Installlion.com
How To Uninstall mate-backgrounds On Linux Mint 17.2
To uninstall mate-backgrounds just follow these instructions.
Are you having problems? You can always add mate-backgroundsagain by following the instructions at this link.
Uninstall just mate-backgrounds
http://installion.co.uk/linuxmint/rafaela/import/m/mate-backgrounds/uninstall/index.htmlSet of backgrounds packaged with the MATE Desktop Environment created with MATE users in mind.Linux Mint 17.2x111.10.0-1+rafaelasudo apt-get remove mate-backgrounds
This will remove just the mate-backgrounds package itself.
Uninstall mate-backgrounds and its dependencies
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove mate-backgrounds
This will remove the mate-backgrounds package and any other dependant packages which are no longer needed.
Purging your config/data too
If you also want to delete your local/config files for mate-backgrounds then this will work.
Caution! Purged config/data can not be restored by reinstalling the package.
sudo apt-get purge mate-backgrounds
Or similarly, like this mate-backgrounds
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove mate-backgrounds
Package Data
| Package | mate-backgrounds |
| Version | 1.10.0-1+rafaela |
| Maintainer | MATE Packaging Team <[email protected]> |
| Home page | http://www.mate-desktop.org/ |
| Description | Set of backgrounds packaged with the MATE Desktop Environment created with MATE users in mind. |
| Distro | linuxmint |
| Release | rafaela |
| Repo | import |
| Section | x11 |
Dependencies
mate-backgrounds is not dependent on any other packages.