Ubuntu – How to get the full MATE desktop after installing Ubuntu? mate-desktop-environment isn’t complete

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I've installed Ubuntu 15.04, and somewhere I read that I can install 'Mate desktop environment' on top of Ubuntu 15.04, but, this does not look like how I have anticipated, this Mate does not has the Mate tweaks which I was looking forward to. From my understanding, i've done completely different.

If I've understood it all wrong, what is the easy way to get the Ubuntu Mate 15.04 which I was talking about?

Update:

I've installed Ubuntu 15.04
Installed ubuntu mate using:

sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment

This installed Mate on the ubuntu.

Best Answer

The easiest way to get Ubuntu Mate the way you were talking about would probably just download it from https://ubuntu-mate.org/ and install it.

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Ubuntu – Get back the original Ubuntu Desktop after removing Mate

Please try this command to fully remove the desktop

sudo apt-get remove --purge ubuntu-mate-core ubuntu-mate-desktop

If you have both GDM and lightDM installed please

sudo apt-get remove --purge gdm

Then set light dm to default (use the method you said you use before)

Based on mchids comment below this, you need to edit edit this file 50-unity-greeter.conf

Create a 50-unity-greeter.conf

sudo gedit /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-unity-greeter.conf

The file this opens should be blank so add this to it

[SeatDefaults]
greeter-session=unity-greeter

Save it then

sudo chmod +x /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-unity-greeter.conf

Then reboot and see if this helps

TO FIX YOUR ICONS

An easy fix for your icons should be install unity tweaktool from software center (dont know package name for apt, maby someone will edit)

Go to icons and just choose different ones