>I'm interested in tinkering with components of MATE and testing them >while >leaving the APT-installed versions alone. I've built and installed the >components from the Github repos and installed them to /usr/local/. I >can't figure out how to load applets from /usr/local. In particular, >can >someone tell me how to use the /usr/local version of the Workspace >Switcher instead of /usr/?
You do want to use chroot for that. -nik