Cheers Derek I will give it a go........ Thanks Mark
On Wednesday 05 June 2002 10:04 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > Mark > You can still use 'most' of the applications on your distribution CD's > (including xmms) Those applications that use the KDE2.2.2 widget library > libqt2 still work because you can keep libqt2 installed alongside the new > libqt3. Those applicatons that use the gtk widget set are unaffected by the > upgrade. > > A few applications (like komba2) need to be upgraded, but they are either > included in the kde3 rpm or are available from places like Texstars site at > www.pclinuxonline.com > ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/ > > > Many people have found installing KDE3.0.1 alongside KDE2.2.2 a > straightforward experience. However my own experience is that > 'disentangling' KDE2 and KDE3 takes a bit of work and even now my KDE2.2.2 > comes up as a mixture of the two. > Some useful links that may help you are > http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.php?t=74 > http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2310 > http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1797 > http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1801 > > The best tip I can give is do not resort to 'forcing' RPMS You will > probably regret it. > > HTH > > derek > > On Tuesday 04 June 2002 12:47 am, Mark Evans wrote: > > Hi > > > > Could someone answer a question regarding upgrading KDE from 2.2.1 to KDE > > 3 under Mandrake 8.1. > > > > Will the RPM's on the Mandrake distro disks still install under KDE 3? I > > have read sonewhere that KDE 2... binaries are not compatible with KDE 3. > > I don't want to install KDE 3 only to find that I can't install other > > software, such as XMMS for example. > > > > Mark Evans -- Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Mandrake 8.1, KDE 2.2.1, KMail 1.3.1 Pretend to spank me -- I'm a pseudo-masochist!
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