On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 08:25:38 +1200, skinky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have downloaded the ximian-gnome installer from www.ximian.com and all
> the rpms from ftp.ximian.com/pub/ximian-gnome/mandrake-80-i586.
>
> Do I uninstall my current corresponding gnome rpms and then run the
> installer or will the installer _update_ the packages?
Run the installer, and tell it where you put the RPMs. It will install them for
you.
> Or perhaps I shouldn't use the installer but just try the way I updated
> KDE (to KDE2.2) by uninstalling those packages that didn't remove other
> software and then installing all the packages?
>
> Is it OK to do this while in KDE?
Yes.
> I'm trying to avoid stuffing things up and reinstalling LM yet again. Any
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated. BTW I'm using LM8.0 2.4.3-20mdk.
I installed Ximian GNOME by manually installing the RPMs from a terminal. I was
in GNOME at the time :-)
> TIA
> skinky
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