Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1 install
Thanks! Worked like a charm. However, I am not able to add the system monitor applet to kicker. When I select it I get a crash notification. Bummer. Eric Indiogine On Saturday 17 March 2001 04:40, Oder Santos wrote: - Original Message - From: "Salvatore Eric Indiogine" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 4:34 PM Subject: [newbie] KDE 2.1 install Greetings! I am downloading the Mandrake 7.2 KDE 2.1 rpms from ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/2.1/distribution/rpm/Mandrake/7.2/i586 The rpms are dated 2001-03-05. I would like to kow if there are any special instructions on how to install them. This is my plan: 1. telinit 3 and su - root 2. rpm -Uvh qt2*.rpm 3. rpm -Uvh lib rpms 4. rpm -Uvh the rest of the rpms 5. rebuilddb 6. rpm --rebuilddb 7. update-menus Should this work? Pleae give me any corrections or point me to KDE 2.1 on Mandrake install instructions. I use Mandrake 7.2 at work and do not want to mess up my computer. Thanks! -- Salvatore "Eric" Indiogine Computer Specialist - Power Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-2431 I followed the procedures posted by Benjamin Sher and, for me, all went well. Look below: The instructions for upgrading from KDE 2.0 to KDE 2.1 in Lm7.2 are as simple as can be because Mandrake went out of their way to make it so: 1) Go to any Mandrake ftp site using your ftp application (gftp, Igloo or whatever) and type in the exact name of the ftp host site, e.g. ftp.wtfo.com or rpmfind.net (exactly as it appears on Mandrake's downloads list. Look on Mandrake's home page (http://www.mandrake.com) under "Downloads". There you will find URL mirrors in your area and country. Select the one in North America if you live in the USA and Canada. Don't select metalab.unc.edu. They only carry the latest version of LM72 without all the bells and whistles. 2) Navigate till you get to Mandrake's "mandrake-devel" directory. Then, go to the "unsupported" directory. Then i586. At the very top, you will find a directory called KDE 2.1. Open it and you'll find EVERY file you will need to install KDE 2.1 EXCEPT for "apmd." You can get that file from Mandrake 7.2. It's part of the regular Mandrake 7.2 distro. Now create a KDE 2.1 directory in your home directory /home/user/KDE 2-1/ make sure to open the directory and now, using your broadband, download every file from the remote KDE 2.1 directory into your home KDE 2.1 directory. Warning: most of us don't need all those language files that follow "arts... (the very first file in the KDE 2.1 directory -- you do need this file). So, the best way to handle this is to select ALL files, then quickly unselect the language files from "Brazil" to "Ukrainian". Otherwise, every file should be highlighted. Now download them all at once, if your ftp client allows for it. If not, download them individually into your /home/user/KDE 2.1 directory. When you have completed your downloading, close your ftp client. Now, before you install anything, be sure to first install the apmd rpm. You will need it to install everything else. When that's done, go to /home/user/KDE2-1 and type: #rpm -Uvh --replacefiles *.* The "replacefiles" argument is needed to allow the new KDE files to replace certain files that conflict with the old rpms. Your installation should not go smoothly but have patience. The only apparent problem (a non-problem) has to do with the doc files. You will so a host of messages about them. Just ignore them. The installation will continue all the way to the last file: "qt-static-libraries 2.2.4-3." And, by the way, it's a good idea to check the files in the remote directory against the files in your home directory before proceeding, including the file sizes. Your new KDE 2.1 should now be ready. Just for the fun of it, reboot your system. You will now log into the new KDE 2.1. First thing you should do is to take care of the rpm data base and your menus: Thus: 1) #rpm --rebuilddb (i.e. rebuild your rpm data base (db). Have patience. This takes about 5 minutes. 2) Now, for the menus: #update-menus -v This command adjusts the menus for all your desktops and window managers. One little bug: When it ends with fvm, it doesn't return you to a regular prompt. Just wait a minute or two and when you are SURE that the process has ended, just type Cnt +C and you'll be back at your regular prompt. Now reboot one last time for the menu and rpm changes to take effect and your new KDE 2.1 is at your service. Notice especially the improvements in Konqueror and Kmail. One caveat: There is a little annoying but insignificant bug in Netscape in KDE 2.1 that I raised a hue and cry about because I thought it
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1 install
- Original Message - From: "Salvatore Eric Indiogine" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 4:34 PM Subject: [newbie] KDE 2.1 install Greetings! I am downloading the Mandrake 7.2 KDE 2.1 rpms from ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/2.1/distribution/rpm/Mandrake/7.2/i586 The rpms are dated 2001-03-05. I would like to kow if there are any special instructions on how to install them. This is my plan: 1. telinit 3 and su - root 2. rpm -Uvh qt2*.rpm 3. rpm -Uvh lib rpms 4. rpm -Uvh the rest of the rpms 5. rebuilddb 6. rpm --rebuilddb 7. update-menus Should this work? Pleae give me any corrections or point me to KDE 2.1 on Mandrake install instructions. I use Mandrake 7.2 at work and do not want to mess up my computer. Thanks! -- Salvatore "Eric" Indiogine Computer Specialist - Power Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-2431 I followed the procedures posted by Benjamin Sher and, for me, all went well. Look below: The instructions for upgrading from KDE 2.0 to KDE 2.1 in Lm7.2 are as simple as can be because Mandrake went out of their way to make it so: 1) Go to any Mandrake ftp site using your ftp application (gftp, Igloo or whatever) and type in the exact name of the ftp host site, e.g. ftp.wtfo.com or rpmfind.net (exactly as it appears on Mandrake's downloads list. Look on Mandrake's home page (http://www.mandrake.com) under "Downloads". There you will find URL mirrors in your area and country. Select the one in North America if you live in the USA and Canada. Don't select metalab.unc.edu. They only carry the latest version of LM72 without all the bells and whistles. 2) Navigate till you get to Mandrake's "mandrake-devel" directory. Then, go to the "unsupported" directory. Then i586. At the very top, you will find a directory called KDE 2.1. Open it and you'll find EVERY file you will need to install KDE 2.1 EXCEPT for "apmd." You can get that file from Mandrake 7.2. It's part of the regular Mandrake 7.2 distro. Now create a KDE 2.1 directory in your home directory /home/user/KDE 2-1/ make sure to open the directory and now, using your broadband, download every file from the remote KDE 2.1 directory into your home KDE 2.1 directory. Warning: most of us don't need all those language files that follow "arts... (the very first file in the KDE 2.1 directory -- you do need this file). So, the best way to handle this is to select ALL files, then quickly unselect the language files from "Brazil" to "Ukrainian". Otherwise, every file should be highlighted. Now download them all at once, if your ftp client allows for it. If not, download them individually into your /home/user/KDE 2.1 directory. When you have completed your downloading, close your ftp client. Now, before you install anything, be sure to first install the apmd rpm. You will need it to install everything else. When that's done, go to /home/user/KDE2-1 and type: #rpm -Uvh --replacefiles *.* The "replacefiles" argument is needed to allow the new KDE files to replace certain files that conflict with the old rpms. Your installation should not go smoothly but have patience. The only apparent problem (a non-problem) has to do with the doc files. You will so a host of messages about them. Just ignore them. The installation will continue all the way to the last file: "qt-static-libraries 2.2.4-3." And, by the way, it's a good idea to check the files in the remote directory against the files in your home directory before proceeding, including the file sizes. Your new KDE 2.1 should now be ready. Just for the fun of it, reboot your system. You will now log into the new KDE 2.1. First thing you should do is to take care of the rpm data base and your menus: Thus: 1) #rpm --rebuilddb (i.e. rebuild your rpm data base (db). Have patience. This takes about 5 minutes. 2) Now, for the menus: #update-menus -v This command adjusts the menus for all your desktops and window managers. One little bug: When it ends with fvm, it doesn't return you to a regular prompt. Just wait a minute or two and when you are SURE that the process has ended, just type Cnt +C and you'll be back at your regular prompt. Now reboot one last time for the menu and rpm changes to take effect and your new KDE 2.1 is at your service. Notice especially the improvements in Konqueror and Kmail. One caveat: There is a little annoying but insignificant bug in Netscape in KDE 2.1 that I raised a hue and cry about because I thought it was a KDE bug that needed urgent attention: You can only launch one instance of Netscape (or Mozilla) at a time, that is, by clicking on the Netscape icon. As one kind member of the list explained to me, you can easily launch as many windows as you wish from Netscape's menu (File, New, Navigator window). This, I was told, is als
[newbie] KDE 2.1 install
Greetings! I am downloading the Mandrake 7.2 KDE 2.1 rpms from ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/2.1/distribution/rpm/Mandrake/7.2/i586 The rpms are dated 2001-03-05. I would like to kow if there are any special instructions on how to install them. This is my plan: 1. telinit 3 and su - root 2. rpm -Uvh qt2*.rpm 3. rpm -Uvh lib rpms 4. rpm -Uvh the rest of the rpms 5. rebuilddb 6. rpm --rebuilddb 7. update-menus Should this work? Pleae give me any corrections or point me to KDE 2.1 on Mandrake install instructions. I use Mandrake 7.2 at work and do not want to mess up my computer. Thanks! -- Salvatore "Eric" Indiogine Computer Specialist - Power Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-2431
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1 install
Greetings! Do I have to uninstall KDE 2.0.1 first? Do I have to use one --force --nodeps? I modified my list: 0. mv .kde .kde_old 1. telinit 3 and su - root 2. rpm -Uvh qt2*.rpm 3. rpm -Uvh lib rpms 4. rpm -Uvh the rest of the rpms 5. rebuilddb 6. rpm --rebuilddb 7. update-menus 8. telinit 5 Thanks! On Friday 16 March 2001 12:34, Salvatore "Eric" Indiogine wrote: Greetings! I am downloading the Mandrake 7.2 KDE 2.1 rpms from ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/2.1/distribution/rpm/Mandrake/7.2/i586 The rpms are dated 2001-03-05. I would like to kow if there are any special instructions on how to install them. This is my plan: 1. telinit 3 and su - root 2. rpm -Uvh qt2*.rpm 3. rpm -Uvh lib rpms 4. rpm -Uvh the rest of the rpms 5. rebuilddb 6. rpm --rebuilddb 7. update-menus Should this work? Pleae give me any corrections or point me to KDE 2.1 on Mandrake install instructions. I use Mandrake 7.2 at work and do not want to mess up my computer. Thanks! -- Salvatore "Eric" Indiogine Computer Specialist - Power Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-2431
