I downloaded the files with ...1.1.2-... so I believe those should be the correct files. When I tried rpm -e kde* I got an error - error: cannot open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm And when I tried rpm -uvh kde* I got the message: rpm: only one major mode may be specified I cannot run kpackage, it won't work at all. I tried gnorpm but that also would not work. I also tried rpm -Vp kde*, and rpm -i --replacepkgs kde*, and others and nothing will work. Worse of all, I can't run netconf or netcfg, so I can't fix my ipaddress on that machine, so it won't see the net, unless there is a way to change that from the command line. Chip John Aldrich wrote: > On Thu, 06 Jan 2000, you wrote: > > I have Mandrake 6.0 on a AMD K6-2/350 (well, a couple actually), but on > > one machine I tried to upgrade KDE 1.1.1 to 1.1.2. I went to KDE's web > > site, then to their download site and ftp'd all the files in the > > directory, about a dozen or so. These were in rpm format. > I'm *guessing* you got the wrong version of the KDE RPMs. > Next time you might try using RPMfind.net to find the > MANDRAKE 6.x KDE 1.1.2 updates, or go to > www.linux-mandrake.com to find the list of mirrors and find > the RPM files there. > I'm guessing what happened is you have the RH 5.x KDE > updates instead of the RH 6.x KDE updates. RH 6.x was the > first RedHat version to incorporate the KDE desktop, etc > and there is a HUGE difference as to where the KDE files > are put when they are installed via RPM. > Here's an FTP site for Mandrake updates: > ftp.linux-mandrake.com/pub/updates/6.0/RPMS/ > > Try doing and rpm -e kde* and then an RPM -UVH kde* once > you download all the MANDRAKE KDE updates. > John
