How To Install mate-user-guide on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-user-guide on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 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-user-guide using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mate-user-guide
How To Uninstall mate-user-guide on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-user-guide package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
