Getting started with Linux: Installing UnityTweakTool on Ubuntu

Problem: I tried to customize the desktop for the newly installed Ubuntu. I want to use UnityTweakTool. How can I install UnityTweakTool on Ubuntu? UnityTweakTool is a popular Unity desktop Customization Tool. As the name suggests, this tool is only applicable to Ubuntu's default desktop environment (for example, Unity-based GNOME Desktop ). This versatile tool allows you to use very intuitive and simple

Problem: I tried to customize the desktop for Ubuntu. I want to use the Unity Tweak Tool. How can I install the Unity Tweak Tool on Ubuntu?

Unity Tweak Tool is a popular Unity desktop Customization Tool. As the name suggests, this tool is only applicable to Ubuntu's default desktop environment (for example, Unity-based GNOME Desktop ). This versatile tool allows you to customize multiple Unity desktop features through a very intuitive and easy-to-use graphical user interface. Its menu looks similar to the official Ubuntu system settings, but its desktop customization capability far exceeds the default system settings. By using the Unity Tweak Tool, you can customize the appearance, behavior, and configurations of many desktop components, such as work area, window, icon, topic, cursor, Font, slide, and hot key. If you are a Unity desktop user, the Unity Tweak Tool must be an essential application.

Although Unity Tweak Tool is an important Tool for Ubuntu, It is not pre-installed in Ubuntu. In order to customize the Unity desktop, the following describes how to install the Unity Tweak Tool in Ubuntu.

 

Install Unity Tweak Tool in Ubuntu 13.04 or later

Since Ubuntu 13.04, the basic library of Ubuntu has the Unity Tweak Tool. Therefore, its installation is very simple:

1. $ sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool

Start Unity Tweak Tool:

1. $ unity-tweak-tool

If you want to use the latest version of Unity Tweak Tool, you can install it from its PPA (as described below ).

 

Install Unity Tweak Tool in Ubuntu 12.10

Note that the Unity Tweak Tool requires Ubuntu 12.10 or a later version. If you want to install it on Ubuntu, you can install the following method using PPA. This PPA library is also useful when you want to test the latest development version.

1. $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freyja-dev/unity-tweak-tool-daily
2. $ sudo apt-get update
3. $ sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool

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