-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - From the Ubuntu login screen, the desktop selector is the circle in the top-right corner of the login dialogue box. Click on the circle, then select your preferred desktop environment. Some desktops put a logo in there (the Ubuntu logo for Unity, the bigfoot logo for Gnome), but the MATE desktop just has a blank circle.
- --Bob. On 14/01/15 08:22 PM, Mr Chris Aitken wrote: > On 15-01-03 03:44 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote: On 03/01/15 03:04 PM, > Chris Aitken wrote: >>>> Will there be any possibility of choosing the old GNOME >>>> interface, so I don't end up with Unity? > I use the MATE interface, a Gnome2 fork. You can install it from > Ubuntu 14.04LTS "Trusty Tahr" repositories now: > http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/mate-desktop Install it from > the commandline with 'apt-get install mate-desktop' > >> OK, I got a tech to install 14.04. So, that's done. Now I want >> to install mate-desktop. I tried your command, and got ... > > >> chris@Chris-Pc:~$ sudo apt-get install mate-desktop [sudo] >> password for chris: Reading package lists... Done Building >> dependency tree Reading state information... Done mate-desktop is >> already the newest version. The following packages were >> automatically installed and are no longer required: >> linux-headers-3.13.0-32 linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic >> linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic >> linux-image-extra-3.13.0-32-generic Use 'apt-get autoremove' to >> remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 >> not upgraded. chris@Chris-Pc:~$ sudo apt-get remove mate-desktop >> Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading >> state information... Done The following packages were >> automatically installed and are no longer required: >> libmate-desktop-2-17 libunique-1.0-0 linux-headers-3.13.0-32 >> linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic >> linux-image-extra-3.13.0-32-generic mate-desktop-common Use >> 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will >> be REMOVED: mate-desktop 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to >> remove and 10 not upgraded. After this operation, 97.3 kB disk >> space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading >> database ... 225461 files and directories currently installed.) >> Removing mate-desktop (1.6.2-1) ... Processing triggers for >> man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for >> mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for >> gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for >> desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for >> bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ... Rebuilding >> /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index... chris@Chris-Pc:~$ sudo >> apt-get install mate-desktop Reading package lists... Done >> Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The >> following packages were automatically installed and are no >> longer required: linux-headers-3.13.0-32 >> linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic >> linux-image-extra-3.13.0-32-generic Use 'apt-get autoremove' to >> remove them. The following NEW packages will be installed: >> mate-desktop 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 >> not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/17.8 kB of archives. After this >> operation, 97.3 kB of additional disk space will be used. >> Selecting previously unselected package mate-desktop. (Reading >> database ... 225454 files and directories currently installed.) >> Preparing to unpack .../mate-desktop_1.6.2-1_i386.deb ... >> Unpacking mate-desktop (1.6.2-1) ... Processing triggers for >> mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for >> gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for >> desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for >> bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ... Rebuilding >> /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index... Processing triggers for >> man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up mate-desktop (1.6.2-1) >> ... chris@Chris-Pc:~$ > >> When I rebooted, there was no offer to choose mate. > >> Chris > > > I'd also install the packages 'mate-desktop-environment' and > 'mate-desktop-environment-extras', but they seem to be available > only in 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn": > http://packages.ubuntu.com/utopic/mate-desktop-environment-extras > > Instead of upgrading from 14.04LTS to 14.10 to get the > '-environment-extras' you may want to add the MATE repositories > instead. That'll let you install the '-environment-extras' > package, and probably provides you with a more current MATE core as > well. There's good instructions at > http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download#ubuntu_1404_lts_trusty_thar > > --Bob. > > > Bob Jonkman<[email protected]> Phone: +1-519-669-0388 > SOBAC Microcomputer Serviceshttp://sobac.com/sobac/ > http://bob.jonkman.ca/blogs/ http://sn.jonkman.ca/bobjonkman/ > Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting > GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA > > > On 03/01/15 03:04 PM, Chris Aitken wrote: >>>> On 15-01-02 11:21 AM, Tim Tisdall wrote: >>>>> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Chris Aitken >>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 15-01-02 09:39 AM, Tim Tisdall wrote: >>>>>> If you don't have too much on that computer, you should >>>>>> probably just copy of your personal stuff and reformat it >>>>>> with the 14.04 version. Nuke it from orbit... it's the >>>>>> only way to be sure. >>>>> Man, it's been so long. I don't expect you to give me a >>>>> step-by-step, but are the broad strokes that I would make a >>>>> CD or DVD on another PC, then boot from that to do the >>>>> fresh installation? Is there a command I can run, then at >>>>> boot the installation would begin? I assumed I was going to >>>>> lose everything anyway - I'm good about backing up data. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Easiest way is to download the 14.04 ISO image and then use >>>>> the "Startup Disk Creator" to create a bootable USB flash >>>>> drive. You then boot from the USB drive and follow the >>>>> instructions. >>>>> >>>>> You should have everything you need on that older Ubuntu >>>>> machine already, you just need to download the disk ISO. >>>> OK - I'm starting in on this. 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