How To Install libmate-desktop-2-17 on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmate-desktop-2-17 on Ubuntu.

What is `libmate-desktop-2-17`

libmate-desktop-2-17 is:

The MATE component mate-desktop contains the libmate-desktop library, the mate-about program, as well as some desktop-wide documents.

The libmate-desktop library provides an API shared by several applications on the desktop, but that cannot live in the platform for various reasons.

The package contains the actual mate-desktop library.

There are three methods to install libmate-desktop-2-17 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmate-desktop-2-17 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmate-desktop-2-17 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmate-desktop-2-17

Install libmate-desktop-2-17 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmate-desktop-2-17 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmate-desktop-2-17

Install libmate-desktop-2-17 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libmate-desktop-2-17 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmate-desktop-2-17

How To Uninstall libmate-desktop-2-17 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libmate-desktop-2-17 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmate-desktop-2-17

Uninstall libmate-desktop-2-17 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmate-desktop-2-17 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmate-desktop-2-17

Remove libmate-desktop-2-17 Configurations and Data

To remove libmate-desktop-2-17 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmate-desktop-2-17

Remove libmate-desktop-2-17 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmate-desktop-2-17 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmate-desktop-2-17

Dependencies

libmate-desktop-2-17 have the following dependencies:

References

libmate-desktop-2-17 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmate-desktop-2-17 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.