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The MATE Desktop Environment is the continuation of GNOME 2. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

Prerequisites

Internet connectivity, unless the packages have been pre-fetched into a local cache.
Install appropriate Graphics driver drivers for your hardware. Without graphics drivers, errors are likely to occur when starting your desktop.
A non-root user account.
The community repository must be enabled.
Set up eudev.
Install and enable D-Bus. Without D-Bus, icons and keyboard shortcuts may be missing.
Install Xorg

Tip: Except for the first two Prerequisites, all the others are automatically handled, if desktop is installed using setup-desktop script.

Installation using setup-desktop

The Alpine Linux script for quickly setting up a desktop is:

# setup-desktop

On running the above command, you will be prompted to select a desktop environment.

Which desktop environment? ('gnome', 'plasma', 'xfce', 'mate', 'sway', 'lxqt' or 'none') [none]

Once you have chosen a desktop environment, this script installs the chosen desktop along with necessary packages, firefox browser and adds necessary services to run on startup. You can reboot when complete, and the system will boot into a graphical login screen with the chosen desktop environment, except for sway. To view the packages installed by the script: $ cat /usr/sbin/setup-desktop

Manual Installation

# apk add mate-desktop-environment lxdm adwaita-icon-theme faenza-icon-theme font-dejavu # gvfs_pkgs=$(apk search gvfs -q | grep -v '\-dev' | grep -v '\-lang' | grep -v '\-doc') # apk add $gvfs_pkgs

If you are running your Alpine Linux in Diskless Mode, save the changes:

# lbu ci

Try starting dbus and lxdm. This will start the display manager and should allow you to login.

# rc-service lxdm start

If it worked, enable the services to start on reboot

# rc-update add lxdm

Configuration

Disabling standby and screensaver

Check the current configuration using xset:

# apk add xset $ xset q

Contents of xset q

Keyboard Control:
  auto repeat:  on    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000000
  XKB indicators:
    00: Caps Lock:   off    01: Num Lock:    off    02: Scroll Lock: off
    03: Compose:     off    04: Kana:        off    05: Sleep:       off
    06: Suspend:     off    07: Mute:        off    08: Misc:        off
    09: Mail:        off    10: Charging:    off    11: Shift Lock:  off
    12: Group 2:     off    13: Mouse Keys:  off
  auto repeat delay:  500    repeat rate:  20
  auto repeating keys:  00ffffffdffffbbf
                        fadfffefffedffff
                        9fffffffffffffff
                        fff7ffffffffffff
  bell percent:  0    bell pitch:  400    bell duration:  100
Pointer Control:
  acceleration:  2/1    threshold:  4
Screen Saver:
  prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
  timeout:  600    cycle:  0
Colors:
  default colormap:  0x22    BlackPixel:  0x0    WhitePixel:  0xffffff
Font Path:
  /usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,built-ins
DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 600    Suspend: 0    Off: 900
  DPMS is Enabled
  Monitor is On

To disable those timers issue the command:

$ xset dpms 0 0 0

Santiy check:

$ xset q | grep Standby Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0

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-== Install MATE Desktop ==
+The [https://mate-desktop.org/ MATE Desktop Environment] is the continuation of GNOME 2. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.
-For while MATE is in testing/ repo. So we need to add it to the apk repository list before start installing MATE.
+== Prerequisites ==
+{{:Include:Desktop prerequisites}}
+* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base|Install Xorg]]
+{{Tip|Except for the first two [[#Prerequisites|Prerequisites]], all the others are automatically handled, if desktop is [[#Installation using setup-desktop|installed using setup-desktop]] script.}}
+== Installation using setup-desktop ==
+{{:Include:Setup-desktop}}
-echo http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing >> /etc/apk/repositories
+== Manual Installation ==
-apk update
+{{Cmd|<nowiki># apk add mate-desktop-environment lxdm adwaita-icon-theme faenza-icon-theme font-dejavu
+# gvfs_pkgs=$(apk search gvfs -q &#124; grep -v '\-dev' &#124; grep -v '\-lang' &#124; grep -v '\-doc')
+# apk add $gvfs_pkgs</nowiki>}}
-videodrivers=$(apk search --quiet --exact xf86-video* | grep -v -- '-doc$')
+If you are running your Alpine Linux in [[Diskless Mode]], save the changes:{{Cmd|# lbu ci}}
-setup-xorg-base $videodrivers
-apk add desktop-file-utils gtk-engines consolekit gtk-murrine-engine
-apk add caja marco dbus lxdm udev zenity libmatemixer hicolor-icon-theme
-mate_pkgs=$(apk search mate -q | grep -v '\-dev' | grep -v '\-lang' | grep -v '\-doc')
+Try starting dbus and lxdm. This will start the display manager and should allow you to login.{{Cmd|# rc-service lxdm start}}
-apk add $mate_pkgs
-rc-update add lxdm
+If it worked, enable the services to start on reboot {{Cmd|# rc-update add lxdm}}
-rc-update add dbus
-rc-update add udev
-adduser -h /home/monitor -g "Monitor User" monitor
+== Configuration ==
-rc-service dbus start
+=== Disabling standby and screensaver ===
-# replacing the hardcoded 'system_bus_socket' path
+Check the current configuration using xset: {{Cmd|# apk add xset
-dbus_sock_path=$(find / -name system_bus_socket)
+$ xset q}}
-dbus_sock_path=$(echo $dbus_sock_path | sed 's/\//\\&/g')
-sed -i 's/\/var\/run\/dbus\/system_bus_socket/'$dbus_sock_path'/' /etc/dbus-1/system.conf
-ttfs=$(apk search -q ttf- | grep -v '\-doc')
+{{cat|xset q|
-apk add $ttfs
+Keyboard Control:
+  auto repeat:  on    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000000
+  XKB indicators:
+: Caps Lock:   off    01: Num Lock:    off    02: Scroll Lock: off
+: Compose:     off    04: Kana:        off    05: Sleep:       off
+: Suspend:     off    07: Mute:        off    08: Misc:        off
+: Mail:        off    10: Charging:    off    11: Shift Lock:  off
+: Group 2:     off    13: Mouse Keys:  off
+  auto repeat delay:  500    repeat rate:  20
+  auto repeating keys:  00ffffffdffffbbf
+                        fadfffefffedffff
+fffffffffffffff
+                        fff7ffffffffffff
+  bell percent:  0    bell pitch:  400    bell duration:  100
+Pointer Control:
+  acceleration:  2/1    threshold:  4
+Screen Saver:
+  prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
+  timeout:  600    cycle:  0
+Colors:
+  default colormap:  0x22    BlackPixel:  0x0    WhitePixel:  0xffffff
+Font Path:
+  /usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,built-ins
+DPMS (Energy Star):
+  Standby: 600    Suspend: 0    Off: 900
+  DPMS is Enabled
+  Monitor is On
+}}
-ln -s /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.11.3 /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6
+To disable those timers issue the command:{{Cmd|$ xset dpms 0 0 0}}
-apk fix
-ln -s /usr/etc/xdg/menus/ /etc/xdg/menus
-dbus-launch gsettings set org.mate.Marco.general theme 'Shiny'
+Santiy check: {{Cmd|$ xset q &#124; grep Standby
+  Standby: 0    Suspend: 0    Off: 0}}
-ulimit -c 4096
+== See also ==
-#lbu ci
+* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/MATE MATE - Archwiki]
+* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MATE MATE - Gentoo Wiki]
+* [https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/MATE MATE - postmarketOS Wiki]
-rc-service udev start
-rc-service lxdm start
+[[Category:Desktop Environments]]