Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Slingscold is an open-source and lightweight launcher written in Vala and GTK+, enabling the users to easily access their favorite applications. It is available in two versions, both providing a search bar and the icons displayed, but the difference is that the regular Slingscold is full screen, while the Slingscold Launcher isn’t.
Due to the fact that they have support for the most popular desktop environments like, Unity, GNOME, Mate, Cinnamon, KDE, Pantheon, LXDE and LXQt, the two Slingscolds can be used on the most popular Linux systems.
The latest versions available are: Slingscold 1.2.1.6 and Slingscold Launcher 1.0.1.
In this article I will show you how to install Slingscold 1.2.1.6/Slingscold Launcher 1.0.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 16 Petra, LXLE 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Peppermint Five, Pinguy OS 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0 and other Ubuntu 14.04/Ubuntu 13.10 derivative systems.
Because they are available via PPA, installing either Slingscold 1.2.1.6 or Slingscold Launcher 1.0.1 is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the slingscold or slingscold-launcher packages.
Install Slingscold:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install slingscold
Optional, to remove slingscold, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove slingscold
Or, install Slingscold Launcher:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install slingscold-launcher
Optional, to remove slingscold-launcher, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove slingscold-launcher
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