How To Install mate-desktop on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-desktop on Ubuntu 20.04. mate-desktop is Library with common API for various MATE modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-desktop on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is mate-desktop

mate-desktop is:

The MATE component mate-desktop contains the libmate-desktop library, the mate-about program, as well as some desktop-wide documents.

The libmate-desktop library provides an API shared by several applications on the desktop, but that cannot live in the platform for various reasons.

The mate-about program helps with finding which version of MATE is installed.

NOTE: This package does not install the complete MATE desktop environment for you. The full desktop environment can be installed via the metapackage mate-desktop-environment. Task: ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop

There are three methods to install mate-desktop on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-desktop 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-desktop using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mate-desktop

Install mate-desktop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mate-desktop

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

sudo aptitude -y install mate-desktop

How To Uninstall mate-desktop on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove mate-desktop

Uninstall mate-desktop And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mate-desktop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-desktop

Remove mate-desktop Configurations and Data

To remove mate-desktop configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mate-desktop

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-desktop package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.