How to Install MacBuntu on Ubuntu Minimal Install

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I've tried going for Cinnamon install however the process failed. Discussion here.

I want to try a different approach.

Thus my question is, how do I install MacBuntu or MAC-4-Lin right onto a Ubuntu minimal environment.

Best Answer

Install McMojave theme in 18.04 and later

  1. Download the McMojave theme package from McMojave - Gnome.look.org to your ~/Downloads directory. Click the download button and choose one of the following four McMojave theme packages.

    • Mojave-light: light version
    • Mojave-light-solid: light version without transparence
    • Mojave-dark: dark version
    • Mojave-dark-solid: dark version without transparence

  2. Run the following commands

    sudo apt update
sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool gtk2-engines-murrine gtk2-engines-pixbuf plank  
cd ~/Downloads/
tar xf Mojave-light.tar.xz # replace Mojave-light.tar.xz with the theme that you downloaded
mkdir ~/.themes
mv Mojave-light ~/.themes/

  3. Launch Tweaks from the Dash and change to Applications theme appearance to Mojave-light.

  4. Download the macOS Mojave CT icons. Once again pick any icon style and save the package into your ~/Downloads directory.

  5. Run these commands to install the macOS Mojave CT icons:

    tar xf Mojave-CT-light.tar.xz
mkdir ~/.icons
mv Mojave-CT-light ~/.icons/

  6. Change the icons to macOS Mojave theme in the Tweaks application.

  7. Download the macOS cursor set package. Pick any cursor style and save the package into your ~/Downloads directory.

  8. Run these commands to install it: 

    unzip -qq macOS\ Cursor\ Set.zip
mv macOS\ Cursor\ Set ~/.icons/

  9. Change the cursor to macOS Cursor Set in the Tweaks application.

  10. Download the Mojave wallpaper. Change the wallpaper from Settings → Background → Picture tab → select a picture → press Select button (in 18.04) or Settings → Background → Add Picture (in 20.04).

  11. Open Plank from the Dash. At this point you should see the macOS panel at the bottom of your desktop. Press the left Ctrlkey, and right-click the bottom macOS panel to open up Preferences. Customize the macOS panel to fit your desired look and feel. If you wish to take yet another step further install the optional macOS Plank theme.

  12. Remove the default GNOME dock panel. 

    sudo apt remove gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock

  13. Configure the Plank application to start automatically after reboot.

    Add Plank to Startup Applications

Source: revised from How to install macOS theme on Ubuntu 20.04 Focal

MacBuntu has been discontinued, and it has been replaced by the MBuntu Transformation Pack for Ubuntu 14.04-17.04. The MBuntu Transformation Pack transforms the default Unity or GNOME desktop environment into a desktop environment theme which resembles Mac OS X Yosemite.

The Themes Collection by NoobsLab PPA has an interesting selection of themes for Ubuntu, including MBuntu. The same PPA has a selection of theme packages resembling MAC OS X Lion for Ubuntu 12.04-18.04. To add this PPA to your software sources, open the terminal and run the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
sudo apt-get update

Then you can install any of five different MBuntu packages or any of nine different Mac OS X theme packages for Ubuntu 12.04 from the Ubuntu Software Center.

Features

  • Themes are shiny, smooth, fast, and look like the latest Mac
  • Mac Boot Splash auto configuration
  • Mac theme for LightDM-webkit auto configuration
  • Separate GTK themes for each desktop (Unity, Gnome Classic, Linux Mint)
  • Latest icon set
  • Auto set themes and icons script
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