i have tried installing the mate iso and this would always end in error 5 or error 1 i/o, which i don't quite understand.
i resorted to installing solus budgie and then installing the mate desktop. process completed with this list of errors
`sudo eopkg install -c desktop.mate
The following package(s) are already installed and are not going to be installed again:
atril blueman brisk-menu caja
caja-dropbox caja-extensions ccsm compiz
compiz-bcop compiz-plugins-main compizconfig-python engrampa
eom gnome-system-tools indicator-application libcompizconfig
libmatekbd libmatemixer libmateweather liboobs
marco mate-applets mate-backgrounds mate-calc
mate-control-center mate-desktop mate-desktop-branding-fortitude mate-desktop-branding-legacy
mate-desktop-branding-livecd mate-desktop-branding-material mate-desktop-branding-shared mate-dock-applet
mate-icon-theme mate-indicator-applet mate-media mate-menu
mate-menus mate-netbook mate-notification-daemon mate-notification-theme-slate
mate-panel mate-polkit mate-screensaver mate-session-manager
mate-settings-daemon mate-system-monitor mate-terminal mate-user-guide
mate-utils mozo pluma system-tools-backends
vala-panel-appmenu-mate-desktop
Following packages will be installed:
mate-desktop-branding mate-power-manager mate-sensors-applet mate-themes mate-tweak
Total size of package(s): 7.93 MB
Downloading 1 / 5
Package mate-sensors-applet found in repository Solus
mate-sensors-applet-1.20.3-11-1-x86_64.eopkg [cached]
Downloading 2 / 5
Package mate-power-manager found in repository Solus
mate-power-manager-1.20.3-14-1-x86_64.eopkg [cached]
Downloading 3 / 5
Package mate-themes found in repository Solus
mate-themes-3.22.19-12-1-x86_64.eopkg [cached]
Downloading 4 / 5
Package mate-tweak found in repository Solus
mate-tweak-18.10.2-14-1-x86_64.eopkg [cached]
Downloading 5 / 5
Package mate-desktop-branding found in repository Solus
mate-desktop-branding-18-38-1-x86_64.eopkg [cached]
Installing 1 / 5
mate-sensors-applet-1.20.3-11-1-x86_64.eopkg [cached]
Installing mate-sensors-applet, version 1.20.3, release 11
Extracting the files of mate-sensors-applet
Installed mate-sensors-applet
Installing 2 / 5
mate-power-manager-1.20.3-14-1-x86_64.eopkg [cached]
Installing mate-power-manager, version 1.20.3, release 14
Extracting the files of mate-power-manager
Installed mate-power-manager
Installing 3 / 5
mate-themes-3.22.19-12-1-x86_64.eopkg [cached]
Installing mate-themes, version 3.22.19, release 12
Extracting the files of mate-themes
Installed mate-themes
Installing 4 / 5
mate-tweak-18.10.2-14-1-x86_64.eopkg [cached]
Installing mate-tweak, version 18.10.2, release 14
Extracting the files of mate-tweak
Installed mate-tweak
Installing 5 / 5
mate-desktop-branding-18-38-1-x86_64.eopkg [cached]
Installing mate-desktop-branding, version 18, release 38
[✓] Syncing filesystems success
[✓] Updating dynamic library cache success
[✓] Compiling glib-schemas success
[✓] Updating icon theme cache: hicolor success
[✓] Updating icon theme cache: mate success
[✓] Updating icon theme cache: mate-black success
[✓] Updating icon theme cache: ContrastHigh success
[✓] Updating desktop database success
[✓] Updating manpages database success
Program terminated.
File conflicts:
/usr/share/defaults/etc/profile.d/60-mate-accessibility.sh from mate-desktop-branding-shared package
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/10_mate_settings.gschema.override from mate-desktop-branding-shared package
/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf.d/20_mate_default.conf from mate-desktop-branding-shared package
/usr/share/mate-panel/layouts/solus.layout from mate-desktop-branding-shared package
Please use 'eopkg help' for general help.
`
please help me resolve this issue. i can see the conflict but i'm not sure whether to delete them.
running mate tweak through command line (not visible anywhere else)
`mate-tweak
Window Manager is: marco
(mate-tweak:10386): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:13:53.156: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:2281:23: Expected a valid selector
(mate-tweak:10386): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:13:53.298: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:11535:3: '/*' in comment block
(mate-tweak:10386): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:13:53.299: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:11641:2: '/*' in comment block
Current layout: solus`
it also has no idea i have some packages installed,
i want to enable drop down terminal and the dock. help, please :smile:
