Hello Everyone,

I would like to upgrade the mesa package and gcc package to Slackware
14.1 how can i do that? Do i have to compile video drivers?

I wish it was that simple. but that is not a question you can just answer. very simple to copy the way Pat does it and try to build them, but hey. your talking about doing things to your system that can just break it broken. I mean broke.
good place to start is. Looking at the source builds from Pat V. and look at how he has done it through the years.
remember when building drivers for nvidia or AMD they really need to match the gcc used to build the kernel.
get your search engine turned on go to town.

You always can try to upgrade mesa, reusing the genuine Slackbuild in /source, downloading a new source tarball and changing the VERSION as need be. Be aware that you may need to change also other components of the graphic stack though like e.g. libdrm and video drivers (you'll have to find out by yourself) , so keep the older packages at hand just in case and be prepared to experiment.

For gcc, simple advice: don't do that. It is possible that some programs fail to build with a newer version of gcc. Unless you be acquainted with program development (unlikely as then you wouldn't probably have asked the question.)

Now, I wouldn't even upgrade mesa unless I have a really good reason, like to use a very recent driver that needs a newer mesa, but that's _your_ system

Not Slackware specific but you may find this helpful:

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs...x/mesalib.html

Also, I have a slightly newer version of mesa in Slackworks. Be aware it does come with some new prerequisites, so if you know how to edit the SlackBuild files to exclude these, go ahead.

Hello Everyone,

Ok thanks everyone.