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MATE SlackBuilds
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This project provides SlackBuild scripts to build and install the MATE desktop
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environment on Slackware (http://www.mate-desktop.org). Please check the main
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project website at http://mateslackbuilds.github.io for screenshots and more
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information. There is also a link to some MATE 1.6 binary packages for
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Slackware 14.0 and Slackware 14.1.
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Please read GIT_BRANCHES.TXT to make sure you are on the right branch of the
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MSB repo before attempting to build from the scripts. After cloning the
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initial Git repo, you will be using 'master' branch which will build the
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development branch of MATE 1.7. Building from the development branch is not
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supported and may or may not work at any given moment. Most users will want
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to build from the stable branch which is MATE version 1.6, released on April
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2, 2013. Checkout that branch using 'git checkout 14.1-mate-1.6' to build from
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the stable MSB branch.
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The rest of this README.TXT is specific to building from the 'master' branch.
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How to build and install the MATE packages using these scripts:
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1. Clone the Git repo or download a tarball/zip of the repo.
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2. Run the 'mate-build-base.sh' in the msb root directory which will build
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and install all the base (required) packages, including necessary dependencies
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in the /deps directory. There are a total of 27 packages and they do not
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replace any stock Slackware packages. (If you are building on -current, then
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dconf and itstool are already included in Slackware so you do not need them
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here in the git repo -- see CURRENT.TXT). The SlackBuilds will use wget to
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download the sources. Or, you can also manually download the sources from:
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http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.7/ and the download locations for each
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dependency and put each source into the corresponding directory within 'base'
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and 'deps'.
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3. Optionally, build and install any of the extra packages in the /extra
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directory. If you want to build and install them all, then you can use the
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'mate-build-extra.sh' script in the msb root directory. Otherwise, just go
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into the directory of whatever package you want in /extra and run the
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SlackBuild. As with 'base', each SlackBuild will download the source.
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4. Once the base packages are built and installed, plus any from /extra, you
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can use 'xwmconfig' to select the mate session. Or, if you use KDM, just log
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out and select MATE from the KDM session dialog.
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5. Check the 'startup applications' because there might be some duplicate or
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conflicting entries. For example, there will be an entry for polkit-mate and
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polkit-gnome, the result of which might be duplicate attempts at polkit
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actions when inserting a usb stick, for example. You may want to disable
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polkit-gnome and see if polkit-mate works by itself. Also, if you use
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mate-power-manager from /extra then you might want to disable the Xfce power
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manager if it is listed. Same with mate-keyring from /extra - if you
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installed that, you might want to disable the gnome-keyring entries.
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6. Users running Slackware{64}-Current are advised to read CURRENT.TXT. It
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should also be noted that the target system for MATE SlackBuilds is a full
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install of the latest official Slackware release. It might run on a
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less-than-full install and it might run on -current. Or, it might not.
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Neither of those are our official target systems.
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7. Enjoy and let us know of any issues. Email is: mateslackbuilds@gmail.com.
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Thanks!
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