Binary package “libmate-desktop-dev” in ubuntu kinetic

Library with common API for various MATE modules (development files)

 The MATE component mate-desktop contains the libmate-desktop library, the
 mate-about program, as well as some desktop-wide documents.
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 The libmate-desktop library provides an API shared by several applications
 on the desktop, but that cannot live in the platform for various
 reasons.
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 This package contains the mate-desktop development files.