Cinnamon has left over files in my Mate setup(Solved)

[FUBAR]

Right, what does this mean? Has Cinnamon not cleared from my Mate setup? I know I told the Mate install to Erase disk and install Mate, and they have locks on the files, like I don't own them, are they Root?

[smurphos]

So have a look at where these files are.

There are a couple of 'Cinnamon' components in a standard Mint Mate install - they are xviewer dependecies.

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steve@vb-mate:~$ apt list -i *cinnamon*
Listing... Done
cinnamon-desktop-data/una,una,now 5.2.1+una all [installed]
libcinnamon-desktop4/una,now 5.2.1+una amd64 [installed]
steve@vb-mate:~$ aptitude why cinnamon-desktop-data
i   libcinnamon-desktop4 Depends cinnamon-desktop-data (>= 5.2.1+una)
steve@vb-mate:~$ aptitude why libcinnamon-desktop4
i   xviewer Depends libcinnamon-desktop4 (>= 5.2.0+una)

Also the Ubuntu package app-install-data installs desktop files for multiple Desktop environments including Cinnamon, which I think accounts for most of your search results. These files are used by Software Manager in Mint.

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steve@vb-mate:~$ apt show app-install-data
Package: app-install-data
Version: 15.10
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Source: app-install-data-ubuntu
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 46.4 MB
Download-Size: 15.0 MB
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
Description: Ubuntu applications (data files)
 This package contains the Ubuntu specific application data and icons for
 software-center (and similar tools).

steve@vb-mate:~$ apt content app-install-data | grep cinnamon
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon2d.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-killer-daemon.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-menu-editor.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-applets.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-backgrounds.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-calendar.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-default.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-desklets.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-desktop.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-effects.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-extensions.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-fonts.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-general.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-hotcorner.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-info.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-keyboard.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-mouse.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-notifications.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-panel.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-power.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-privacy.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-screensaver.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-startup.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-themes.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-tiling.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-user.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-users.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-windows.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon:cinnamon-settings-workspaces.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon-control-center:cinnamon-color-panel.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon-control-center:cinnamon-control-center.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon-control-center:cinnamon-datetime-panel.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon-control-center:cinnamon-display-panel.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon-control-center:cinnamon-network-panel.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon-control-center:cinnamon-region-panel.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon-control-center:cinnamon-sound-nua-panel.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon-control-center:cinnamon-sound-panel.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon-control-center:cinnamon-universal-access-panel.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon-control-center:cinnamon-wacom-panel.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon-screensaver:cinnamon-screensaver.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/cinnamon-settings-daemon:cinnamon-settings-daemon.desktop

[FUBAR]

Okay, but, whats with the padlock on each? They must be Root?? I can't access them.

[FUBAR]

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fubar@fubar-System-Product-Name:~$ apt show app-install-data
Package: app-install-data
Version: 15.10
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Source: app-install-data-ubuntu
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 46.4 MB
Download-Size: 15.0 MB
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
Description: Ubuntu applications (data files)
 This package contains the Ubuntu specific application data and
 icons for software-center (and similar tools).

[FUBAR]

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fubar@fubar-System-Product-Name:~$ apt list -i *cinnamon*
Listing... Done
cinnamon-desktop-data/now 5.2.0+una all [installed,upgradable to: 5.2.1+una]
libcinnamon-desktop4/now 5.2.0+una amd64 [installed,upgradable to: 5.2.1+una]
fubar@fubar-System-Product-Name:~$ 

[smurphos]

Okay, but, whats with the padlock on each? They must be Root?? I can't access them.

Yes they are root owned - as will be pretty much any file outside of your home.

[FUBAR]

Okay, thanks for the confirmation on this!