How to install Mate 1.10.0 on Ubuntu 14.04/14.10

How to install Mate 1.10.0 on Ubuntu 14.04/14.10

Mate is one of the most popular Linux desktops. It has become an important default desktop environment for Linux releases, such as Linux Mint, Ubuntu Mata, Arch Linux, and Fedora.

Developers of this desktop environment recently released the development version of Mate 1.10.0, including better support for GTK + 3. There are also the following major improvements:

• Turn MateRRScreen, GnomeRRConfig and GnomeOutputInfo into a GObject.
• Add gobject introspection
• Many randroid fixes
• Interface: add automatic-mnemonics key for Gtk xsetting
• Use GDK_WINDOW_XID for inter-GTK compatibility
• Updated mpaste for website change
• Added org. mate. debug GSettings schema
• Added MateColorButton class to have traditional color selection dialog with GTK3
• Removed desktop-docs
• Removed user guide
• Removed libunique optional dependency
• Added MateAboutDialog class to have traditional about dialog with GTK3 too

PPA is available for installation.

Ubuntu 14.10 uses the following command:
Add a PPA Repository:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/ppa
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/utopic-mate
sudo apt-get update

Core Environment installation command:
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-core
Complete the installation command:
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment

Install additional components:

sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extras

Ubuntu 14.04 uses the following command:

Add a PPA Repository:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/ppa
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/trusty-mate
sudo apt-get update

Core Environment installation command:

sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-core

Complete the installation command:

sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment

Install additional components:

sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extras

Linux Mint 17.1 and Linux Mint 17 installation commands:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/ppa
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/trusty-mate
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mint-meta-mate

Ubuntu Mate 14.04 Installation Process