Showing posts with label mate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mate. Show all posts
Friday, January 27, 2017
Install MATE 1 14 In Ubuntu MATE 16 04 Xenial Xerus Via PPA
Install MATE 1 14 In Ubuntu MATE 16 04 Xenial Xerus Via PPA
MATE Desktop 1.14 is now available for Ubuntu MATE 16.04 (Xenial Xerus). According to the release announcement, it took about 2 months to release MATE Desktop 1.14 in a PPA because everything has been well tested, so you shouldnt encounter any issues.
The PPA currently provides MATE 1.14.1 (Ubuntu MATE 16.04 ships with MATE 1.12.x by default), which includes changes such as:
- client-side decoration apps now render correctly in all themes;
- touchpad configuration now supports edge and two-finger scrolling independently;
- python extensions in Caja can now be managed separately;
- all three window focus modes are selectable;
- MATE Panel now has the ability to change icon sizes for menubar and menu items;
- volume and Brightness OSD can now be enabled/disabled;
- many other improvements and bug fixes.
MATE 1.14 also includes improved support for GTK+3 across the entire desktop, as well as various other GTK+3 tweaks however, the PPA packages are built with GTK+2 "to ensure compatibility with Ubuntu MATE 16.04 and all the 3rd party MATE applets, plugins and extensions", mentions the Ubuntu MATE blog.
A complete MATE 1.14 changelog can be found HERE.
Upgrade to MATE Desktop 1.14.x in Ubuntu MATE 16.04
To upgrade to the latest MATE Desktop 1.14.x in Ubuntu MATE 16.04 using the official Xenial MATE PPA, open a terminal and use the following commands:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/xenial-mate
sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgradeNote: mate-netspeed applet will be removed when upgrading. Thats because the applet is now part of the mate-applets package, so its still available.
Once the upgrade finishes, restart your system. Thats it!
How to revert the changes
If youre not satisfied with MATE 1.14, you encountered some bugs, etc., and you want to go back to the MATE version available in the official repositories, you can purge the PPA and downgrade the packages.
To do this, use the following commands:
sudo apt install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/xenial-mateAfter all the MATE packages are downgraded, restart the system.
via Ubuntu MATE blog
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Install MATE 1 12 1 In Ubuntu MATE 15 10 Or 16 04 Via PPA
Install MATE 1 12 1 In Ubuntu MATE 15 10 Or 16 04 Via PPA
The Ubuntu 15.10 and 16.04 MATE PPAs were updated recently with the latest MATE 1.12.1.
According to Martin Wimpress, Project Lead for Ubuntu MATE, the PPAs use the same source packages that hes done for Debian, which are currently being reviewed by the FTP masters and should land in Debian Unstable in a couple of weeks, so they should be safe to use.
Among the changes in MATE 1.12 (released about a month ago) are various fixes (for example: panel applets are no longer reordered when changing screen resolutions) and improvements for GTK3, including GTK 3.18 support, better touchpad and multi-monitor support and more. Check out THIS article for a complete MATE 1.12 changelog. I couldnt find a changelog for MATE 1.12.1.
In other Ubuntu MATE news:
- you you shouldnt need the Ubuntu Xenial PPA for long because as soon as the MATE 1.12 packages are accepted into Debian Unstable, they should be automatically imported into Ubuntu 16.04.
- the small MATE Dock applet I wrote about a while back was added to Debian Git recently by Martin Wimpress, and until Ubuntu and Debian reinstate the gir1.2-wnck-1.0 package (which was dropped a while back and is required by this applet), you can install this applet by using the Wily/Xenial Ubuntu MATE PPAs.
Upgrade to MATE 1.12.1 in Ubuntu MATE 15.10 or 16.04
To upgrade to the latest MATE 1.12.1 in Ubuntu 15.10 using the MATE Wily PPA, use the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/wily-mate
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgradeFor Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, use the following commands to upgrade to the latest MATE 1.12.1:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/xenial-mate
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgradeFor both Wily and Xenial, to install the MATE Dock Applet I mentioned above, use the following command (after upgrading to MATE 1.12.1):
sudo apt-get install mate-dock-appletHow to revert the changes
If for whatever reason you want to downgrade MATE back to the version available in Ubuntu MATE by default, use the following commands:
- for Wily:sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/wily-matesudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/xenial-mateThe first command installs PPA purge and the second command purges the PPA (disables the PPA and downgrades all the packages installed from that PPA).
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