Install Cinnamon 2.4.8 Desktop Environment on Ubuntu Systems. How to install Cinnamon 2.4.8 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17.1 and Derivatives.
To install Cinnamon 2.4.8 Desktop Environment on Linux Mint 17.1, simply perform system upgrade. Run the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Cinnamon 2.4.8 Desktop Environment is available via PPA for Ubuntu Systems. Run the following commands in Terminal to install the Cinnamon 2.4.8 Desktop Environment:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tsvetko.tsvetkov/cinnamon
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon
To install Cinnamon 2.4.8 on Arch Linux, run the command:
sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S cinnamon