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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "mate-desktop-common" package

This tutorial shows how to install mate-desktop-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall mate-desktop-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: mate-desktop-common
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 2013
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: MATE Packaging Team
Architecture: all
Source: mate-desktop
Version: 1.12.1-1
Replaces: mate-desktop (<< 1.1.1-1)
Depends: dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend
Breaks: mate-desktop (<< 1.1.1-1)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mate-desktop/mate-desktop-common_1.12.1-1_all.deb
Size: 317890
MD5sum: 39a83542506c43f110942ceaef96fb4c
SHA1: d8a0076a9fe021edbc3bdbf07be00b8a04fb5f8e
SHA256: 6b34f146d387b2f458f0cb71058d832962c9613f493177224cfe55b72c30be49
Description-en: Library with common API for various MATE modules (common 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 architecture-independent files.
Description-md5: 3c4dd3089c4f97cce3d7794d690fd498
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