How do I install the Cinnamon desktop environment

[aaoaa]

I have KDE Plasma and want to install the Cinnamon desktop environment alongside it.
After entering this command:
sudo pacman -S cinnamon system-config-printer gnome-keyring blueberry cinnamon-translations

It installs, and after restarting the system and selecting it, it doesn’t work. Only some desktop icons appear, and if I open one of them, for example, the file manager, the window’s close, maximize, and minimize buttons do not appear at the top.
What should I do?

[dalto]

You are probably missing some packages.

This file has all the packages we install for cinnamon if you scroll down to the Cinnamon section.

Alternatively, you could install and use the program eos-packagelist to install those packages.

[ddnn]

I don’t fully agree with it for WMs specifically, but…

@dalto

Install only a single DE/WM - You only need one, trust me. Most of us go through a phase of having multiple DEs/WMs. It can be fun at first to try out a bunch and switch between them. However, most of us also learn three things in that process. Having more than one causes lots of little inconsistencies since they tend to step on each other in small ways, it actually isn’t a great way to test DEs because you are introducing breakage that otherwise wouldn’t be there and, lastly, you never really know if the issues you see are caused by a bug or the fact that you have/had multiple DEs installed. Use a VM or a second machine to test new DEs. Also, you don’t need a “backup DE”.

[drunkenvicar]

dont dont dont dont dont dont dont dont install Cinnamon from KDE. It would never cross my mind. This has never went well for me.

You obviously have a partition. Now reformat it, put in an iso of endeavour from usb, then do the network install where you can pick Cinnamon and install fresh.

just like my opinion, man

[UncleSpellbinder]

Two DEs are not a good idea. Whenever I get that feeling to change DEs, I do a fresh install after backing things up.