How to Install mate-desktop software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install mate-desktop software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

mate-desktop software package provides Library with common API for various MATE modules, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mate-desktop 

mate-desktop is installed in your system.

Make ensure the mate-desktop package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep mate-desktop *

You will get with mate-desktop package name, version, architecture and description in a table

mate-desktop package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section X Window System software
Package mate-desktop
Version 1.6.2-1
Description Library with common API for various MATE modules
Sub Section x11


See Also, How to uninstall or remove mate-desktop software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?