I want to install MATE desktop only, without applications.
I already have apps from GNOME 3 - nautilus, file-roller, gedit. But when I sudo apt-get install mate-core
, it asks to install caja, pluma, engrampa etc. How to avoid them?
I want to install MATE desktop only, without applications.
I already have apps from GNOME 3 - nautilus, file-roller, gedit. But when I sudo apt-get install mate-core
, it asks to install caja, pluma, engrampa etc. How to avoid them?
https://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download#ubuntu offers these installation choices:
# This will install the base packages required for a minimal MATE desktop
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-core
# This will install the complete MATE desktop
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment
# This will install the complete MATE desktop including a few extras
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extras
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-mate-core ubuntu-mate-desktop
to install "the complete MATE Desktop Environment as well as LightDM and numerous other applications to provide a full and well rounded desktop" according to wiki.mate-desktop.org/download#ubuntu
sudo apt install mate-desktop-environment
2. If you want some extras sudo apt install mate-desktop-environment-extras
wiki.mate-desktop.org/introduction/installation
Do this command / in the theminal if you have the mate ppa aredy added.
sudo apt-get install mate-panel
You could:
That will need some effort from you. But you should keep in mind that installing a Desktop Environment is installing its applications (of course, you can change some of them, but almost never all of them). That is a whole experience. Unless you install a minimal WM like fluxbox, openbox, etc; there you could fully personalize your applications customization experience.