From 0a8e397459d740507673edf19128b021ba0bdbaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 01:35:10 +0700 Subject: [PATCH] UPGRADE.TXT: Update for 1.10. Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo --- UPGRADE.TXT | 66 +++++++++++++---------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-) diff --git a/UPGRADE.TXT b/UPGRADE.TXT index 86df41a..975b330 100644 --- a/UPGRADE.TXT +++ b/UPGRADE.TXT @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ -MATE 1.6 to 1.8 Upgrade HOWTO - - +MATE 1.8 to 1.10 Upgrade HOWTO + -This document explains how to upgrade from MATE 1.6 to MATE 1.8 on +This document explains how to upgrade from MATE 1.8 to MATE 1.10 on Slackware Linux 14.1. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -14,70 +13,37 @@ is complete. Back it up, or take your chances. OK, now that everything is safely backed up, let's proceed. :-) -You will need the MATE 1.8 packages available on your local system. Grab +You will need the MATE 1.10 packages available on your local system. Grab them from the official repository at http://www.slackware.org.uk/msb/ or -any of the mirror sites. Due to the fact that MATE 1.8 has new, obsoleted, -and renamed packages, we do not recommend upgrading using slackpkg+ or -other similar utilities. +any of the mirror sites. Due to the fact that MATE 1.10 has new and obsoleted +packages, we do not recommend upgrading using slackpkg+ or other similar +utilities. 0. Log out from the MATE desktop. -1. Upgrade and install all new MATE 1.8 packages: +1. Upgrade and install all new MATE 1.10 packages: + upgradepkg --install-new --reinstall /path/to/deps/*.txz upgradepkg --install-new --reinstall /path/to/base/*.txz upgradepkg --install-new --reinstall /path/to/extra/*.txz 2. Remove obsolete packages: - removepkg mate-file-manager-gksu - removepkg mate-file-manager-image-converter - removepkg mate-file-manager-open-terminal - removepkg mate-file-manager-sendto - removepkg mate-keyring - removepkg libmatekeyring - removepkg mate-doc-utils - removepkg libmatewnck - removepkg mate-character-map - removepkg mate-bluetooth + removepkg mate-calc + removepkg mate-dialogs -3. Remove renamed packages: - - removepkg mate-file-manager - removepkg mate-window-manager - removepkg mate-document-viewer - removepkg mate-image-viewer - removepkg mate-file-archiver - removepkg mate-menu-editor - removepkg mate-text-editor - - You will notice some messages that that some of the files are found in - other packages and cannot be deleted. That's fine, since these files - are included in new packages with a new name in MATE 1.8 (see - MATE-1.8-CHANGES.TXT). - -4. Remove PAM-related packages (optional): - - If you happened to install pam/pam_unix2 packages in MATE 1.6 to get - /testing/mate-screensaver working for the desktop locking feature, you - will be glad to know that mate-screensaver is now moved to /extra and - no longer needs the pam and pam_unix2 libraries anymore. So, if you - installed pam for MATE 1.6, these two packages can be safely deleted: - - removepkg pam - removepkg pam_unix2 - -5. Run xwmconfig and select xinitrc.mate-session. This ensures you get the +3. Run xwmconfig and select xinitrc.mate-session. This ensures you get the latest copy of xinitrc.mate-session due to changes in mate-session- manager. ALWAYS run this command for both new installations or upgrades - from MATE 1.6 + from MATE 1.8 -At this point you should be running MATE 1.8 on Slackware 14.1. :-) If +At this point you should be running MATE 1.10 on Slackware 14.1. :-) If you have installed everything from /base and /extra (which will include -packages from the /deps directory) then you should have a total of 62 +packages from the /deps directory) then you should have a total of 67 packages: $ ls /var/log/packages | grep _msb | wc -l - 62 + 67 We wish everyone good luck with this! Please report any issues to mateslackbuilds@gmail.com.