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Linux Mint Upgrade

December 20, 2022

Here’s how to upgrade your Linux Mint Desktop.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install mintupgrade

Then run the upgrade.

sudo mintupgrade

Cinnamon or Mate?

July 25, 2020

Here’s how to tell if you’re running Cinnamon or Mate.

inxi -Fxz

Result.

System: Kernel: 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64 
bits: 64 
compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.6 
Distro: Linux Mint 20 Ulyana 
base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
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Install Go on Linux Mint 19.3

February 9, 2020

Here’s how to install Go on Ubuntu Linux Mint 19.3.

Download the latest from https://golang.org/dl/.

wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.13.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Check the checksum.

sha256sum go1.13.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Extract the Go tarball to the /usr/local directory.

sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.13.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Edit your Bash profile to add Go’s path.

cd ~
vim ~/.profile
# Add Go's path
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
# Load the profile
source ~/.profile

Check if Go is installed.

go version

Output.

go version go1.13 linux/amd64