On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 04:39:06 +0100 (CET), [email protected] wrote:
> In installed mate-desktop using apt-get install. I checked in synaptic, and > a number of mate-related packages are now marked as installed (although some > optional looking ones like themes etc are not). Is this all I need to do? It could be installing the version of mate-desktop in the Trisquel repository. Mate-desktop as a package only deals with the actual desktop (backgrounds and suchlike). It is equivalent to xfdesktop in Xfce. It is in the Trisquel repo for compatibility with programs which require it- but the complete MATE desktop environment is not. The package you are looking for is mate-desktop-environment. Installing that (once you have enabled the PPA) is the way to install MATE. Look at the installation instructions more carefully next time. > If so, this wiki page needs updating, to remove the instructions to add the > unnecessary PPAs: > https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/installing-mate I can assure you, the PPAs are necessary. Trisquel main does not have mate-desktop-environment and most of its dependencies. It is impossible to install MATE without the appropriate PPA. > When I reboot, I can't see how to login using Mate instead of GNOME. Any > suggestions? It is not installed correctly. Once it is, you should see a white circular icon appear to the immediate upper right of the password entry field. Clicking it will display a drop-down menu with a list of desktop environments. It only appears when multiple desktop environments are installed. The fact that you cannot see it indicates that MATE is not actually installed, or at least not installed correctly.
