How To Install mate-desktop-environment on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-desktop-environment on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-desktop-environment 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mate-desktop-environment
Install mate-desktop-environment Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-desktop-environment using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mate-desktop-environment
Install mate-desktop-environment 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-desktop-environment using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mate-desktop-environment
How To Uninstall mate-desktop-environment on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mate-desktop-environment package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mate-desktop-environment
Uninstall mate-desktop-environment And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mate-desktop-environment and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-desktop-environment
Remove mate-desktop-environment Configurations and Data
To remove mate-desktop-environment configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mate-desktop-environment
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:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-desktop-environment
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-desktop-environment package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
