How To Install mate-desktop-environment-extras on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-desktop-environment-extras on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• mate-desktop-environment

References

• mate-desktop-environment-extras website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-desktop-environment-extras package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.