I-Cinnamon isibe enye yezindlela ezingcono kakhulu zoku Igobolondo le-Gnome, ngenxa yokuthi isibuyisela ukuhlelwa kwendabuko kwezinto zeDeskithophu, ezinenguqulo ezintsha ze I-Gnome balahlekile.
Lo mbhalo ngiwophule kusayithi le- Umphakathi weLinuxMint, ngoba ingasisiza ukuhlanganisa inguqulo yakamuva ye I-Cinnamon etholakala ku- I-Github, noma nini lapho sinesikhathi esincane noma sihlushwa i-acute versionitis. 
Faka amakhosombe we-APT
- Vula ifayela /etc/apt/source.list
- Kulayini ngamunye we-deb, sifaka umugqa ofanayo ongena esikhundleni i-deb por i-deb-src.
Isibonelo, le yindlela okufanele ibe ngayo ku- I-Linux Mint 13:
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com maya main upstream import
deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com maya main upstream import
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
Faka wonke amaphakheji adingekayo ukuhlanganisa iMuffin neCinnamon.
Ku-terminal:
apt update
apt install dpkg-dev
apt build-dep muffin
apt build-dep cinnamon
Thola ikhodi yakamuva ye-git kaMuffin neCinnamon.
Ku-terminal:
git clone git://github.com/linuxmint/muffin.git
git clone git://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon.git
Hlanganisa bese ufaka iMuffin entsha
Ku-terminal:
cd muffin
dpkg-buildpackage
Okulandelayo, qiniseka ukufaka amaphakheji osanda kuwakha, ikakhulukazi:
- libmuffin-dev
- gir1.2-muffin-3.0
- libmuffin0
- i-muffin (akudingekile ukuhlanganisa iCinnamon, kodwa kungenzeka futhi uma iMuffin isivele ifakiwe kusistimu yakho)
- muffin-ezivamile
Ukufaka lokhu, ungasebenzisa i- "dpkg -i" esigungwini. Uma ucabanga ukuthi awekho amanye amaphakheji wesikweletu enkombeni, ungathayipha i- "sudo dpkg -i * .deb".
Hlanganisa bese ufaka iCinnamon entsha.
Ku-terminal:
cd Cinnamon
./autogen.sh
dpkg-buildpackage
Lokhu kukhiqiza ifayili lesinamoni deb kumkhombandlela wabazali, ongafakwa nge-gdebi noma i-dpkg-i.
Ongakukhetha: Yakha igatsha elizinzile
Imiyalo engenhla eyokuhlanganisa iMuffin neCinnamon evela egatsheni labo elithi "master", elingazinzile ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ukuhlanganisa igatsha elizinzile, okulandelayo kuyadingeka (kwe-muffin nesinamoni):
cd muffin
git checkout -b stable origin/stable
dpkg-buildpackage
Futhi neCinnamon:
cd Cinnamon
git checkout -b stable origin/stable
./autogen.sh
dpkg-buildpackage
Qaphela ukuthi ngesikhathi sokubhala lesi sifundo, uMuffin akanalo igatsha elizinzile okwamanje, nokuthi iCinnamon 1.4 UP3 (egatsheni elizinzile) kufanele ihlanganiswe neMuffin 1.0.3-UP1 (sebenzisa lesi sixhumanisi ukusilanda esikhundleni se-git: https://github.com/linuxmint/muffin/tags )