Continuing the discussion from How to install the Desktop Mate in a system with Ubuntu 16.04 Unity:
I did a minimal (core) install yesterday.
sudo apt install --no-install-recommends ubuntu-mate-core^
Is this still the correct command to use?
Hi @anon42388993,
I’m not really certain but I would just go with the following on a base Ubuntu install?:
sudo apt-get install mate-core
See here for more info:
http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download
If I wanted the whole lot, I would personally use:
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extras
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For a Mini ISO installation, you’d best include the install recommends (required for Xorg configurations). I have a VM which has a super, super basic and tiny MATE Desktop for literally one purpose… it’s ugly too. 
But as we’re referring to an install from Unity, I believe @wolfman’s command is best as it doesn’t include all of Ubuntu MATE’s core applications that will likely differ to what is included on other flavours.
mate-core actually depends on mate-desktop-environment-core, so either meta package will do.
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