First, you will need git, most of you will already have this installed, but still execute the command:
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sudo apt-get install git
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git clone https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon.git
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cd Cinnamon
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get install libfolks-dev gnome-common libxml++2.6-dev libtelepathy-glib-dev libgtk-3-dev libnm-glib-dev libmutter-dev libsoup-gnome2.4-dev libgnome-menu-3-dev libgirepository1.0-dev libcanberra-gtk3-dev libgnome-keyring-dev libpolkit-agent-1-dev libtelepathy-logger-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libgjs-dev libcroco3-dev libgconf2-dev libgnome-desktop-3-dev libpulse-dev libecal1.2-dev libedataserverui-3.0-dev
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sudo autogen.sh
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sudo make
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sudo make install
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sudo Cinnamon --replace
If you want to start it using the login manager, install the cinnamon-session package:
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sudo apt-get install cinnamon-session
Greetz!
Arrow2Knee