MATE desktop is one of the Linux Mint project. It’s a fork of Gnome 2, provides classic gnome style user interface for people feel uncomfortable with Gnome 3 gome-shell desktop.
Recently, Mate released the latest version 1.2. Here’s a simple intallation guide on How to install it in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise and 11.10 Oneiric.
First, add the sources to Ubuntu repository.
- Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot (11.10) repository:
Add the repo to/etc/apt/sources.list
via the following command:sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu oneiric main"
or using a text editor of your choice add the following mirror to
/etc/apt/sources.list
:deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu oneiric main
- Ubuntu Precise Pangolin (12.04) repository
Add the repo to/etc/apt/sources.list
via the following command:sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu precise main"
or using a text editor of your choice add the following mirror to
/etc/apt/sources.list
:deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu precise main
Now install MATE in both Ubuntu Precise and Oneiric
Then run the following command to update your repositories and install MATE:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mate-archive-keyring sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mate-core sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment
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