Install Fedora 18 with Mate Desktop Environment

I will explain how to install Fedora 18 with the Mate Desktop Environment.

The explanation involves the minimum installation and use the internet to install the desktop environment.


We will need:

• A desktop/laptop/notebook (lol)
•  an image recorded on CD / DVD or usb fllash driver  image already prepared.
• Internet connection

When installing choose the minimal installation, choose this option to not fill the disc with packets descnecessário applications or files from any desktop environment.

After all the options have been chosen instalção and have completed the installation.

Let's log into the terminal and run the following commands: 

# yum install fedora-release-rawhide
# yum update -y
# reboot
# yum distro-sync -y
# reboot

# yum groupinstall "Mate Desktop" 

Let's create a user account

# useradd  USERNAME

# passwd USERNAME 

Once finalized we have to define what we want to boot the graphic environment.

#  ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target