Chris,
I don't remember ever needing that package. At least it never asked for
it. What is it and what does it do? should I install it even though I've
upgraded without it?
--
Mark
"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Christopher Molnar wrote:
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 07:04:48 -0500
> From: Christopher Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Updating KDE 2 to KDE 2 Beta 2
>
> Do not forget the xinitrc package from the unsupported dir.
>
> On Saturday 27 January 2001 21:31, Romanator wrote:
> > Vic wrote:
> > > Scuse Rex's abuse.
> > >
> > > I think I shall try the beta downloads if they will not
> > > hose out my system, I do become very upset if
> > > something bunks it up and I don't know enuf to
> > > dig into every little config file, I just re-install.
> > >
> > > Which ones have you installed onto 7.2 ?
> > >
> > > My install is on a AMDK6 400 64M ram
> > > kernel 2.2.17-21mdk
> > > installed from the download of 7.2 iso
> > >
> > > Should I download from the post that Romanator
> > > did ? I can't find the post from Chris.
> > >
> > > Thanks for all the info
> > >
> > > On Saturday 27 January 2001 01:41 pm, Mark Weaver wrote:
> > > > Vic,
> > > >
> > > > Have you done any of the KDE updates from the batch that Chris has
> > > > posted to the list about? Since coming from KDE2.0 to KDE2.1beta2 I've
> > > > noticed Konqueror's stability increasing. That might be a help if you
> > > > haven't installed the upgrades yet.
> >
> > Vic,
> >
> > Here's the help file that I used:
> >
> > If you want to upgrade KDE 2 to KDE2 Beta 2, download the files from the
> > following link:
> >
> > http://atik.ciril.fr/pub/linux//mandrake-devel/unsupported/i586/kde2.1Beta2
> >
> > Step 1.
> > Log on as root and download the kde2.1Beta2 rpms. Copy the rpms to a
> > new folder i.e. kdebeta and save the folder in your root directory.
> >
> > Step 2.
> > Log out of X and log on in "console mode"
> >
> > Step 3.
> > Type in: cd Type in: rpm -Uvh --test *.rpm
> > If everything goes well, remove the -- test. The verbose command will
> > show if something is missing.
> > If you are missing certain rpm files or libraries, navigate back to that
> > ftp site and download the files.
> >
> > Step 4.
> > Type in: rpm --rebuilddb
> > Give this some time and above all do not interrupt it.
> >
> > Step 5.
> > Type in: update-menus -v
> > Give this time. D o not interrupt it.
> > Reboot you computer. That's it.
> >
> > Files to download:
> >
> > arts-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> > jdk-sun-1.2.2-3mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdeaddutils-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdeaddutils-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdeadmin-2.1-0.20010122.3mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdebase-2.1-0.20010122.5mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdebase-devel-2.1-0.20010122.5mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdegames-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdegraphics-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdegraphics-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdelibs-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdelibs-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdelibs-sound-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdelibs-sound-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdemultimedia-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdemultimedia-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdenetwork-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdenetwork-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdepim-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdesdk-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdesupport-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdesupport-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdetoys-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdeutils-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdevelop-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdoc-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.noarch.rpm
> > koffice-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > koffice-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > libarts2-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> > libarts2-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> > qt2-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
> > qt2-devel-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
> > qt2-doc-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
> > quanta-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > unixODBC-1.8.12-1mdk.i586.rpm
>
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