I just used Synaptic to install MATE Desktop Environment on my Ubuntu 14.04 computer. It installed successfully, but after rebooting, it's not showing up on the login screen. My only options are to choose from Ubuntu (Default) or XFCE. Does anyone know why and how do I get MATE to work?
2 Answers
Open a terminal and run:
sudo apt-get remove --purge mate-desktop
sudo apt-get autoremove
now add the MATE Official repo, press y
when prompted.
sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://repo.mate-desktop.org/archive/1.8/ubuntu trusty main"
sudo apt-get update
then install it:
sudo apt-get install mate-core
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extra
sudo reboot
Done.
Now you should be able to see MATE
at the login screen.
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Well, that worked, but my trackpad doesn't work in MATE. In Unity or in XFCE I can tap on it to click or tap with two fingers to right-click. Not even the mouse buttons work with it. Even more interesting, though, the touchscreen on my laptop works in MATE. Do you have any thoughts on that? Jun 10, 2014 at 2:24
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if your OP question has been solved, don't forget to accept it, thank you. Cheers.– JoKeRJun 10, 2014 at 2:36
Previous answer is not totally correct. It installs Vanilla MATE, not Ubuntu MATE.
Follow the instructions on install page of MATE desktop project:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/ppa
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/trusty-mate
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-mate-core ubuntu-mate-desktop
For Ubuntu versions later than 14.04 just simply install these packages, not adding reps (they are already in ubuntu reps).
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The link is dead now. Archive: web.archive.org/web/20190312120626/https://… Current instructions: google.com/… Sep 6, 2021 at 18:06
apt-cache policy mate-desktop
andapt-cache policy mate-desktop-environment