How to Install and Uninstall mate-desktop-environment Package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "mate-desktop-environment" package

This tutorial shows how to install mate-desktop-environment on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mate-desktop-environment
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mate-desktop-environment" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall mate-desktop-environment on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mate-desktop-environment
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mate-desktop-environment package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Package: mate-desktop-environment
Source: mint-meta
Version: 2021.11.18
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Clement Lefebvre
Installed-Size: 11
Depends: mint-meta-mate, mate-desktop-environment-core
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Filename: pool/main/m/mint-meta/mate-desktop-environment_2021.11.18_all.deb
Size: 5492
SHA256: 9b5e79a4c70fba9c49608b7409af65c5ecc96579a789567a31ee6731328a045b
SHA1: 9ecacd7d722eec02b9fd97debb624d9c34990681
MD5sum: dfb2e760a5a88b69a1ecd31cfa26f76c
Description: MATE desktop environment - full desktop with extra components
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.
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MATE is under active development to add support for new technologies while
preserving a traditional desktop experience.
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This package installs the standard set of applications that are
part of the official MATE release.
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It also suggests a few non-MATE standard desktop applications like an
internet browser, a mail reader and a network management applet.
Description-md5: 0c0b30c8e9432c9bca623bbe68c6d9e0

Package: mate-desktop-environment
Architecture: all
Version: 1.24.0+1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian+Ubuntu MATE Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 11
Provides: mate
Depends: mate-desktop-environment-core (= 1.24.0+1)
Recommends: atril (>= 1.24), desktop-base | ubuntu-mate-wallpapers, engrampa (>= 1.24), eom (>= 1.24), ffmpegthumbnailer, mate-backgrounds (>= 1.24) | ubuntu-mate-wallpapers, mate-calc (>= 1.24), mate-applet-brisk-menu, mate-applets (>= 1.24), mate-media (>= 1.24), mate-notification-daemon (>= 1.24), mate-power-manager (>= 1.24), mate-screensaver (>= 1.24), mate-system-monitor (>= 1.24), mate-user-guide (>= 1.24), mate-utils (>= 1.24), pluma (>= 1.24)
Suggests: mail-reader | thunderbird, network-manager-gnome, x-www-browser | firefox, mate-desktop-environment-extras (>= 1.24)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mate-desktop-environment/mate-desktop-environment_1.24.0+1_all.deb
Size: 2104
MD5sum: d7191999ed46df192cac09fbb2574033
SHA1: ecbf14c6e6035d11129d5a67d50f60cae1884a14
SHA256: e40c0c356ec65026345989164d1461cc7b3d50784baca44d006005b216d09416
Homepage: http://www.mate-desktop.org/
Description: MATE Desktop Environment (metapackage)
Description-md5: 8105273afc4042ae9495ec264fc266e6