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minty1

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Registered: 2013-11-29

Posts: 13

Upgrading to 4.12

Is there a guide to compiling and installing the new version? This would be something I have never done before. I'm running Mint Linux 17.1 x64 Xfce 4.10.

Thanks

MountainDewManiac

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From: Where Mr. Bankruptcy is Prez

Registered: 2013-03-24

Posts: 1,115

Re: Upgrading to 4.12

I took the lazy option:

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

...and then exit the terminal and use mintUpdate (the "shield" icon in your panel).

I figure it's all been compiled once already, why repeat the effort, lol? Plus, after you add the Xfce 4.12 PPA, any updates it receives will semi-automatically (you'll still have to approve the update process via mintUpdate, just like any other one) be installed into my system without me having to keep checking to see when a new version of something comes out and then deal with it.

Regards,
MDM

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minty1

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Registered: 2013-11-29

Posts: 13

Re: Upgrading to 4.12

I may do just that on my Mint system. I'm also going through the Linux from Scratch project and was wondering how to go about getting it installed.

zotya62

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Registered: 2015-02-22

Posts: 15

Re: Upgrading to 4.12

XFCE 4.12 will be included in Linux Mint 17.2.

minty1

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Registered: 2013-11-29

Posts: 13

Re: Upgrading to 4.12

That's good to hear. I have MX-14 installed on my test box to check out Xfce 4.12.