How to install unity 8 in ubuntu 16.04 lts

How to install Unity 8 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Unity 8 is the latest version of the Gnome Shell based Ubuntu desktop. This new version has the peculiarity of working with the Mir window manager, also developed by Canonical, and is the key piece for the long-awaited convergence. Canonical's intention is that the same version of Ubuntu can run on all types of devices, from computers to tablets and smartphones.

Install Unity 8 and Mir on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is the latest version of the Canonical operating system that was released yesterday in its stable version. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS can work with Unity 8 but nevertheless, this does not come by default so it has to be the user who installs it if they wish.

Installing Unity 8 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is very simple, you just have to follow the following steps:

First of all update the system with the following commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

The next step is to download Unity 8 and install it with the following command:

sudo apt-get install unity8-desktop-session-mir

With this we will have Unity 8 installed on our Ubuntu 16.04 LTS system, the only thing missing is to restart the system and on the user selection screen choose the option to log in with Unity 8. This desktop has two versions, one of them is identical to Unity 7 with the same dock and the other is the mobile mode in which we can move the different application windows by clicking on the right side of the screen.

We recommend reading how to update Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

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