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What is MATE?
The MATE Desktop Environment is the continuation of GNOME 2. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.
MATE in Debian
MATE 1.8 is currently packaged for wheezy (backports), testing (jessie) and unstable. In wheezy's case, the backports repository has to be enabled as described in the official backports documentation. Do make sure you update the repository after enabling backports.
Versions
DebianWheezy has MATE 1.8.1+dfsg1-1~bpo70+1 available via wheezy-backports
DebianTesting includes MATE 1.8.1+dfsg1-1
DebianUnstable includes MATE 1.8.1+dfsg1-1 and others
Options
There are three options to install MATE in Debian:
How to install |
Description |
|
MATE (full + extras) |
mate-desktop-environment-extras package |
This will install the complete MATE desktop including a few extras. |
MATE (full) |
mate-desktop-environment package |
This will install the complete MATE desktop environment. |
MATE (core only) |
mate-desktop-environment-core package |
This is a minimalist MATE installation |
Watch out recommended packages (i.e. packages dependencies) !
(you might or might not want to install them).
If no graphical environment was present before, you will also need to install a display manager such as GDM or LightDM.
Install MATE in an already installed system
Optional: If you want to uninstall GNOME and its dependencies first, do:
aptitude purge `dpkg --get-selections | grep gnome | cut -f 1` aptitude -f install aptitude purge `dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall | cut -f 1` aptitude -f install
To install MATE, do the following:
MATE full and extras
apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extras
MATE full
apt-get install mate-desktop-environment
MATE just core
apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-core
Configuration
Most configuration of the MATE desktop is done via its various GUI utilities. The location of these varies depending on version, but common utilities include networking, themes, sounds and much more. It is also possible to configure (read/write) settings using the command line with gconftool-2(1).
See also
http://mate-desktop.org/ - The MATE Website
http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/ - The MATE official Wiki