How to Install and Uninstall libmate-desktop-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 30,2024

1. Install "libmate-desktop-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libmate-desktop-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libmate-desktop-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libmate-desktop-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libmate-desktop-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libmate-desktop-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libmate-desktop-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 111
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: MATE Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: mate-desktop
Version: 1.12.1-1
Replaces: libmatedesktop-dev
Depends: libdconf-dev, libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev, libgtk2.0-dev, libmate-desktop-2-17 (= 1.12.1-1), libstartup-notification0-dev
Breaks: libmatedesktop-dev
Filename: pool/universe/m/mate-desktop/libmate-desktop-dev_1.12.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 15092
MD5sum: 17311eff0958e0b515888660b4403c73
SHA1: a86cdeca4506e8069cb15e661e45297aa2e54961
SHA256: 61ad508939e39bba92eb60761ed1730178993b965ff03c71cfc17fa4f4ebfc0f
Description-en: Library with common API for various MATE modules (development files)
The MATE component mate-desktop contains the libmate-desktop library, the
mate-about program, as well as some desktop-wide documents.
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The libmate-desktop library provides an API shared by several applications
on the desktop, but that cannot live in the platform for various
reasons.
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This package contains the mate-desktop development files.
Description-md5: 437ddd22a9d457897497a28bd94e2dbd
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.mate-desktop.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m