Can any of you Linux experts out there tell me how to upgrade Gnome 2.4 to 2.6 with Slackware 9.1 distribution.

I am new to Linux so if you respond, please post your comments from that perspective.

Thanks

I'm quite a newbie too, but here's how I'd do it (and have done):

Run terminal. Become root. Run "pkgtool", choose to remove *some* packages. See what packages you want to upgrade from some slackware ftp directory. Example: ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.slac...ackware/gnome/

Let's suggest that you decide to upgrade every package listed in that directory. Upgrading means just uninstalling the pkgs, then downloading the new ones to e.g. /tmp directory, and running "./install-packages". To download, use wget ("wget ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.slac...ckware/gnome/*" - downloads everything from specified location to the current directory).

Hope this makes sense.

Bamse

Bamse123

Thanks, I will try your suggestion.

Good luck, be sure to post here if problems occur.

Regards,
Bamse

You can always try SWareT or slapt-get. They do all the hard work of downloading and upgrading the packages.

I suppose I should remove Gnome 2.4 before I install 2.6. I did that, when I startx, Gnome 2.6 startup screen appears, but Nautilus does not load all the usual services, when I try to select something all I get is my mouse cursor.

Reload, try again?

I went ahead and reload Slackware, I intalled the entire package, before I did that I unistalled all the old packages. Now when I startx, Slackware says gnome-session:relocation error: /usr/lib/libgnomecanvas-2.so.0: undefinde symbot: gdk_threads_lock.
Waiting for X server to shut down.

Nothing ever goes as plan.