How To Install mate-screensaver on Debian 10

Learn how to install mate-screensaver on Debian 10 with this tutorial. mate-screensaver is MATE screen saver and locker

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-screensaver on Debian 10.

What is mate-screensaver

mate-screensaver is:

mate-screensaver is a screen saver and locker that aims to have simple, sane and secure defaults, and be well integrated with the MATE desktop.

It is designed to support, among other things:

  • the ability to lock down configuration settings
  • translation into other languages
  • user switching

There are three methods to install mate-screensaver on Debian 10. 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-screensaver 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-screensaver using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mate-screensaver

Install mate-screensaver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mate-screensaver

Install mate-screensaver 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-screensaver using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mate-screensaver

How To Uninstall mate-screensaver on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove mate-screensaver

Uninstall mate-screensaver And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mate-screensaver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-screensaver

Remove mate-screensaver Configurations and Data

To remove mate-screensaver configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mate-screensaver

Remove mate-screensaver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-screensaver

Dependencies

mate-screensaver have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-screensaver package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.