Install MATE desktop

This article will describe installing MATE desktop on latest Linux distribution.

If you do not want to remove GNOME, please skip purge and remove.

 

1 Ubuntu 14.04

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/ppa
sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/trusty-mate
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get remove -y unity ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install -y mate-desktop-environment-extras \
ubuntu-mate-core ubuntu-mate-desktop

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2 Ubuntu 16.04

sudo apt-get remove -y unity ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install -y mate-desktop-environment-extras \
ubuntu-mate-core ubuntu-mate-desktop

3 Debian 8

purge will erase network-manager and sudo.

sudo su -
aptitude purge -y `dpkg --get-selections | grep gnome | cut -f 1`
aptitude -f install -y
aptitude purge -y `dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall | cut -f 1`
aptitude -f install -y
apt-get install -y mate-desktop-environment-extras
apt-get install -y sudo network-manager
reboot

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4 Fedora 23

sudo dnf remove gnome-desktop gnome-desktop3
sudo dnf groupinstall -y "MATE Desktop"
sudo dnf install -y lightdm
sudo systemctl enable lightdm.service
sudo reboot

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5 CentOS 7

sudo yum remove gnome-desktop gnome-desktop3
sudo yum install -y epel-release
sudo yum update -y
sudo yum --enablerepo=epel groupinstall -y "MATE Desktop"
sudo yum install -y lightdm
sudo systemctl enable lightdm.service
sudo reboot 

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6 Other Desktop