This tutorial will show you how to install Cinnamon on Linux Mint 13 MATE. No matter which Linux Mint 13 version you are currently running (MATE or Cinnamon), you can easily add or install cinnamon desktop to Linux Mint 13 MATE. Since Cinnamon is available on Linux Mint repository, we can easily install Cinnamon using command line or Synaptic Package Manager.
To install Cinnamon on Linux Mint 13, please follow this guide below.
A. Via Synaptic Package Manager (GUI)
To do this, open Synaptic Package Manager and type Cinnamon on the search box. Then, click cinnamon and press Install to start installing. Make sure you have a good internet connection since it needs to download many packages from the net.
B. Via Terminal (command line)
You can type the following command to install Cinnamon on Linux Mint 13.
sudo apt-get install cinnamon
Its pretty simple right? Next, log out and select Cinnamon from the Session list. Thanks for reading this post how to install cinnamon on Linux mint 13. I hope this useful.