Install GNOME 2 on Ubuntu 12.10
2012-11-17 6 Comments
Want Ubuntu 12.10 features, but also want to stick to Gnome 2? Well, Gnome 2 is a closed project, it isn’t actively developed anymore. However, it is forked into MATE. MATE is compatible with GNOME 2 since it uses the same GTK 2.x.
MATE isn’t part of the default Ubuntu repositories, you need to add a separate repository:
gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 68980A0EA10B4DE8 gpg --export --armor 68980A0EA10B4DE8 | sudo apt-key add - sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu quantal main" sudo apt-get update
After adding the repository, you can add MATE:
sudo apt-get install -y mate-archive-keyring && sudo apt-get install -y mate-core && sudo apt-get install -y mate-desktop-environment
when using this I get apt erros stating one must use –force-yes with -y
@oldunixguy: At which point does apt-get give the errors? Can you give the full message?
The problem is that you’re specifying the wrong version (“quantal” instead of “precise,” so I assume you accidentally pasted repos for the 13.04 beta instead of 12.10. The error message he received was likely:
Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Kerin, as far as I know “precise” is 12.04 and “quantal” is 12.10.
This post is about 12.10 (quantal), so I’m referring to the right reositories, I guess. Am I missing the point?
Yeah, you’re right. Precise is 12.04, Quantal is 12.10 and Raring is 13.04. By the way, Quantal repo works fine on Linux Mint 14, thank you for this post.
Perfect