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Re: Mate error message under Debian 8.6.0

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On 2016-12-20 08:34 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:

> When I right click on the top panel and then chose "Help" I receive
> "Could not display help document 'mate-user-guide'. The specified
> location is not supported."
>
> As I do not have adequate bandwidth for install from internet I use
> purchased sets of DVDs. I assumed the document had not been on DVD1. I
> used Synaptic to add the other 12 DVDs. I searched for
> 'mate-user-guide' without success.
>
> Where would the required documentation be?

Apparently it was only packaged after the Jessie release, due to some
licensing issues (GFDL) in versions prior to 1.10.  You could install
the version from testing[1] or an older one from snapshot.debian.org[2].
The latter is probably preferable, since it's closer to the mate
version in stable.

Alternatively, Linux Mint has a 1.8.1 version in their repositories[3]
which you could install.  Here is the usual disclaimer: inspect the
package before you install it, and if there's any file conflict with
Debian packages you are on your own.

Cheers,
       Sven


1. https://packages.debian.org/stretch/mate-user-guide
2. http://snapshot.debian.org/package/mate-desktop/1.10.2-1/#mate-user-guide_1.10.2-1
3. http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/import/m/mate-desktop/mate-user-guide_1.8.1-0_all.deb

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Mate error message under Debian 8.6.0 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-20 15:40 +0100
  Re: Mate error message under Debian 8.6.0 Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2016-12-20 16:20 +0100
    Re: Installing a package downloaded from snapshot - was [Re: Mate  error message under Debian 8.6.0] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-01-26 15:10 +0100
      Re: Installing a package downloaded from snapshot - was [Re: Mate  error message under Debian 8.6.0] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-26 16:00 +0100
        Re: Installing a package downloaded from snapshot - was [Re: Mate  error message under Debian 8.6.0] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-01-26 17:40 +0100
    Installing a package downloaded from snapshot - was [Re: Mate error  message under Debian 8.6.0] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-26 15:10 +0100
      Re: Installing a package downloaded from snapshot - was [Re: Mate  error message under Debian 8.6.0] Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2017-01-26 17:20 +0100
        Re: Installing a package downloaded from snapshot - was [Re: Mate  error message under Debian 8.6.0] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-27 14:50 +0100
          Invocation dependent bug for gdebi-gtk Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-27 16:50 +0100
          Re: Installing a package downloaded from snapshot - was [Re: Mate  error message under Debian 8.6.0] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-01-27 16:50 +0100
            Re: Installing a package downloaded from snapshot - was [Re: Mate  error message under Debian 8.6.0] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-27 19:50 +0100
              Re: Installing a package downloaded from snapshot - was [Re: Mate  error message under Debian 8.6.0] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-01-27 20:40 +0100
                Re: Installing a package downloaded from snapshot - was [Re: Mate  error message under Debian 8.6.0] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-27 22:00 +0100
                Re: Installing a package downloaded from snapshot - was [Re: Mate error message under Debian 8.6.0] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-01-27 22:10 +0100
                Re: Installing a package downloaded from snapshot - was [Re: Mate error message under Debian 8.6.0] Ryan Cunningham <levantamos.para.unir.listas@gmail.com> - 2017-01-27 22:20 +0100
                Re: Installing a package downloaded from snapshot - was [Re: Mate error message under Debian 8.6.0] Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-02-02 19:10 +0100
                Re: Installing a package downloaded from snapshot - was [Re: Mate error message under Debian 8.6.0] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-02-02 19:40 +0100

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