How to install MIR display server?

14.04 unity software-installation mir

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Just in time for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS the Unity team has landed more improvements to make Unity 8 a feasible preview. It's not installed by default of course as it doesn’t meet the quality criteria for an LTS release.

You can install it from the Ubuntu archives via:

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

Logging out of Unity 7 should then give both options in the login screen:

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Note: This package is provided for evaluation and demonstration purposes only.

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Sylvain Pineau

I'm an early user and advocate of Linux, and more generally Open Source Software, in the business world. I've been around with computers and particularly linux for some time now, and during all these years I've been using and promoting opensource technologies. I started using Linux in 1995 with a French Slackware, called Kheops. My first contact with Ubuntu was in 2006 with Edgy. Former Perl Monger, my preferred language is now Python. I know about web standards and design, HTML/CSS, and some QML/Javascript. The early years of my career were spent developing the French high speed train (TGV) RTOS. My professional activities also led me to several QA related positions and to Android phones integration before joining Canonical in 2010. I'm now working for the Hardware Certification Team at Canonical.

Updated on September 18, 2022

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Sylvain Pineau over 1 year

I'd like to test/run Ubuntu QML apps on the MIR Desktop preview that should be available with 14.04.

What are the steps needed to enable a native MIR desktop (preview) session?
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