Greetings!
I'm unable to upgrade my Mint 16 Petra's installed XFCE 4.10 to 4.12. I used the standard methods:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.12
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xfce4
and
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.12
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
and
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
But no go. Neither does it work with apt changes to get 4.11. Last year I did somehow manage to upgrade Petra on another drive from 4.10 to 4.11 but I don't know whether that was via a different ppa or whether all these ppa have shut off XFCE 4.11/12 updates. If there's a way to "transplant" the XFCE 4.11 on one drive to another to "upgrade" its XFCE, I'm up to that if anyone has directions how.
Any tips much appreciated!
Jim in NYC
Unable To Upgrade XFCE in Petra - Can I Transplant it?
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Re: Unable To Upgrade XFCE in Petra - Can I Transplant it?
Most all of Mint 16 and it's Ubuntu equivalent servers have been taken down, as Mint 16 is now obsolete.
Still using Linux Mint 14, 15, or 16? Upgrade to 17 asap!
Still using Linux Mint 14, 15, or 16? Upgrade to 17 asap!
Re: Unable To Upgrade XFCE in Petra - Can I Transplant it?
I remember hearing, years ago, of a way to assemble a .deb package from an installed application. Don't remember the details; perhaps a Google search would turn it up.
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Re: Unable To Upgrade XFCE in Petra - Can I Transplant it?
What you want is dpkg-repack. Read the man page on it.
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Re: Unable To Upgrade XFCE in Petra - Can I Transplant it?
Thanks for swift response.jimallyn wrote:What you want is dpkg-repack. Read the man page on it.
I'm not a techie, I just follow sage techie advice to the letter. I don't know what a dpkg-repack is or how to get it or to use it. Also thanks to Puppy mavens for your suggestions too!
Jim in NYC
Re: Unable To Upgrade XFCE in Petra - Can I Transplant it?
But does Mint 17 come with XFCE 4.11 or 4.12?richyrich wrote:Most all of Mint 16 and it's Ubuntu equivalent servers have been taken down, as Mint 16 is now obsolete.
Still using Linux Mint 14, 15, or 16? Upgrade to 17 asap!
Jim in NYC
Re: Unable To Upgrade XFCE in Petra - Can I Transplant it?
Not sure about Mint 17.1 Rebecca, but in Mint 17 Qiana I am running Xfce 4.11.8
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Re: Unable To Upgrade XFCE in Petra - Can I Transplant it?
It probably ought to come with XFCE 4.10, since Mint 17.x is - I think - called a "Long-Term Support" version by its developer, and the current stable version of XFCE is 4.10. 4.11 is a development version... and - I think - the XFCE developers are hoping to release 4.12 some time around the end of this month or in March.jimwg wrote:But does Mint 17 come with XFCE 4.11 or 4.12?
Regards,
MDM
Mint 18 Xfce 4.12.
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