How To Install mate-desktop-environment on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-desktop-environment
on Kali Linux.
What is mate-desktop-environment
mate-desktop-environment 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 the standard set of applications that are part of the official MATE release.
It also suggests a few non-MATE standard desktop applications like an internet browser, a mail reader and a network management applet.
There are three methods to install mate-desktop-environment
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 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install mate-desktop-environment
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install mate-desktop-environment Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install mate-desktop-environment
using apt
by running the following command:
Install mate-desktop-environment 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.
After updating apt database, We can install mate-desktop-environment
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall mate-desktop-environment on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the mate-desktop-environment
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall mate-desktop-environment And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mate-desktop-environment
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove mate-desktop-environment Configurations and Data
To remove mate-desktop-environment
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove mate-desktop-environment configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mate-desktop-environment
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
mate-desktop-environment have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-desktop-environment
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.