How To Install mate-dock-applet on Debian 12

Learn how to install mate-dock-applet on Debian 12 with this tutorial. mate-dock-applet is MATE Panel dock applet

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-dock-applet on Debian 12.

What is mate-dock-applet

mate-dock-applet is:

An application dock applet for the MATE panel. The applet allows you to:

  • place a dock on any MATE panel, of any size, on any side of the desktop you desire.
  • pin and unpin apps to the dock
  • rearrange application icons on the dock
  • launch apps by clicking on their icons in the dock
  • minimize/unminimize running app windows by clicking the app’s dock icon
  • detect changes in the current icon theme and update the dock accordingly
  • use an indicator by each app to show when it is running
  • optionally, use multiple indicators for each window an app has open
  • use either a light or dark indicator that it can always be seen no matter what colour the panel is, or turn indicators off altogether
  • change the colour of MATE panels to the dominant colour (i.e. the most common colour) of the desktop wallpaper. The colour can be applied to all panels or just the panel containing the dock.

There are three methods to install mate-dock-applet on Debian 12. 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-dock-applet 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-dock-applet using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mate-dock-applet

Install mate-dock-applet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mate-dock-applet using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mate-dock-applet

Install mate-dock-applet 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-dock-applet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mate-dock-applet

How To Uninstall mate-dock-applet on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove mate-dock-applet

Uninstall mate-dock-applet And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mate-dock-applet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-dock-applet

Remove mate-dock-applet Configurations and Data

To remove mate-dock-applet configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mate-dock-applet

Remove mate-dock-applet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mate-dock-applet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-dock-applet

Dependencies

mate-dock-applet have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-dock-applet package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.