MATE 1.12 to 1.14 Upgrade HOWTO 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 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 1.14 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. Reboot after upgrading your Slackware 14.1 -> Slackware 14.2 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 upgradepkg --install-new --reinstall /path/to/extra/*.txz 2. Remove obsolete packages: 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 1.14 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 51 packages: $ ls /var/log/packages | grep _msb | wc -l 51 We wish everyone good luck with this! Please report any issues to mateslackbuilds@gmail.com. --- Chess Griffin Willy Sudiarto Raharjo