Cinnamon DE

[Keith]

On 10/28/25 12:40 AM, Grizzly via ubuntu-users wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I trying to assist a friend with adding (for now) cinnamon DE to his Noble
> default Gnome install
> 
> I checked the repos (and had him do the same)
> 
> sudo apt update
> sudo apt-cache policy cinnamon-desktop-enviroment
> 
> we both got exactly the same positive output, so then
> 
> sudo apt install cinnamon-desktop-enviroment
> 
> now the results were different, here I got the usual checks then a (very long)
> list of files that "would / should / could" be installed (I choose not to go
> further)
> 
> but my friend only got as far as the checks then
> 
> E: cinnamon-desktop=enviroment package not found (or similar wording)
> 
> confused I had him the copy paste the "cinnamon-desktop-enviroment" part from
> the first command (to rule out a typo) after "sudo apt install", but that made
> no difference
> 
> we then went through our other settings (which server we were using etc) all
> were the same here and there

According to Canonical's server status page
https://status.canonical.com, there were outages late last night (CDT) 
and early this morning affecting archive.ubuntu.com and 
security.ubuntu.com. If your friend tried to connect to the servers at 
those times while their connectivity status was in flux it may have 
caused the issue.

Also, any mirrors that are supposed to be sync'ed during that period 
would also be affected.

> 
> I'm out of ideas, the only difference is I'm using Ubuntu-Unity where he has
> (as above) the "default" Gnome? install
> 
> any ideas please
> 

-- 
Keith