How To Install libmate-window-settings1 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libmate-window-settings1 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libmate-window-settings1 is utilities to configure the MATE desktop (window settings library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmate-window-settings1 on Debian 12.

What is libmate-window-settings1

libmate-window-settings1 is:

The MATE control center contains configuration applets for the MATE desktop, allowing to set accessibility configuration, desktop fonts, keyboard and mouse properties, sound setup, desktop theme and background, user interface properties, screen resolution, and other MATE parameters.

This package contains the MATE window settings library for MATE control center.

There are three methods to install libmate-window-settings1 on Debian 12. 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-window-settings1 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-window-settings1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmate-window-settings1

Install libmate-window-settings1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmate-window-settings1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmate-window-settings1

Install libmate-window-settings1 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-window-settings1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmate-window-settings1

How To Uninstall libmate-window-settings1 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libmate-window-settings1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmate-window-settings1

Uninstall libmate-window-settings1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmate-window-settings1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmate-window-settings1

Remove libmate-window-settings1 Configurations and Data

To remove libmate-window-settings1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmate-window-settings1

Remove libmate-window-settings1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmate-window-settings1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmate-window-settings1

Dependencies

libmate-window-settings1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmate-window-settings1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.