Out of date! The latest Sparky MATE edition has been shipped with MATE 1.6. If you’d like to upgrade it up to the newest version, simply follow a few steps. Edit the repository list (as root): su nano /etc/apt/sources.list Change the line below from: deb http://repo.mate-desktop.org/debian jessie main to: deb http://repo.mate-desktop.org/archive/1.8/debian/ jessie main Refresh the … Read more
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SparkyLinux 3.3 “Annagerman” MATE, Xfce and Base is out. New iso images of SparkyLinux provide updates and some improvements, such as: – Linux kernel 3.13 – all packages upgraded from Debian testing repositories as of 2014/03/16 – the same set of new apps and tools which have been added to Sparky 3.3 LXDE, e17 and … Read more
The problem with MATE packages I posted yesterday can be solved by preferences file. Create the file as root, by any text editor, nano for example: nano /etc/apt/preferences and past the code: Package: * Pin: origin repo.mate-desktop.org Pin-Priority: 700 Then run: apt-get update && apt-get dist upgrade From now, the package manager will be … Read more
Important info for Sparky MATE users. Due MATE packages showed up in Debian testing repository, they made a big problem to existing packages of official MATE packages. If you upgrade your Sparky MATE installation via Synaptic or ‘dist-upgrade’ command, it will destroy the MATE desktop completly. In this moment I highly suggest to use … Read more