How to install Cinnamon on Kubuntu 12.10

My first question after installing Kubuntu 12.10 was can I install Cinnamon on Kubuntu 12.10? The answer is YES. We can easily install Cinnamon 1.6.2 on Kubuntu 12.10. This tutorial is going to show you how to install Cinnamon on Kubuntu 12.10. Cinnamon is a pretty desktop for Linux and Cinnamon is may favorite desktop manager currently.

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Steps to install Cinnamon 1.6.2 on Kubuntu 12.10

1. Edit file /etc/apt/sources.list and add the following lines:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable/ubuntu quantal main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable/ubuntu quantal main

 

2. Now update Kubuntu

sudo apt-get update

3. Install cinnamon

sudo apt-get install cinnamon

And reboot or log out after installation finished and enjoy Cinnamon on Kubuntu 12.10

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2 comments

doesn't work, running kubuntu 12.04.2 lts

doesn't work, running kubuntu 12.04.2 lts