From 290c83b41788fd0a05aff71d8b2a6651db7fdeda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chess Griffin Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 22:34:33 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] modify UPGRADE.TXT Signed-off-by: Chess Griffin --- UPGRADE.TXT | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/UPGRADE.TXT b/UPGRADE.TXT index 2e8fea6..6cfc5b0 100644 --- a/UPGRADE.TXT +++ b/UPGRADE.TXT @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ -MATE 1.6 to 1.8 Upgrade HOWTO +MATE 1.6 to 1.8 Upgrade HOWTO + + -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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -12,18 +14,20 @@ is complete. Back it up, or take your chances. 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 @@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ other mirror sites. removepkg mate-character-map removepkg mate-bluetooth -3. Remove renamed packages +3. Remove renamed packages: removepkg mate-file-manager removepkg mate-window-manager @@ -46,27 +50,34 @@ other mirror sites. 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!