Re: [Gnewsense-dev] How to install mate?

[Sam Geeraerts]

Op Mon, 31 Oct 2016 05:57:39 +0200
schreef Abdorhman Ayman <address@hidden>:

> how to install Mate desktop environment in gNewsense 4?

You could install it from wheezy-backports [1]. I haven't checked the
source, but it probably doesn't have freedom issues.

Downloading and installing the package and its dependencies manually is
a bit of work, but then you know what you're getting. If you add
wheezy-backports to your apt sources, be sure to configure conservative
apt pinning, because else you might pull in more than you had intended.

[1]
https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/mate-desktop-environment

P.S.: User support questions are better asked on gnewsense-users.