Some have asked about installing Linux Mint Fluxbox CE on other versions of Linux Mint. This is not officially supported. However, I have tried to keep this in mind while I was building this edition. I have not tested this and so I cannot guarantee that it will work flawlessly.
[EDIT] A separate 5GB partition is more than enough to install this edition. Plus you avoid many hassles and possible problems.
This is how I would recommend you go about it:
1. Enable the Community repositories. Uncomment this line in /etc/apt/sources.list
2. Update the aptdeb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ felicia community
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install mint-meta-fluxbox
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sudo apt-get install mintdesktop-fluxbox mint-artwork-fluxbox mint-fluxbox-default-settings mint-fm2 mintconfig-fluxbox
4. If you wish to use Slim as your display manager (the log in manager) instead of GDM the run:
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sudo apt-get install slim
5. Reboot your machine and select startmintfluxbox from the list of sessions. Or if you are using Slim press F1 until you get startmintfluxbox. Do not select the default Fluxbox session which is called startfluxbox.
6. Log in and enjoy!
Let me know if you face any problems.