How To Install mate-settings-daemon-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-settings-daemon-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. mate-settings-daemon-dev is daemon handling the MATE session settings (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-settings-daemon-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is mate-settings-daemon-dev

mate-settings-daemon-dev 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.

This package contains the development files for building mate-settings-daemon plugins.

There are three methods to install mate-settings-daemon-dev 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-settings-daemon-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install mate-settings-daemon-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

sudo aptitude -y install mate-settings-daemon-dev

How To Uninstall mate-settings-daemon-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove mate-settings-daemon-dev

Uninstall mate-settings-daemon-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mate-settings-daemon-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

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

Remove mate-settings-daemon-dev Configurations and Data

To remove mate-settings-daemon-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-settings-daemon-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.