How to Install and Uninstall mate-desktop Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "mate-desktop" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install mate-desktop on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall mate-desktop on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mate-desktop package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: mate-desktop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.24.0-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
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: 112
Depends: hicolor-icon-theme, libmate-desktop-2-17 (>= 1.10.0), mate-desktop-common (= 1.24.0-2), libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.50.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0)
Recommends: mate-user-guide
Suggests: mate-desktop-environment
Breaks: mate-desktop-gnome
Replaces: mate-desktop-gnome
Filename: pool/universe/m/mate-desktop/mate-desktop_1.24.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 24084
MD5sum: 70aac3ac7046e73268da0471898d0a71
SHA1: 3405ab84f86ddd8854d2837a0b160542f4d3e20d
SHA256: 4514cda0bd05b536a213c417ffc826e0e545fabcbadc7c8e46cb95ea79bf1ec2
Homepage: http://www.mate-desktop.org/
Description: Library with common API for various MATE modules
Description-md5: 6d7d3150b8e89c4689a4a7170fbe0634
Task: ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop