Miroirs/msb
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://gitlab.com/mateslackbuilds/msb.git synced 2024-12-25 21:59:36 +01:00
Code Issues Projects Releases Packages Wiki Activity Actions

UPGRADE.TXT: Preparation for Slackware 14.2.

Browse source 
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackware-id.org>
This commit is contained in:
Willy Sudiarto Raharjo 2016-06-12 10:07:37 +07:00
parent d19df49633
commit 5b0af06658
No known key found for this signature in database
GPG key ID: 887B8374D7333381
1 changed files with 20 additions and 16 deletions
Show stats Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

36
UPGRADE.TXT
View file

@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
MATE 1.8 to 1.10 Upgrade HOWTO
MATE 1.12 to 1.14 Upgrade HOWTO
<mateslackbuilds@gmail.com>
This document explains how to upgrade from MATE 1.8 to MATE 1.10 on
Slackware Linux 14.1.
This document explains how to upgrade from MATE 1.12 on Slackware 14.1 to
MATE 1.14 on Slackware Linux 14.2.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE:
This procedure assumes you are upgrading from Slackware 14.1 to Slackware 14.2.
If you install Slackware 14.2 using a clean installation procedure, simply
use installpkg to install all packages in deps, base, and extra directory.
Before you begin, we strongly recommend making a backup of your system, or,
if not the entire system, at least the /etc and your home directory. You
might find that you need to refer to a few things after the upgrade process
@ -13,15 +18,14 @@ 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 1.10 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 1.10 has new and obsoleted
packages, we do not recommend upgrading using slackpkg+ or other similar
utilities.
You will need the MATE 1.14 packages available on your local system. Grab
them from the official repository at http://www.slackware.uk/msb/ or
any of the mirror sites. Please note that MATE 1.14 has new and obsoleted
packages.
0. Log out from the MATE desktop.
0. Reboot after upgrading your Slackware 14.1 -> Slackware 14.2
1. Upgrade and install all new MATE 1.10 packages:
1. Upgrade and install all new MATE 1.14 packages:
upgradepkg --install-new --reinstall /path/to/deps/*.txz
upgradepkg --install-new --reinstall /path/to/base/*.txz
@ -29,21 +33,21 @@ utilities.
2. Remove obsolete packages:
removepkg mate-calc
removepkg mate-dialogs
removepkg mate-netspeed perl-xml-twig perl-net-dbus system-tools-backends
removepkg liboobs mate-system-tools gnome-main-menu
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 1.8
from MATE 1.14
At this point you should be running MATE 1.10 on Slackware 14.1. :-) If
At this point you should be running MATE 1.14 on Slackware 14.2. :-) If
you have installed everything from /base and /extra (which will include
packages from the /deps directory) then you should have a total of 67
packages from the /deps directory) then you should have a total of 51
packages:
$ ls /var/log/packages | grep _msb | wc -l
66
51
We wish everyone good luck with this! Please report any issues to
mateslackbuilds@gmail.com.