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How do I install MATE (the desktop environment)?

rated 0 times [ 8] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 57349 / 3 Years ago, tue, august 17, 2021, 10:37:14

I have seen several youtube videos that are showing MATE (The Gnome 2.x fork) installed in 11.10. How can I install it to test it out in 11.10 and above.

If it helps the only sources I know of are:

SourceForge, GitHub, and Matsusoft

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answered 3 Years ago armis · Accepted Answer

Since there is now an official Ubuntu Mate release ("15.04 and later"), why not just switch to that:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-mate-desktop^

should do that for you (offering another desktop alternative, just like lubuntu-desktop etc)