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jimwg

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Registered: 2011-12-11

Posts: 67

Unable To Upgrade XFCE on Petra via PPA -- Can I Transplant It?

Greetings!

I'm unable to upgrade my Mint 16 Petra's installed XFCE 4.10 to 4.12. I used the standard methods:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.12
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xfce4

and

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.12
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

and

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

But no go. Neither does it work with apt changes to get 4.11.  Last year I did somehow manage to upgrade Petra on another drive from 4.10 to 4.11 but I don't know whether that was via a different ppa or whether all these ppa have shut off XFCE 4.11/12 updates. If there's a way to "transplant" the XFCE 4.11 on one drive to another to "upgrade" its XFCE, I'm up to that if anyone has directions how.

Any tips much appreciated!

Jim in NYC