---
name: "mate-display-properties-install-systemwide"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mate-control-center"
version: "1.28.2-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mate-display-properties-install-systemwide"
---

# mate-display-properties-install-systemwide(1)

customize MATE display behavor

## NAME

mate-display-properties-install-systemwide - customize MATE display behavor

## SYNOPSIS

**mate-display-properties-install-systemwide** *\<SOURCE\_FILE\> \<DEST\_NAME\>*

## DESCRIPTION

This executable is part of the package 'mate-control-center': The MATE Control Center.

This command line tool installs a RANDR profile for multi-monitor setups into a systemwide location.  The resulting profile will get used when the RANDR plug-in gets run in **mate-settings-daemon**.

- *\<SOURCE\_FILE\>*

  a full pathname, typically /home/username/.config/monitors.xml

- *\<DEST\_NAME\>*

  relative name for the installed file.  This will get put in the systemwide directory for RANDR configurations, so the result will typically be /etc/mate-settings-daemon/xrandr/DEST\_NAME

## AUTHORS

This manual page was writtenby Mike Gabriel \<mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

## SEE ALSO

Latest version of the MATE Desktop User Guide for your platform.

[**mate-control-center**(1)](/mate-control-center/1.md), [**mate-display-properties**(1)](/mate-display-properties/1.md), [**mate-settings-daemon**(1)](/mate-settings-daemon/1.md),