Or better yet, according to the developers there will be 2.01 out in 4-5 weeks......... Unbelievable. I don't understand why they didn't yet hold off on kde2 until then -----Original Message----- From: Buchan Milne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 7:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] kde2 on Mandrake 7.1 Why don't you just wait another 5 days for mdk7.2 to come out, and use the new rpm and menu from there (which won't be compiled with glibc2.96). Also, have you tried using another version of rpm and compiling menu from source ? Buchan Praedor Tempus wrote: > > Aravind Sadagopan wrote: > > > > Can anybody tell me what are the packages to be installed to upgrade my Mandrake >7.1 > > > > system to support kde2..Any pointers are lso welcome > > Heh, heh. > > It turns out that you will have to upgrade almost everything. > > To install and use kde 2.0, you need to upgrade rpm and menu. These > upgrades require glibc to be upgraded to THE latest (and by some > accounts, > broken) version. THIS breaks almost every app on your system so you > also > have to upgrade them (just download the latest glibc-2.96 or whatever it > is and try to install it WITHOUT using the --nodeps or --force switch, > you will get a LONG list of rpms that will be broken if you install it. > These rpms are the same ones you would have to upgrade). > > I am debated breaking my stable 7.1 system just for the sake of using > kde 2.0. You have to essentially make your system an unstable cooker > or 7.2beta system to make all things right. > > praedor > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. -- |--------------------------------------------------------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone +27824722231 email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Centre for Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za South Africas first satellite: http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za Control Models http://www.control.co.za |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------|
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