How to Install and Uninstall mate-desktop Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "mate-desktop" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mate-desktop on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall mate-desktop on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mate-desktop package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: mate-desktop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.26.2-1
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: 111
Depends: hicolor-icon-theme, libmate-desktop-2-17 (>= 1.10.0), mate-desktop-common (= 1.26.2-1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.50.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22.0)
Recommends: mate-user-guide
Suggests: mate-desktop-environment
Breaks: mate-desktop-gnome
Replaces: mate-desktop-gnome
Filename: pool/universe/m/mate-desktop/mate-desktop_1.26.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 27620
MD5sum: 8e9930c3e37f1a52a73fc79f6a6b5b2d
SHA1: cb98902467a2ca05589f70a7ae847984216148d7
SHA256: 9b7c0aecad428c694c0c83b55dbfe51b436111b1a9e9dc31fdd2bcdc3c4d183b
SHA512: 5756d386354e2c7f77271478b1004ad01c4ab68c4a21f31bcaf2270d9890e510d21af5ae0d73d2fc9563c652f5e723a8e9cf455ce1c69a8d2fb1b6fda2cec4aa
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