[SOLVED] How do i install Mate on Mageia?

[otto]

Dear Mageia buddies,
Hi. Thus i would like to try on mate on Mageia 2 or perhaps on Mageia 3 beta 1. I wondered
if I use these codes I wrote down below as root by using the terminal?
"urpmi mate-core"
and
"urpmi mate-desktop-environment"
Should I use some special repository ? or Mageia cauldron repository? I've heard it's possible to install the Mate by using the Mageia Greece repository.
I appreciate your helpful hints. Are there another steps or could you point me out a handy tutorial to assist me to install it?
Cheers.

[doktor5000]

Mate seems to be available for cauldron, directly from core/release repository.
And there seems to be no tutorial available so far. What you probably want to install is

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urpmi mate-common

and see if this gives you already the option on login screen to select Mate.

[otto]

Mate seems to be available for cauldron, directly from core/release repository.
And there seems to be no tutorial available so far. What you probably want to install is

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urpmi mate-common

and see if this gives you already the option on login screen to select Mate.

Thanks doktor5000!

[isadora]

Otto, when you mean your issue is solved now, will you please reflect that in your topics' title?

Thank you and have magical times!!!

[otto]

Otto, when you mean your issue is solved now, will you please reflect that in your topics' title?

Thank you and have magical times!!!

Surely, Isadora.Please Apologize me but I forgot to write "solved". In Mageia Brazil we put an icon to mean "solved".I wish best times for 2013 too!
Cheers.

[doktor5000]

Would be nice if you could post some results of how it went and how mate is working and looking now?

[otto]

Would be nice if you could post some results of how it went and how mate is working and looking now?

Dear doktor5000,
I haven't installed yet. Later on I will put the results and how mate is working and looking at my desktop. For the moment, I can show one snapshot of another user at the Mageia Brazil called "xgrind" who installed sucessfully by using the Mageia Greece repository at viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1985 You can view the nice Mate desktop on Mageia at http://forum.mageiabr.org/viewtopic.php ... &start=110
You can view straight at http://s7.postimage.org/w5sc46a3f/Captura_de_tela.png
Mageia could have a ready version with Mate in time to come.
cheers.

[doktor5000]

Interesting, just had a look at the Greece repository, and found not one mate package. May you ask that user to post a list of packages he installed?

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rpm -qa | grep -i mate

should list relevant packages.

[otto]

Interesting, just had a look at the Greece repository, and found not one mate package. May you ask that user to post a list of packages he installed?

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rpm -qa | grep -i mate

should list relevant packages.

doktor5000,
I have already asked him to post a tutorial with all the clues about Mageia Mate. He said to me he will post it soonner. As soon as he published it there, I will tell you.
Cheers.

[doktor5000]

Hello,

seems your budy sent me a mail with a link to the instructions directly.
Posting this here for completeness' sake: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sempreupdate.com.br%2F2012%2F12%2Finstalando-o-mate-no-mageia.html

So he was using the russian Mageia repositories, not greece

[winstonteacox]

Hi!

I used

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urpmi.addmedia --distrib http://packages.mageialinux.ru/mageia2/i586

then...
the good old times are back:

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Just one little quirk: mate-appearance is burning your cpu-cores ... After using it, you have to kill the process manually ....


cheers,
Bernd

[otto]

Hello,

seems your budy sent me a mail with a link to the instructions directly.
Posting this here for completeness' sake: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sempreupdate.com.br%2F2012%2F12%2Finstalando-o-mate-no-mageia.html

So he was using the russian Mageia repositories, not greece

Dear doctor5000. I misunderstood. That's right It's the russian Mageia repositories.He made this tutorial at http://www.sempreupdate.com.br/2012/12/ ... ageia.html . Thus, I will place it at Mageia Brazil wiki later on.
Cheers.

[xgrind]

Managed to install? The only problems I found were the Caja file manager preferences, and notifications, and had to install the Xfce.