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Originally Posted by apemax
I've install slackware 11.0 on my old computer and i was wondering if it would be worth it to upgrade it and if so how? i can't burn any cd's because i don't have a cd burner hence i installed 11.0 (the cd was with a library book).
also when i try to start firefox or some of the other x apps they just don't start. i've tried it in fluxbox and blackbox. oh and when i try to start xfce it starts to load but the goes back to the command line.
one final thing when i try to do slackpkg install-new on every package it says it can't install it because the package is in the .txz format instead of the .tgz format. the uncommented mirror in the slackpkg mirrors file is the 13.0 version.the specs of the computer:
IBM R40e 2684 L9G
2.4GHz Intel celeron processor
128MB ram
ATI radeon 330M 16MB integrated
30GB hard drive
DVD rom drive
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First off, you may be missing only one or two library dependencies to start xfce4 or firefox. If you try to start firefox from an xterm, the error message will tell you the library (or the first library, if more than one) that the executable is failing to find. Download and install the 11.0 package that includes the missing library, and try it again from an xterm.
Secondly, the package format changed between 12.2 and 13.0 You would need to download, then upgrade or install the four package installer specific packages listed in UPGRADE.TXT under /slackware-13.0/ in order to be able to be able to use the newer format.
Thirdly, there were an awful lot of big changes incorporated between 11.0 and 13.0. As the CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT for 13.0 says: "Note that upgrading from a Slackware version earlier than 12.2 is NOT supported at all and will most likely not work." If you wish to try "island-hopping" to a more current version using something like slackpkg, then your next stop from 11.0 will be 12.0.
It might take less time (and be more reliable) to get a cheap Slackware 13.0 or 13.1 DVD from some place like cheapbytes.com or the local equivalent (or have a friend burn a DVD iso, or installation set of CD isos, downloaded from an internet mirror), and do a clean install with the version you want.