How do you install the Ubuntu Touch Coreapps on an Ubuntu Desktop?
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To install and test the Ubuntu Touch Core Apps on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr and Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn
First off you must add two PPAs. Open a terminal window (ctrl + alt + t) and enter the following:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-sdk-team/ppa
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-touch-coreapps-drivers/daily
sudo apt-get update
From here you have two options.
- Install the entire touch-coreapps package.
- Install certain applications only.
To install the entire pack:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sdk touch-coreapps
To install only certain applications, replace touch-coreapps with the name of the application(s) you wish to install.
e.g. 1 sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sdk ubuntu-calculator-app
e.g. 2 sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sdk calendar-app music-app sudoku-app
A list of the available applications:
- ubuntu-calculator-app
- calendar-app
- ubuntu-clock-app
- ubuntu-weather-app
- ubuntu-docviewer-app
- ubuntu-emailclient-app (not working yet)
- ubuntu-filemanager-app
- ubuntu-rssreader-app
- ubuntu-terminal-app
- stock-ticker-mobile-app
- dropping-letters
- sudoku-app
- music-app
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1You're correct. My information was hugely mislead, my apologies. I have updated the answer with information from a more reliable source pertaining to installation on Ubuntu versions 14.04 and 14.10.– alecdwmJul 27, 2014 at 6:17
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What version of Ubuntu are you running? Did you forget a command? For example the
sudo apt-get updatecommand? I have successfully tested these instructions on my box.– alecdwmJul 27, 2014 at 6:41 -
In that case, I'll need more information to solve your issue. Can you please do the following: press the super key (windows key) and type 'Software & Updates' into the unity searchbar. Open up that application and take a screenshot with alt+printscreen. The window should look something like this– alecdwmJul 27, 2014 at 10:08
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I have successfully installed ubuntu touch coreapps through the instructions given in the answer above– alecdwmJul 28, 2014 at 0:24
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FYI: in 14.10; touch-coreapps appeared to not exist. However, I was able to download them individually. Many thanks to Sherlock.– AnonJul 28, 2014 at 1:34
