How To Install mate-desktop-environment-extras on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-desktop-environment-extras
on Debian 9.
What is mate-desktop-environment-extras
mate-desktop-environment-extras is:
The MATE Desktop Environment is the continuation of GNOME 2. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.
MATE is under active development to add support for new technologies while preserving a traditional desktop experience.
This package installs an extra set of MATE components that are also part of the official MATE release.
There are three methods to install mate-desktop-environment-extras
on Debian 9. 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-desktop-environment-extras 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-desktop-environment-extras
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mate-desktop-environment-extras
Install mate-desktop-environment-extras Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-desktop-environment-extras
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mate-desktop-environment-extras
Install mate-desktop-environment-extras 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-desktop-environment-extras
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mate-desktop-environment-extras
How To Uninstall mate-desktop-environment-extras on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mate-desktop-environment-extras
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mate-desktop-environment-extras
Uninstall mate-desktop-environment-extras And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mate-desktop-environment-extras
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-desktop-environment-extras
Remove mate-desktop-environment-extras Configurations and Data
To remove mate-desktop-environment-extras
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mate-desktop-environment-extras
Remove mate-desktop-environment-extras configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mate-desktop-environment-extras
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-desktop-environment-extras
Dependencies
mate-desktop-environment-extras have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-desktop-environment-extras
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.