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

Last updated: September 19,2024

1. Install "mate-desktop" package

Please follow the steps below to install mate-desktop on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall mate-desktop on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: mate-desktop
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 90
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: MATE Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.12.1-1
Replaces: mate-desktop-gnome
Depends: hicolor-icon-theme, libmate-desktop-2-17 (>= 1.10.0), mate-desktop-common (= 1.12.1-1), mate-user-guide, libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), python
Breaks: mate-desktop-gnome
Filename: pool/universe/m/mate-desktop/mate-desktop_1.12.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 23800
MD5sum: a9fb9c5260235d46f6cdcf3aaf66b164
SHA1: c665a5ca78119829346d1f5415b959785c252077
SHA256: eaf5286352e81fc794da93d0e525a8e15d17c33209e0ab5fa8bed4713ea1743f
Description-en: Library with common API for various MATE modules
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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The mate-about program helps with finding which version of MATE is installed.
Description-md5: 00a366bf9bf6902235e7787f948836fd
Multi-Arch: foreign
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