Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Mate is a Gnome 2 fork, created by the Arch Linux developers as a an alternative to Gnome Classic (Gnome 2), when the Gnome developers decided to create Gnome 3. Mate became very popular in a short time and now is used on many Linux systems.
In this article I will show you how to install Mate 1.6 on Debian Jessie and Debian Wheezy, via the official Mate repository.
Follow the instructions for your system exactly, in order to have a successful installation.
How to install Mate 1.6 on Debian Jessie:
Add the repository:
$ sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://repo.mate-desktop.org/debian jessie main'
Update the local repository index and install the Mate keyring:
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install mate-archive-keyring
$ apt-get update
Install the Mate Desktop:
Install one of the following packages:
- only the base packages: $ sudo apt-get install mate-core
- the base packages and some extras:$ sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment
- mate core + mate desktop environment + extras: $ sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extra
How to install Mate 1.6 on Debian Wheezy:
Add the repository:
$ sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://repo.mate-desktop.org/debian wheezy main'
Update the local repository index and install the Mate keyring:
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install mate-archive-keyring
$ apt-get update
Install the Mate Desktop:
Install one of the following packages:
- only the base packages: $ sudo apt-get install mate-core
- the base packages and some extras:$ sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment
- mate core + mate desktop environment + extras: $ sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extra
For more information, see this page.
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