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Tux
Asked: 2021-12-11 08:27:18 +0800 CST

Install Ubuntu with vanilla MATE desktop (no Software Boutique or Welcome snaps)

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As I don't want unconfined snaps in my system, I would like to know what is the best way to have a Mate desktop on Ubuntu without installing the unconfined snaps that are included with Ubuntu MATE installation. i.e.: install Ubuntu Server and then install mate desktop package.

To clarify, I only want the standard Mate desktop without snaps.

Thank you!

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  1. Best Answer

    You install Ubuntu MATE task on the 20.04 LTS minimal system obtained from netboot mini.iso by

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-mate-desktop^

    and it will not have Snaps preinstalled. Please note that you need to fix Network Manager by following this answer.

    If you have installed Snaps by yourself - remove both by:

    sudo snap remove software-boutique --purge
sudo snap remove ubuntu-mate-welcome --purge

    Or more debian-like way by installing binaries which were compiled from the same mate-desktop-environment source package:

    sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment mate-desktop-environment-extra
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