How to Install and Uninstall mate-applets-common Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "mate-applets-common" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mate-applets-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "mate-applets-common" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall mate-applets-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mate-applets-common package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mate-applets-common
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 17711
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: MATE Packaging Team
Architecture: all
Source: mate-applets
Version: 1.12.1-1
Replaces: mate-applets (<< 1.9.0)
Depends: dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend
Breaks: mate-applets (<< 1.9.0)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mate-applets/mate-applets-common_1.12.1-1_all.deb
Size: 5184480
MD5sum: c891f68904a4d4e01f487bc71ae2ef7d
SHA1: c9b7c7a598b432fc0d6d5c1a6dcdf0efaba977cd
SHA256: d07a8a3c7fad9b75814e844b9f903f429f4690984317c784c2c6432f5e57df13
Description-en: Various applets for the MATE panel (common files)
accessx-status: indicates keyboard accessibility settings, including
the current state of the keyboard, if those features are in use.
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Battstat: monitors the power subsystem on a laptop.
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Character palette: provides a convenient way to access non-standard
characters, such as accented characters, mathematical symbols, special
symbols, and punctuation marks.
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MATE CPUFreq Applet: CPU frequency scaling monitor
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Drivemount: lets you mount and unmount drives and file systems.
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Geyes: pair of eyes which follow the mouse pointer around the screen.
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Keyboard layout switcher: lets you assign different keyboard
layouts for different locales.
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Invest: downloads current stock quotes from the Internet and displays
the quotes in a scrolling display in the applet. The applet downloads the
stock information from Yahoo! Finance.
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System monitor: CPU, memory, network, swap file and resource.
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Trash: lets you drag items to the trash folder.
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Weather report: downloads weather information from the U.S National Weather
Service (NWS) servers, including the Interactive Weather Information
Network (IWIN).
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This package contains the architecture independent files.
Description-md5: eeef659b968ddc05c8f4933069b5629c
Homepage: http://www.mate-desktop.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop