Re: MATE Desktop 1.8 from wheezy-backports
On Wednesday 08 October 2014 17:07:37 Giorgos Savvas wrote:
> On 08/10/2014 15:14, Pol Hallen wrote:
> >> What is the recommended way for switching to wheezy-backports and MATE
> >> 1.8? This is what I'm thinking:
> >
> > using:
> >
> > # wheezy stable
> > deb http://ip/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
> > deb http://ip/debian-security stable/updates main contrib non-free
> >
> > apt-get update
> > apt-cache search ^mate
> >
> > you can use mate 1.6
>
> Pol, thank you for your reply.
>
> I'm afraid I didn't quite understand what you're proposing. AFAIK, MATE
> desktop is /not/ available in the stable (wheezy) repository. It was
> only recently packaged for Debian and it's available in jessie and
> wheezy-backports only. If I am correct, apt-cache search ^mate should
> return nothing (if the stable repos are the only ones enabled in
> sources.list). Am I missing something?
>
> > following what you wrote you can use mate1.8 and upgrade it from main
> > debian repository :-)
> >
> >> 1. Add wheezy-backports to sources.list:
> >>
> >> deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy-backports main
> >>
> >> 2. apt-get update
> >>
> >> 3. apt-get -t wheezy-backports install mate-desktop-environment-extras
> >>
> >> 4. Remove repo.mate-desktop.org from sources.list
> >>
> >> Is this OK?
> >
> > yep
> >
> > Pol
I am running wheezy and have backports in my sources.list.
lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude show mate
No current or candidate version found for mate
Package: mate
State: not a real package
Provided by: mate-desktop-environment
lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude show mate-desktop-environment
Package: mate-desktop-environment
New: yes
State: not installed
Version: 1.8.0+7~bpo70+1
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Maintainer: MATE Packaging Team <pkg-mate-team@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: all
Uncompressed Size: 30.7 k
Depends: mate-desktop-environment-core (= 1.8.0+7~bpo70+1)
Recommends: atril (>= 1.8.0), engrampa (>= 1.8.0), pluma (>= 1.8.0), eom (>=
1.8.0),
mate-power-manager (>= 1.8.0), mate-screensaver (>= 1.8.0),
galculator,
mate-utils (>= 1.8.0), mate-applets (>= 1.8.0), mate-media (>=
1.8.0),
mate-themes (>= 1.8.0), mate-icon-theme-faenza (>= 1.8.0),
mate-system-monitor (>= 1.8.0), mate-notification-daemon (>=
1.8.0),
desktop-base | ubuntu-wallpapers, ffmpegthumbnailer
Suggests: x-www-browser | iceweasel, mail-reader | icedove,
network-manager-gnome
Provides: mate
Description: MATE Desktop Environment (meta package)
The MATE Desktop Environment is the continuation of GNOME 2. It provides an
intuitive
and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors for Linux and
other
Unix-like operating systems.
MATE is under active development to add support for new technologies while
preserving a
traditional desktop experience.
This package installs the standard set of applications that are part of the
official
MATE release.
It also suggests a few non-MATE standard desktop applications like an
internet browser,
a mail reader and a network management applet.
Homepage: http://www.mate-desktop.org/
lisi@Tux-II:~$
So your information would appear to be correct. :-)
Lisi
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