[SOLVED] Xfce 4.6.2->4.8 upgrade. How should i do this?
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I'm using Xfce 4.6.2 atm., but since 4.8 is stable, i'd like to use that. Never upgraded my desktop environment before so i'm a little bit confused here.
Should i just add a wheezy repository and upgrade all the xfce packages? Is it really that simple or am i missing something?
Ok, i just did this and it seems fine so far. I just added a wheezy repo, killed X and did an 'apt-get install xfce4'. There are some minor issues, but i'm working on them
If this is not a mission critical machine, then I would suggest you back up your data and do a full upgrade to the testing branch. Mixing stable with testing/unstable/experimental is not recommended and will likely lead to breakage.
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