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MATE 1.6 to 1.8 Upgrade HOWTO <willysr@slackware-id.org>
MATE 1.6 to 1.8 Upgrade HOWTO
<willysr@slackware-id.org>
<chess.griffin@gmail.com>
This document explains how to upgrade from MATE 1.6 to 1.8 in Slackware
14.1.
This document explains how to upgrade from MATE 1.6 to MATE 1.8 on
Slackware Linux 14.1.
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OK, now that everything is safely backed up, let's proceed. :-)
To do this, you'll need the MATE 1.8 packages ready in your local system.
Grab it from official repository at http://www.slackware.org.uk/msb/ or any
other mirror sites.
You will need the MATE 1.8 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 utility.
0. log out from MATE Desktop
0. Log out from the MATE desktop.
1. Upgrade/Install all new packages from MATE 1.8
1. Upgrade and install all new MATE 1.8 packages:
upgradepkg --install-new --reinstall /path/to/base/*.txz
upgradepkg --install-new --reinstall /path/to/extra/*.txz
2. Remove obsolete packages
2. Remove obsolete packages:
removepkg mate-file-manager-gksu
removepkg mate-file-manager-image-converter
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removepkg mate-character-map
removepkg mate-bluetooth
3. Remove renamed packages
3. Remove renamed packages:
removepkg mate-file-manager
removepkg mate-window-manager
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removepkg mate-menu-editor
removepkg mate-text-editor
You will notice that some of the files are found on other packages and
it will not be deleted. That's fine, since these packages gets a new
name on MATE 1.8 (see MATE-1.8-CHANGES.TXT).
You will notice some messages that that some of the files are found in
other packages and are not 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)
4. Remove PAM-related packages (optional):
If you happened to install pam/pam_unix2 packages in MATE 1.6 to get
mate-screensaver working for desktop locking feature, you will be glad
to know that mate-screensaver is now moved to extra and without the
need of pam and pam_unix2 libraries anymore. So these two packages can
be safely deleted.
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 them 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
5. 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
At this point you should be running MATE 1.8 on Slackware 14.1. :-)
At this point you should be running MATE 1.8 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:
$ ls /var/log/packages | grep _msb | wc -l
62
We wish everyone good luck with this!