(SOLVED)Debian Wheezy-Cinnamon/Gnome3 to LMDE?

[joemartin]

Is this possible?

I would like to do this conversion but can't find a tutorial?

Thanks.

[kurotsugi]

honestly, I forgot cinnamon's dependency. you'll need to check it by yourself. if you're running wheezy you can follow these steps
1. add this line to your sources.list 'deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import backport'
2. run 'sudo apt-get update'
3. run 'sudo aptitude -s install cinnamon'

don't worry, it won't install anything. it only run a simulation and tell us whether if cinnamon is installable on wheezy or not. if everything is ok you can run 'sudo aptitude install cinnamon' for real installation.

[joemartin]

My Wheezy DE is Cinnamon. I have already installed that.

I am just looking to convert a current Cinnamon Wheezy to LMDE???

[kurotsugi]

oops, sorry for the misunderstanding. first of all you'll need to add this lines to your sources.list then run 'sudo apt-get update'

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deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free

for a complete upgrade 'sudo aptitude dist-upgrade'.

one important note is, do it with your own risk. there's no guarantee that your system will survive after upgrade. there are several packages should not upgraded and you'll also need to read this http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 8&t=146220. the safest way to get LMDE is install the iso then do upgrade to UP7.

[Monsta]

1. Set the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list to this:

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   deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
   deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
   deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
   deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free

2. Set the contents of /etc/apt/preferences to this:

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   Package: *
   Pin: release o=linuxmint
   Pin-Priority: 700
   
   Package: *
   Pin: origin packages.linuxmint.com
   Pin-Priority: 700
   
   Package: *
   Pin: release o=Debian
   Pin-Priority: 500

3. Update the package index:

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   sudo apt-get update

4. Install GnuPG key of the Linux Mint repository:

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   sudo apt-get install linuxmint-keyring

   and set the contents of /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80mintupdate-debian to this:

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   Acquire::Check-Valid-Until "false";

5. Update the package index once again:

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   sudo apt-get update

6. (optional) Install mint-debian-mirrors to use the fastest mirror available in your area:

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   sudo apt-get install mint-debian-mirrors

7. (optional but recommended) Install inxi, the system information script:

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   sudo apt-get install inxi

8. (optional but present in the default LMDE installation) Install a few additional LMDE-specific packages:

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   sudo apt-get install mint-meta-debian-cinnamon mint-info-debian-cinnamon

   The first one is a meta-package that will pull in a few more packages.
9. Upgrade your system to the latest Update Pack:

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   sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

[Monsta]

Additional note: the thread's title implies that you have both Cinnamon and Gnome Shell installed. If that's true, you should know that in Update Pack 7 you can have only one of them. Read Update Pack notes for more info.

This situation is temporary and should be resolved later when Cinnamon 2.0 comes to LMDE.

[joemartin]

Thanks again, Monsta.

If I have both Cinnamon and Gnome 3 with Wheezy I am assuming safest thing to do before I start this is remove Cinnamon while Wheezy is installed and then re-install it after process is complete and LMDE conversion complete?

[Monsta]

Why? You don't need to remove/reinstall Cinnamon.

[kurotsugi]

if you uninstall cinnamon, it won't get installed again after UP7.

[Monsta]

Not necessarily - it all depends on the version of gjs and the presence of either libgjs0b or libgjs0c.