After installing xfce 4.12. at usr/local/ i am not seeing any changes cannot access any desktop icons it seems default has not been set i'm seeing old xfce themes and appearances...what could possibly go wrong i'm using slackware14.1 oh and all compilation configure and make steps went without errors. please help.i've been stuck with it for 2-3 days

Easiest way to run Xfce 4.12 under Slackware is either to install -current, use Robby Workman's packages or my own MLED.

would you please elaborate the steps for that?if you don't mind

He gave you 3 different options.

You can either upgrade Slackware to -current, which is a development version that will lead to the next stable release. It has much newer software, and while it is usually bug free, some will still slip through. There's plenty of guides to switch to -current.

Install Robby Workman's packages (he's part of the dev team for Slackware itself). I've quoted below the pertinent info from his changelog on the best way to install the upgraded XFCE. You can grab the 32bit packages here and the 64bit packages here:

Last option is to use kikinovac's MLED, which is a stripped (optimized) version of Slackware that is mostly stock, but has upgraded XFCE packages. You can view the instructions on his site that he linked and see more info on the project. It is fully compatible with Slackware packages.

right get the packages and installpkg each and every one of the modules right?but how remove existing one completely? after i kill config daemon.?

I think your first step should be to spend some time here:

http://docs.slackware.com/

Read all the basic stuff and get comfortable with it.

it's not updating or replacing old one with new one ....

My easy route would be: remove the 4.12 packages (each and every one of the modules), reinstall XFCE from Slackware-14.1, get Robby Workman's* full source tree (post #2) and run 'xfce-build-all.sh'...

How do you managed to install XFCE to '/usr/local/'?

*You can use rsync.

Are you saying your old packages are still there? You have to use upgradepkg to upgrade to the new ones and replace the old ones.

Why should he rebuild them? They're already built for Slackware 14.1. No need to go through that chore, since Robby already did all the work.

Just download all packages from Robby's repo, and then:

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i set the config path while doing ./configure.

just upgradepkg nothing else?or upgradepkg and package name?i am still confused why old package remains...

Please read the Slackware documentation before doing something like you would do. Otherwise you'll discover a world of pain and frustration.

http://docs.slackware.com/

i'll spend some time and read it and then i will start working on it anyway it's pretty much screwed i'll install slackware one more time it's in vmware and try doing it again

Slackware is a bare-bones distribution with - nearly - no automatic configuration, so reading the documentation is mandatory.