «/ etc / skel / .config / Trolltech.conf», which is also in package mint-artwork-gnome 2.6.33

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    1. JeffHooglandJuly 16, 2014 at 8:18 PM

      A package from mint is conflicting with a package from Bodhi. You'll need to remove the package mint-artwork-gnome from the looks of that error message.

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2014 at 3:26 PM

    It doesn't work for me. it says:

    The following packages have unmet dependencies:
    bodhi-desktop : Depends: packagekit
    E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

    What should I do now?

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    1. JeffHooglandSeptember 8, 2014 at 8:35 AM

      Open a support request thread on our user forums.

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2014 at 7:43 PM

      I had the same issue, resolved it by issuing
      sudo apt-get install packagekit
      sudo aptget install bodhi-desktop

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    3. AnonymousOctober 24, 2014 at 4:04 PM

      I had the same issue on 14.10
      sudo apt-get install packagekit sudo aptget install bodhi-desktop didn`t help

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    4. JeffHooglandOctober 27, 2014 at 3:52 AM

      This repository is only compatible with Ubuntu LTS releases.

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    5. AnonymousDecember 2, 2014 at 11:31 AM

      is this why u called this "HOWTO: Add Bodhi's Enlightenment Desktop to Ubuntu 14.04" ?
      ;)
      it works for 14.04.1 as well, both x32 and x64 editions.

      thx for the nice how-to

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    6. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2015 at 8:44 AM

      Trying to download from the instruction using copy and paste of your instructions and keep getting this far. Will not connect to the packages

      [Connecting to packages.bodhilinux.com (69.64.93.41)]

      Err http://packages.bodhilinux.com trusty InRelease

      Err http://packages.bodhilinux.com trusty Release.gpg
      Unable to connect to packages.bodhilinux.com:http:
      Reading package lists... Done
      W: Failed to fetch http://packages.bodhilinux.com/bodhi/dists/trusty/InRelease

      W: Failed to fetch http://packages.bodhilinux.com/bodhi/dists/trusty/Release.gpg Unable to connect to packages.bodhilinux.com:http:

      W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
      colin@Colin:~$

      I thought if I copied and pasted your commands into my terminal all should be good. Perhaps I have an issue. This is a really recent install of Ubuntu 14.04 only a week.

      Thanks

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    7. JeffHooglandJanuary 13, 2015 at 11:02 PM

      The repository was offline for a short while earlier this week. Try refreshing the packages again now.

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2014 at 12:18 PM

    Awesome find! After e17 broke for me, I was stuck browsing with links. Great howto.

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