Do the newly installed Desktop Environment replaces the older one automatically?

Asked Aug 04 '17 at 05:41

Active Aug 23 '17 at 07:52

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I had gnome Desktop Environment, and yesterday I installed mate desktop environment using the following command.

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-mate-desktop

Now I'm using mate. But what happened to the older one? Is it get auto-deleted or what?

edited Aug 23 '17 at 07:52

asked Aug 04 '17 at 05:41

sirajalam049

A comment is appreciable on downvotes. :) – sirajalam049 Aug 04 '17 at 05:47
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Unless explicitly told to uninstall the previous environment is still available. Try the switcher option from the login screen to switch to the previous desktop environment. – AmeyaVS Aug 04 '17 at 05:48
k, I'll try, BTW is it a bad question to ask @AmeyaVS? – sirajalam049 Aug 04 '17 at 05:50
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In the output of apt-get install, did you see any packages being removed? – muru Aug 04 '17 at 05:50
I didn't remember, I just rebooted my system just after it shows me Done! – sirajalam049 Aug 04 '17 at 05:51
Then check the logs. – muru Aug 04 '17 at 05:52
This was the last line just before Done
0 added, 0 removed; done.
– sirajalam049 Aug 04 '17 at 05:57

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