Mate 16.04 not kicking in after install on ubuntu 16.04

[Colin Law]

On 12 September 2016 at 10:11, Johan Scheepers <johansche at telkomsa.net> wrote:
> On 12/09/2016 10:59, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> On 12 September 2016 at 09:45, Johan Scheepers <johansche at telkomsa.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> ...
>>> I thought that this should work.
>>> To upgrade to the latest MATE Desktop 1.14.x in Ubuntu MATE 16.04 using
>>> the
>>> official Xenial MATE PPA, open a terminal and use the following commands:
>>>
>>> sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/xenial-mate
>>> sudo apt update
>>> sudo apt dist-upgrade
>>
>> I would have expected that to work, assuming that you had installed
>> Ubuntu Mate rather than just Ubuntu.
>>
>> Colin
>>
> What would you suggest to do if you want ubuntu-gnome and mate on top of it
> to have a choice when logging in. I have no problem to re-install. Pensioner
> - lots of  time and data on fast-dsl.

On top of what?  Once again please try to make it clear exactly what
it is you are saying.

Colin