Cool, so what exactly IS ‘MATE’
LOL… don’t talk to me about VM, my windows install has gone foobar (I made a backup)
See the edits above.
MATE is a fork of Gnome 2.x … so will be like earlier versions of Ubuntu
(like what Gnome “Classic” is trying to emulate … Gnome 2.x)
MATE website:
sudo apt-get install mate-core
I get this;
[spoiler]Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
mate-core : Depends: atril but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ffmpegthumbnailer-caja but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libmateui but it is not going to be installed
Depends: mate-applets but it is not going to be installed
Depends: caja but it is not going to be installed
Depends: mate-power-manager but it is not going to be installed
Depends: mate-screensaver but it is not going to be installed
Depends: mate-session-manager but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
pooky2483@pooky2483-ubuntu12:~$
[/spoiler]
So what happens if you try making that command read:
sudo apt-get install mate-core ffmpegthumbnailer-caja libmateui mate-applets caja mate-power-manager mate-screensaver mate-session-manager
?
Hi pooky
I tried out of curiosity increasing my cursor size also without any luck, but I had a look on gnome-look.org and found a few themes, for some reason they only work inside an application but maybe that can be tweaked, personally i found the first 2 a bit annoying and not something I would use but they might be useful for someone with poor eyesight, the last one is possibly more what you’re looking for, no harm in giving it a try
or you can try this one, it just puts a semi transparent circle around the cursor, but again it only seems to work in applications
and finally this one, it just gives a large finger pointer, probably more what you’re looking for
If any of the above themes are any use to you it is possible to make them permanent ie to work on desktop and whitespace
Good luck
Graeme
I missed it in all the postings…
I tried it and got…
pooky2483@pooky2483-ubuntu12:~$ sudo apt-get install mate-core ffmpegthumbnailer-caja libmateui mate-applets caja mate-power-manager mate-screensaver mate-session-manager
[sudo] password for pooky2483:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
caja : Depends: mate-vfs but it is not going to be installed
libmateui : Depends: libmate but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libmatecomponentui but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libmatevfs but it is not going to be installed
Depends: mate-vfs but it is not going to be installed
mate-applets : Depends: libmatepanelapplet but it is not going to be installed
Depends: mate-panel but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python-mate but it is not going to be installed
mate-core : Depends: atril but it is not going to be installed
mate-power-manager : Depends: libmatepanelapplet but it is not going to be installed
mate-session-manager : Depends: mate-panel but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
pooky2483@pooky2483-ubuntu12:~$
OK, add those dependencies to the list … so try:
sudo apt-get install mate-core ffmpegthumbnailer-caja libmateui mate-applets caja mate-power-manager mate-screensaver mate-session-manager mate-vfs libmate libmatecomponentui libmatepanelapplet mate-panel python-mate atril
Did you addd then because I’m still getting errors…
pooky2483@pooky2483-ubuntu12:~$ sudo apt-get install mate-core ffmpegthumbnailer-caja libmateui mate-applets caja mate-power-manager mate-screensaver mate-session-manager mate-vfs libmate libmatecomponentui libmatepanelapplet mate-panel python-mate atril
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
atril : Depends: libatril (= 1.4.0-2+quantal) but it is not going to be installed
libmate : Depends: libmatevfs but it is not going to be installed
libmateui : Depends: libmatevfs but it is not going to be installed
mate-vfs : Depends: libmatevfs (= 1.4.0-3+quantal) but it is not going to be installed
python-mate : Depends: libmatevfs but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
pooky2483@pooky2483-ubuntu12:~$
Hold on a sec … why does that mention quantal ?
what’s the contents of:
gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin - Release amd64 (20120425)]/ dists/precise/main/binary-i386/
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin - Release amd64 (20120425)]/ dists/precise/restricted/binary-i386/
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin - Release amd64 (20120425)]/ precise main restricted
See UpgradeNotes - Community Help Wiki for how to upgrade to
newer versions of the distribution.
deb Index of /ubuntu precise main restricted
Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
distribution.
deb Index of /ubuntu precise-updates main restricted
N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb Index of /ubuntu precise universe
deb Index of /ubuntu precise-updates universe
N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
security team.
deb Index of /ubuntu precise multiverse
deb Index of /ubuntu precise-updates multiverse
N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb Index of /ubuntu precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb Index of /ubuntu precise-security main restricted
deb Index of /ubuntu precise-security universe
deb Index of /ubuntu precise-security multiverse
Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical’s
‘partner’ repository.
This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb Index of /ubuntu precise partner
deb-src Index of /ubuntu precise partner
This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb Index of /ubuntu precise main
deb-src Index of /ubuntu precise main
deb Index of http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian precise contrib
deb http://debian.scribus.net/debian/ precise main
deb-src http://debian.scribus.net/debian/ precise main
deb Index of /debian precise main
deb-src Index of /debian precise main
deb Jeffrey Ratcliffe in Launchpad precise main
deb-src Jeffrey Ratcliffe in Launchpad precise main
Depôt MultiSystem
deb http://liveusb.info/multisystem/depot all main
deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu quantal main
deb-src http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu quantal main
deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu precise main
you appear to have added the mate repos for BOTH 12.04 and 12.10
Run:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Find the 2 lines near the bottom that read
deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu quantal main
deb-src http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu quantal main
and REMOVE them.
SAVE the file and close gedit.
back in the terminal run:
sudo apt-get update
Now try:
sudo apt-get install mate-core
and
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment
ANY errors … post them.
All OK no errors.
So log off, and choose MATE as the session from the login screen.
Sorted ;D
Any good ? … I’ve heard it’s supposed to be quite fast … like you’d expect from Gnome 2.x
Cant really tell as I think my system is a little foobar.
ATM I am trying to get Mint MATE installed on that Multisystem book maker, you remember, the French one that you can install multiple systems on a USB.
I can’t remember exactly how to do it…
Re the Multi booter, I can’t see where it says to put it onto the USB?
Don’t use Multisystem … it doesn’t allow persistence.
[EDIT]
As I said … in Ubuntu install usb-creator-gtk
sudo apt-get install usb-creator-gtk
Then look for “Startup Disk Creator” in your menus
It’s got it on the options. I’ve got the latest version, unless you mean they haven’t fixed it if it’s a bug.
Persistent mode