How To Install mate-settings-daemon on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-settings-daemon on Debian 9. mate-settings-daemon is daemon handling the MATE session settings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-settings-daemon on Debian 9.

What is mate-settings-daemon

mate-settings-daemon is:

This package contains the daemon which is responsible for setting the various parameters of a MATE session and the applications that run under it. It handles the following kinds of settings:

  • Keyboard: layout, accessibility options, shortcuts, media keys
  • Clipboard management
  • Theming: background, icons, GTK+ applications
  • Cleanup of unused files
  • Mouse: cursors, speed, accessibility options
  • Startup of other daemons: screensaver, sound daemon
  • Typing break

It also sets various application settings through X resources and freedesktop.org XSETTINGS.

There are three methods to install mate-settings-daemon on Debian 9. 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-settings-daemon 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-settings-daemon using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mate-settings-daemon

Install mate-settings-daemon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mate-settings-daemon

Install mate-settings-daemon 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-settings-daemon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mate-settings-daemon

How To Uninstall mate-settings-daemon on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove mate-settings-daemon

Uninstall mate-settings-daemon And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mate-settings-daemon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-settings-daemon

Remove mate-settings-daemon Configurations and Data

To remove mate-settings-daemon configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mate-settings-daemon

Remove mate-settings-daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-settings-daemon

Dependencies

mate-settings-daemon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-settings-daemon package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.