How do I install cinnamon in Linux Mint?

Question

How do I install the desktop cinnamon in Linux Mint? I have all the repositories added but I don't see cinnamon anywhere. Is there a location that the actual debian package can be found?

Answer 1

Check the third post on this link. You have to enable the unstable repository also in synaptic.

Hope this helps

Answer 2

Are you running Mint 12? Because Cinnamon won't be compatible with anything older, as it's based on Gnome 3.



Cinnamon is in the standard Mint 12 repository, no ppa needed.



Package name "cinnamon".



Edit: You're running it in Live mode, it isn't installed? Huh. Cinnamon wasn't in the Mint 12 repos when Lisa was released, it hadn't been developed yet. Have you refreshed the repositories (sudo apt-get update)? Cinnamon (and other new packages as well) might not show up in a Live session without manual refreshing things.



BTW, "MATE" isn't the default Mint 12 environment, Gnome Shell or MGSE is; double check to see if all the right desktops are available on your iso. Cinnamon depends on Gnome Shell, so if it isn't present that might be your culprit.



You can try installing it from the ppa:



sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install cinnamon



I'm posting this from Cinnamon on Ubuntu 11.10 using the above.

Answer 3

It sounds such as you used the constrained drivers supervisor? The proproetary ATI drivers suck. basically open the constrained drivers supervisor and disable the proprietary ATI driving force, then reboot and the everyday driving force will could be in use returned. If now no longer basically run the command: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg And fixed xorg employing the known ATI driving force