I built a new openSUSE Xfce system. As soon as it was built, I went to this URL (https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Cinnamon), copied the two lines of code for Leap 15 into a file, and executed it, but it failed:
meme@linux-i7zy:~> ls -al
total 156
drwxr-xr-x 17 meme users 4096 May 16 12:31 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 16 12:24 ..
-rw------- 1 meme users 0 May 16 12:24 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 meme users 1177 May 16 12:24 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x 2 meme users 4096 May 16 12:24 bin
drwxr-xr-x 7 meme users 4096 May 16 12:29 .cache
-rw-r--r-- 1 meme users 168 May 16 12:31 cinn
drwx------ 12 meme users 4096 May 16 12:31 .config
drwxr-xr-x 2 meme users 4096 May 16 12:26 Desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 meme users 43 May 16 12:26 .dmrc
drwxr-xr-x 2 meme users 4096 May 16 12:26 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 2 meme users 4096 May 16 12:26 Downloads
-rw-r--r-- 1 meme users 1637 May 16 12:24 .emacs
-rw------- 1 meme users 16 May 16 12:26 .esd_auth
drwxr-xr-x 2 meme users 4096 May 16 12:24 .fonts
-rw-r--r-- 1 meme users 18517 May 16 12:24 .gnu-emacs
-rw-r--r-- 1 meme users 73 May 16 12:24 .i18n
-rw------- 1 meme users 334 May 16 12:29 .ICEauthority
-rw-r--r-- 1 meme users 861 May 16 12:24 .inputrc
drwx------ 3 meme users 4096 May 16 12:26 .local
drwx------ 5 meme users 4096 May 16 12:29 .mozilla
drwxr-xr-x 2 meme users 4096 May 16 12:26 Music
-rw-r--r-- 1 meme users 6043 May 16 12:24 .muttrc
drwxr-xr-x 2 meme users 4096 May 16 12:26 Pictures
-rw-r--r-- 1 meme users 1028 May 16 12:24 .profile
drwxr-xr-x 2 meme users 4096 May 16 12:26 Public
drwxr-xr-x 2 meme users 4096 May 16 12:26 Templates
drwxr-xr-x 3 meme users 4096 May 16 12:30 .thumbnails
-rw-r--r-- 1 meme users 311 May 16 12:24 .urlview
drwxr-xr-x 2 meme users 4096 May 16 12:26 Videos
-rw------- 1 meme users 55 May 16 12:28 .Xauthority
-rw-r--r-- 1 meme users 1951 May 16 12:24 .xim.template
-rwxr-xr-x 1 meme users 1112 May 16 12:24 .xinitrc.template
-rw------- 1 meme users 1417 May 16 12:29 .xsession-errors
-rw------- 1 meme users 2032 May 16 12:27 .xsession-errors.old
meme@linux-i7zy:~> chmod 777 cinn
meme@linux-i7zy:~> sudo ./cinn
We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.
[sudo] password for root:
Unknown option 'q'
Repository 'openSUSE-Leap-15.0-1' is up to date.
Repository 'openSUSE-Leap-15.0-Non-Oss' is up to date.
Repository 'openSUSE-Leap-15.0-Update' is up to date.
Repository 'openSUSE-Leap-15.0-Update-Non-Oss' is up to date.
All repositories have been refreshed.
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
'cinnamon' not found in package names. Trying capabilities.
No provider of 'cinnamon' found.
Resolving package dependencies...
Nothing to do.
meme@linux-i7zy:~> cat cinn
zypper ar -qry http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/Cinnamon:/Current/openSUSE_Leap_15.0/X11:Cinnamon:Current.repo
zypper ref && zypper in -t pattern cinnamon
meme@linux-i7zy:~>
Then I used the One-click Install link for Leap 15. It appeared to install properly, but at the very end it said that two applications, Thunderbird and another one, could not be installed.
I rebooted and looked at the selector (sorry, I don’t know the proper name) for choosing different desktops, only to find two different ones for Cinnamon, along with Xfce and two minimalist desktops.