How to Install Enlightenment 0.18 Desktop on Linux Mint 17 Qiana LTS 32-64bit Easy Guide

Installing E18 on Linux Mint 17 Qiana

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Enlightenment 18 Desktop for Linux Mint 17 Qiana i386/amd64 Mate/Cinnamon/KDE/Xfce Desktop.

E18 Optimize the CPU and GPU usage, use less physical memory and not to cause any swapping to disk, and other ways to conserve less power usage in order to extend the battery life of Laptops and Mobile systems.

New Enlightenment 18 Desktop Modules:

Music-control

Bluetooth-control with bluez4

Menu-control with appmenu

Compositor-Settings with conf_comp

1. Open a Command Line Terminal Window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

2. How to Add E18 Mint PPA Apt Repo

   Adding E18 Mint PPA

   How to Enable E18 PPA

3. Edit the E18 Apt Repo:

   sudo su

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

   nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vas*.list

   Change the “trusty” Entry to “saucy”!

   Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor

   apt-get update

4. How to Install Required libtiff4 on Linux Mint 17 Qiana

   Installing libtiff4 for Mint 17

   Setup libtiff4 on Mint Qiana

5. Installing Enlightenment:

   apt-get install enlightenment

6. Logout and Login into the Enlightenment Desktop:

   Welcome, in a Shining Enlightenment 18 Desktop Experience on Mint! :)

Take Note: Skip “connman” Installation and Keep the Mint Network-manager to Evitate Networking Troubles!