How To Install mate-common on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-common on CentOS 7. mate-common is mate common build files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-common on CentOS 7.

What is mate-common

binaries for building all MATE desktop sub components

We can use yum or dnf to install mate-common on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mate-common.

Install mate-common on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install mate-common

Install mate-common on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install mate-common

How To Uninstall mate-common on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove mate-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-common on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.