Install mate desktop on kali linux

Kali linux
Kali Linux comes with a hacked version of the gnome 3 desktop. It has been made to look like gnome 2 but lacks many features of the old version. If you want other desktops then can install kde, xfce or lxde from the repository. However if you want to get the good old gnome 2 desktop then install the mate desktop.
Mate desktop is not available in the kali repositories but since kali is based on debian, its easy to install the mate desktop using the same debian repositories.
Install mate desktop and get back the good old gnome 2
So first add the mate repositories to kali.
root@kali:~# echo "deb http://repo.mate-desktop.org/debian wheezy main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
Now update the package list
root@kali:~# apt-get update
At this point after, during the update it would give an error like this
W: GPG error: http://repo.mate-desktop.org wheezy Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 68980A0EA10B4DE8
To fix this install the mate-archive-keyring package
root@kali:~# apt-get install mate-archive-keyring
Now update the package list again
root@kali:~# apt-get update
Now finally install the mate desktop
root@kali:~# apt-get install mate-core
Now logout and select the mate desktop on the login screen and relogin.
You can install additional software by running the following commands
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