How To Install libmate-desktop-2-17 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmate-desktop-2-17 on Debian 11.
What is libmate-desktop-2-17
libmate-desktop-2-17 is:
The MATE component mate-desktop contains the libmate-desktop library, the mate-about program, as well as some desktop-wide documents.
The libmate-desktop library provides an API shared by several applications on the desktop, but that cannot live in the platform for various reasons.
The package contains the actual mate-desktop library.
There are three methods to install libmate-desktop-2-17 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmate-desktop-2-17 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmate-desktop-2-17 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmate-desktop-2-17
Install libmate-desktop-2-17 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmate-desktop-2-17 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmate-desktop-2-17
Install libmate-desktop-2-17 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 libmate-desktop-2-17 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmate-desktop-2-17
How To Uninstall libmate-desktop-2-17 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libmate-desktop-2-17 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmate-desktop-2-17
Uninstall libmate-desktop-2-17 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmate-desktop-2-17 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmate-desktop-2-17
Remove libmate-desktop-2-17 Configurations and Data
To remove libmate-desktop-2-17 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmate-desktop-2-17
Remove libmate-desktop-2-17 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmate-desktop-2-17 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmate-desktop-2-17
Dependencies
libmate-desktop-2-17 have the following dependencies:
- iso-codes
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libdconf1
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libstartup-notification0
- libx11-6
- libxrandr2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmate-desktop-2-17 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
