In upgrading Gnome-1.4 to Gnome-2.2, what about already installed Gnome apps?

Stacey Roberts stacey at vickiandstacey.com
Wed Apr 23 10:18:56 PDT 2003


Hello Joe,

On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 18:15, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 13:07, Stacey Roberts wrote:
> > Hello,
> >      I've come to the end of my time with Gnome-1.4 on one of my boxes,
> > and its time to get this box onto Gnome-2.2. 
> > 
<snipped>
> > 
> > I've read the FAQ and docs, but haven't found one that addresses this
> > issue explicitly. Could I really simply, as the FAQ says:
> > 
> > " make sure your GNOME 1.4 ports are up-to-date, then remove the
> > following GNOME 1.4 packages from the system:
> > gnomecore
> > sawfish
> > gnomeapplets
> > gnomemedia
> > gtop
> > libgtop
> > nautilus
> > gedit
> > xalf
> > bugbuddy
> > gnomegames
> > gnomeutils
> > gdm
> > eog
> > ggv
> >      
> > After those packages are removed, you can build GNOME 2.2 per the
> > instructions listed above"?
> 
> Yep, it's more or less that simple.  You should also read the GNOME 2
> release notes for any other gotchas.
> 
Thanks for the reply, Joe. I'll proceed after a bit more reading then.

Regards,

Stacey

> Joe
> 
> > 
> > Thanks for the time.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Stacey
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Stacey Roberts
B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science

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