How To Install mate-panel-common on Debian 10

Learn how to install mate-panel-common on Debian 10 with this tutorial. mate-panel-common is launcher and docking facility for MATE (common files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-panel-common on Debian 10.

What is mate-panel-common

mate-panel-common is:

The MATE Panel is an essential part of the MATE Desktop, providing toolbar-like ??panels?? which can be attached to the sides of your desktop. They are used to launch applications and embed a number of other functions, such as quick launch icons, the clock, the notification area, volume controls and the battery charge indicator, and utilities ranging from weather forecast to system monitoring.

This package contains the architecture independent files.

There are three methods to install mate-panel-common on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mate-panel-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mate-panel-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mate-panel-common

Install mate-panel-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mate-panel-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mate-panel-common

Install mate-panel-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mate-panel-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mate-panel-common

How To Uninstall mate-panel-common on Debian 10

To uninstall only the mate-panel-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mate-panel-common

Uninstall mate-panel-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mate-panel-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-panel-common

Remove mate-panel-common Configurations and Data

To remove mate-panel-common configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mate-panel-common

Remove mate-panel-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mate-panel-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-panel-common

Dependencies

mate-panel-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-panel-common package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.