How To Install mate-user-guide on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-user-guide on Kali Linux.

What is mate-user-guide

mate-user-guide 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.

This package contains the user guide for MATE Desktop Environment and its main applications.

There are three methods to install mate-user-guide on Kali Linux. 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-user-guide 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-user-guide using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mate-user-guide

Install mate-user-guide Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mate-user-guide

Install mate-user-guide Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install mate-user-guide

How To Uninstall mate-user-guide on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mate-user-guide

Uninstall mate-user-guide And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mate-user-guide and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-user-guide

Remove mate-user-guide Configurations and Data

To remove mate-user-guide configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mate-user-guide

Remove mate-user-guide configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-user-guide

Dependencies

mate-user-guide have the following dependencies:

• yelp

References

• mate-user-guide website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-user-guide package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.