How To Install mate-backgrounds on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-backgrounds on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mate-backgrounds
mate-backgrounds is:
This package provides a collection of desktop wallpapers created with MATE users in mind.
The package ships the default MATE backgrounds from various Linux distributions as well as a set of nature photographs suitable as comforting desktop backgrounds.
There are three methods to install mate-backgrounds on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-backgrounds 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-backgrounds using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mate-backgrounds
Install mate-backgrounds Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-backgrounds using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mate-backgrounds
Install mate-backgrounds 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-backgrounds using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mate-backgrounds
How To Uninstall mate-backgrounds on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mate-backgrounds package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mate-backgrounds
Uninstall mate-backgrounds And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mate-backgrounds and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-backgrounds
Remove mate-backgrounds Configurations and Data
To remove mate-backgrounds configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mate-backgrounds
Remove mate-backgrounds configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mate-backgrounds configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-backgrounds
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-backgrounds package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
