Why can't I upgrade Linux Mint 15 from Cinnamon 1.8.8 to Cinnamon 2.0, and how do I fix it?

Question

So Cinnamon 2.0 is out, and I've followed the steps people have given for upgrading.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

This however doesn't work. It says I'm already on the newest version. I've tried doing this from a different DE, but that also didn't work. I don't appear to have any held packages in apt, so that's not the problem.

Do I need to uninstall Cinnamon and reinstall it? Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks.

Solution 1

I fixed this by adding

Package: *
Pin: release o=LP-PPA-gwendal-lebihan-dev-cinnamon-stable
Pin-Priority: 800

to the file in etc/apt/ called preferences (Increase 800 to whatever is higher than everything else)

I also had to install muffin and nemo (from that PPA) to get it to run...

However - I'm having other problems now with muffin not launching.

Solution 2

If the version you want is actually in the repositories, you can install a specific version with this command:

apt-get install cinnamon=2.0.2-20131011040008-raring

Comments

[gryftir]

It shows three versions. pastebin of output I also tried install and upgrade commands.

[terdon]

@gryftir OK, and what does sudo apt-get install cinnamon do?

[gryftir]

alright... can I do that and then restore it, and if so, how do I do it?

[gryftir]

I already got Jacob's answer to work for me, before you updated. I've upvoted you but I haven't accepted your answer. If another person uses your solution and it works, I will accept it.

[Tamsyn Michael]

These are the files that are automatically installed: cinnamon-bluetooth cinnamon-desktop-data cinnamon-session cinnamon-settings-daemon cinnamon-translations cjs gir1.2-cinnamondesktop-3.0 libcinnamon-desktop0 libcjs0c libopencv-calib3d2.4 libopencv-core2.4 libopencv-features2d2.4 libopencv-flann2.4 libopencv-highgui2.4 libopencv-imgproc2.4 libopencv-legacy2.4 libopencv-ml2.4 libopencv-objdetect2.4 libopencv-photo2.4 libopencv-video2.4 python-opencv

[Tamsyn Michael]

The following packages were upgraded: cinnamon cinnamon-common cinnamon-control-center cinnamon-control-center-data cinnamon-screensaver gir1.2-muffin-3.0 libcinnamon-control-center1 libmuffin0 libnemo-extension1 mdm muffin-common nemo nemo-data nemo-dropbox nemo-fileroller nemo-share