also @ TechSpot: Gamers spend more money on iOS than dedicated handhelds

Help and how to install MATE 1.2

Discussion in 'The Alternative OS' started by GaryIKILLYOU, Apr 30, 2012.

Post New Reply

  1. GaryIKILLYOU TechSpot Member Posts: 16

    So here is my woe. I've tried installing Ubuntu 12.04, and I don't like the Desktop Environment. So I did a quick Google search and found MATE 1.2 . Everything went great, but for whatever reason it will not install. I've tried the add repo command and everything went ok, but after the apt-get update it gave me a bunch of 404's. I can't install it for whatever reason. I really hate unity, don't like xfce, lxde nor KDE and really just want Gnome 2 back. I wouldn't have this problem because I stuck with 10.04, but as you know 12.04 came out, and I like to keep my system at least moderately up to date.
    I've been with linux and tried many distros and usually have had little problems and such, but nothing I couldn't fix with a Google search or forum crawling. I'm absolutely stumped. I have literally no idea where to go. I've tried it with both a 32 and 64 bit 12.04 install as well. I'll post my specs for this machine as well to help out.

    Core 2 Quad Q9650
    6 GB DDR2 Samsung OEM Memory
    Nvidia GeForce 8500GT
    320 GB Seagate laptop H.D.D
    450 Watt CoolerMaster PSU
    GaryIKILLYOU, Apr 30, 2012
    #1

  2. Leeky TechSpot Moderator Posts: 4,344   +59

    Can you post up the contents of your sources.list (located at /etc/apt/sources.list) please, as I'd like to see what you've added to it.

    Also, can you post up the full results of apt-get update as well please.

    You can add them as code, but using the [ c o d e ] text goes here [ / c o d e ] tags, without the spaces.
    Leeky, May 4, 2012
    #2

Add New Comment

Social Login & Guest Posting

TechSpot Members
Login here or sign up for free,
it takes about a minute.
Get complete access to the TechSpot community. Join thousands of technology enthusiasts that contribute and share knowledge in our forum. Get a private inbox, upload your own photo gallery and more.