How to Install and Uninstall mate-desktop-environment Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "mate-desktop-environment" package

Please follow the guidance below to install mate-desktop-environment on Debian 10 (Buster)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install mate-desktop-environment

2. Uninstall "mate-desktop-environment" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall mate-desktop-environment on Debian 10 (Buster):

$ sudo apt remove mate-desktop-environment $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the mate-desktop-environment package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: mate-desktop-environment
Version: 1.20.0+5
Installed-Size: 11
Maintainer: Debian+Ubuntu MATE Packaging Team
Architecture: all
Provides: mate
Depends: mate-desktop-environment-core (= 1.20.0+5)
Recommends: atril (>= 1.20), desktop-base | ubuntu-mate-wallpapers, engrampa (>= 1.20), eom (>= 1.20), ffmpegthumbnailer, mate-backgrounds (>= 1.20) | ubuntu-mate-wallpapers, mate-calc (>= 1.20), mate-applet-brisk-menu, mate-applets (>= 1.20), mate-icon-theme-faenza (>= 1.20), mate-media (>= 1.20), mate-notification-daemon (>= 1.20), mate-power-manager (>= 1.20), mate-screensaver (>= 1.20), mate-system-monitor (>= 1.20), mate-user-guide (>= 1.20), mate-utils (>= 1.20), pluma (>= 1.20)
Suggests: mail-reader | thunderbird, network-manager-gnome, x-www-browser | firefox, mate-desktop-environment-extras (>= 1.20)
Description: MATE Desktop Environment (metapackage)
Description-md5: 8105273afc4042ae9495ec264fc266e6
Homepage: http://www.mate-desktop.org/
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mate-desktop-environment/mate-desktop-environment_1.20.0+5_all.deb
Size: 5664
MD5sum: 34e65e73e7b2f7943c17d1ce83f29dc7
SHA256: 72dd8e94b5b62b8413bc80384e63c7c0cb0d260145336b00f9e1e61ec861b387