change flavours from Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) to MATE 15.04

Question

Is there a way to change flavours from Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) to MATE 15.04 without downgrading back to 14.10 first?

wiki.mate-desktop.org/download Does not provide me with a solution. — myusername, Jun 12 '15 at 02:22
"MATE 1.8 has been available in official repositories since Ubuntu 14.10." — xangua, Jun 12 '15 at 02:24
possible duplicate of Will I be able to get an interface that is like Gnome Classic in Ubuntu 14.04? — xangua, Jun 12 '15 at 02:25
list of packages available http://packages.ubuntu.com/vivid/mate-desktop-environment — JoKeR, Jun 12 '15 at 02:37
I will repeat, "wiki.mate-desktop.org/download " does NOT provide any instruction / command line info for being able to switch from 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) to MATE 15.04 . Unless im missing something PLEASE INDICATE to me where you would find the info that I am requesting. It simply is NOT there — myusername, Jun 12 '15 at 04:23

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 12 '15 at 05:42

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Ok got it , it was staring me right in the face!

First make sure your package list is up-to-date by running:

sudo apt-get update

To install MATE, choose one of the apt-get options below.

This will install the base packages required for a minimal MATE desktop
```
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-core
```

This will install the complete MATE desktop

sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment

This will install the complete MATE desktop including a few extras
```
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extras
```

edited Jun 12 '15 at 05:42

Rinzwind

answered Jun 12 '15 at 04:36

myusername

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but then you also have to uninstall all the other desktop stuff – endolith Apr 17 '16 at 04:36

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