Installing cinnamon

[Steve Pearce]

On 08/12/12 02:08, JD wrote:
> The cinnamon web page
> https://launchpad.net/~gwendal-lebihan-dev/+archive/cinnamon-stable?field.series_filter=quantal
> 
> asks the user to:
> add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable
> 
> Which I did.So I thought that's all I need in order to proceed
> and issue
> 
> apt-get -y install cinnamon
> 
> Well, it could not find it, and the web page does not elucidate
> any further.
> 

JD

You added the cinnamon PPA, but forgot to update your package lists.

Try:

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install cinnamon

I don't know much about Cinnamon, but I suspect it'll be available to
select at the login screen as an alternative to Unity.

stevepdp