LinuxQuestions.org - [SOLVED] Installing Mate 1.2 in Linux Mint 12 Lisa

I'm sure that I saw a thread on how to do this in the past, however I couldn't find it. I am wanting to try the new desktop (which I know is in Maya), however since Lisa has no outstanding problems with functionality on my laptop I figured I shouldn't fix something that isn't broken.

I tried adding the Ubuntu repos as suggested at Linux Mint Installation Instructions (the following is my /etc/apt/preferences file):

Code:

Package: *

Pin: release o=linuxmint

Pin-Priority: 700



Package: *

Pin: origin packages.linuxmint.com

Pin-Priority: 700



Package: *

Pin: release o=Ubuntu

Pin-Priority: 500



Package: *

Pin: origin packages.mate-desktop.org

Pin-Priority: 700

however when I do

Code:

sudo apt-get install mate-desktop

it still seems to fetch the older version. Is this file read by apt in any certain order, is there anything I need to change?

Thanks!