Archlinux Custom Repo

Archlinux's wiki has an entry about MATE Desktop Environment: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MATE

To install MATE, open /etc/pacman.conf and append this: (for i686 or x86_64).

[mate]
SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
Server = http://repo.mate-desktop.org/archlinux/$arch
 
 
# MIRROR -  MATE repo:
#Server = http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/archlinux/mate/$arch

Installation

Do a pacman update

pacman -Syy

And install the package normally.

#bare bones install(just desktop, panel and window manager):

pacman -S mate

#full install:

pacman -S mate mate-extra mate-extras

Please, report any bug or problem at https://github.com/mate-desktop

Upgrading from 1.4 to 1.6 you should remove all old 1.4 packages to avoid slow mate-desktop startup time

pacman -R ffmpegthumbnailer-caja libmate libmatecanvas libmatecomponent libmatecomponentui libmatenotify libmateui mate-conf mate-conf-editor mate-corba mate-mime-data mate-vfs python-corba python-mate python-mate-desktop

NOTE! be careful though and check what is removed. dont let it remove your important system packages, if you for example havent updated your system before.