Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE
On Thursday 03 March 2005 02:33 pm, Phlod wrote: Hello everyone. This is my first posting to this list, and I'm quite pleased that this list exsists at all. Thanks for taking the time to read this. After searching through the list archive, I couldn't find an answer to my question, so I thought I'd ask here. Please excuse me if this has been answered already. Anyway, what I want to know is, how much of a pain is upgrading to KDE 3.3, and what the best/most painless way to go about it? I have the thracs.rpms repository added. Is it really as simple as 'init 3', and 'urpmi kdebase-3.3.3-20'?? I've also heard people suggest adding the cooker repository and upgrading that way, but I'm rather leery of doing that, since I don't *really* want to run an unstable distro, no matter how stable it actually is. Also, if I do the kdebase upgrade, and still have older parts of KDE installed (Kopete, amaroK, etc.), will it blow up, or just run them until I upgrade those parts too? Sorry about multiple questions here, but I'm trying to avoid having to re-install, (which would be my kneejerk reaction if the KDE upgrade doesn't work). --Phlod Is there some specific reason you want to upgrade? I find the current stable version to be quite adequate. At any rate, doing an upgrade from kde may be a problem from what I have read on various forums. It seems to depend on the level of expertise and time to do all the dependencies. But, if someone like PLF or ESLRAHC site has them built for Mandrake 10.1 then give it a go. Anyone else want to jump in here? It only hurts when you laugh. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE
On Thursday 03 March 2005 20:33, Phlod wrote: Hello everyone. This is my first posting to this list, and I'm quite pleased that this list exsists at all. Thanks for taking the time to read this. After searching through the list archive, I couldn't find an answer to my question, so I thought I'd ask here. Please excuse me if this has been answered already. Anyway, what I want to know is, how much of a pain is upgrading to KDE 3.3, and what the best/most painless way to go about it? I have the thracs.rpms repository added. Is it really as simple as 'init 3', and 'urpmi kdebase-3.3.3-20'?? I've also heard people suggest adding the cooker repository and upgrading that way, but I'm rather leery of doing that, since I don't *really* want to run an unstable distro, no matter how stable it actually is. Also, if I do the kdebase upgrade, and still have older parts of KDE installed (Kopete, amaroK, etc.), will it blow up, or just run them until I upgrade those parts too? Sorry about multiple questions here, but I'm trying to avoid having to re-install, (which would be my kneejerk reaction if the KDE upgrade doesn't work). --Phlod Actually you do not even need the 'init 3' You can upgrade KDE while you are running it. Just do not try opening any new applications while you are halfway through the upgrade. Do NOT add Cooker repository unless you want to upgrade your entire system to Cooker. Even though you only want to install KDE you will find 100's of other packages will get pulled in as dependencies. As soon as you upgrade kdebase with urpmi, any other application which depends on kdebase will also get upgraded. That means most KDE apps. And of course if you screw it all up you will still be able to log in with a different Window Manager. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE
Derek Jennings wrote: On Thursday 03 March 2005 20:33, Phlod wrote: Hello everyone. This is my first posting to this list, and I'm quite pleased that this list exsists at all. Thanks for taking the time to read this. After searching through the list archive, I couldn't find an answer to my question, so I thought I'd ask here. Please excuse me if this has been answered already. Anyway, what I want to know is, how much of a pain is upgrading to KDE 3.3, and what the best/most painless way to go about it? I have the thracs.rpms repository added. Is it really as simple as 'init 3', and 'urpmi kdebase-3.3.3-20'?? I've also heard people suggest adding the cooker repository and upgrading that way, but I'm rather leery of doing that, since I don't *really* want to run an unstable distro, no matter how stable it actually is. Also, if I do the kdebase upgrade, and still have older parts of KDE installed (Kopete, amaroK, etc.), will it blow up, or just run them until I upgrade those parts too? Sorry about multiple questions here, but I'm trying to avoid having to re-install, (which would be my kneejerk reaction if the KDE upgrade doesn't work). --Phlod Actually you do not even need the 'init 3' You can upgrade KDE while you are running it. Just do not try opening any new applications while you are halfway through the upgrade. Do NOT add Cooker repository unless you want to upgrade your entire system to Cooker. Even though you only want to install KDE you will find 100's of other packages will get pulled in as dependencies. As soon as you upgrade kdebase with urpmi, any other application which depends on kdebase will also get upgraded. That means most KDE apps. And of course if you screw it all up you will still be able to log in with a different Window Manager. derek Derek, you are, as of now, my personal saviour. ;) Thank you for answering the questions even Google was unable to shed much light upon, and, for pointing out what should have been obvious to me in the first place; I can just use another WM if the KDE upgrade goes south. Wow, running Windows for so many years has really got my brain fixated on just one desktop, and if that goes to hell, it's time to reinstall. Gotta break out of that way of thinking. Thanks again. --Phlod Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE
Derek Jennings ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Thursday 03 March 2005 20:33, Phlod wrote: Hello everyone. This is my first posting to this list, and I'm quite pleased that this list exsists at all. Thanks for taking the time to read this. After searching through the list archive, I couldn't find an answer to my question, so I thought I'd ask here. Please excuse me if this has been answered already. Anyway, what I want to know is, how much of a pain is upgrading to KDE 3.3, and what the best/most painless way to go about it? I have the thracs.rpms repository added. Is it really as simple as 'init 3', and 'urpmi kdebase-3.3.3-20'?? I've also heard people suggest adding the cooker repository and upgrading that way, but I'm rather leery of doing that, since I don't *really* want to run an unstable distro, no matter how stable it actually is. Also, if I do the kdebase upgrade, and still have older parts of KDE installed (Kopete, amaroK, etc.), will it blow up, or just run them until I upgrade those parts too? Sorry about multiple questions here, but I'm trying to avoid having to re-install, (which would be my kneejerk reaction if the KDE upgrade doesn't work). --Phlod Actually you do not even need the 'init 3' You can upgrade KDE while you are running it. Just do not try opening any new applications while you are halfway through the upgrade. Do NOT add Cooker repository unless you want to upgrade your entire system to Cooker. Even though you only want to install KDE you will find 100's of other packages will get pulled in as dependencies. As soon as you upgrade kdebase with urpmi, any other application which depends on kdebase will also get upgraded. That means most KDE apps. And of course if you screw it all up you will still be able to log in with a different Window Manager. And just to add something to this advice, Phlod, before you do upgrade, list all the packages you currently have installed. The best way would be to use the command-line (konsole, xterm, etc..) by typing at the prompt: $ rpm -qa |grep -i kde | sort ~/kde_rpms.list or some other filename, you may have to do that as root, if your user is not in the *rpm* group. This will get you most, if not all, of the kde packages. Beats writing them down .. derek Sorry to hijack Derek, just thought it might help ;) -- RickS gpg --recv-keys --keyserver www.keyserver.net 0x24AABE61 The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. --Albert Einstein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE
SNIP Looking at the mirrors I see that libqt3-devel-3.2.2-5mdk is on Cooker and was only put there on 7th November So you have installed a package for Mandrake 10.0 on a 9.1 system. Result - -Dependency Hell- derek I know what you mean about dependency hell, perhaps I'll try that other QT3 rpm file. It's worth a shot. It is a lesson I learned myself the hard way :-( Mixing packages from different releases is a seriously bad idea. Particularly with libraries on which a whole lot of other packages depend. In order to resolve the dependencies you end up having to install a gazillion packages. The advice I always give on this (newbie) list is :- 1/ Always use a urpmi source to get packages, where possible. 2/ If the package you need is not on a urpmi enabled source then download it and use urpmi or gurpmi to install it. urpmi/gurpmi will pull in any required dependencies. 3/ If the package you want is not available on any source for your release, but is available in Cooker, then rebuild the cooker .src.rpm That ensures it will be built using the libraries on your system. 4/ If the package is not in Cooker, then compile from .tar.gz source using 'checkinstall' to turn the compiled code into an RPM. Using checkinstall ensures that the RPM database is aware of all the installed libraries, and also makes it easier to uninstall an app. 5/ Avoid the temptation to install an rpm built for a different distro (especially not libraries) 6/ Do not use --force or --no-deps to make an package install. If a package will not install there is usually a good reason. Forcing packages can result in really strange instabilities. Since I started following these rules my system has been 100% rock solid. For most newbies Step 1 is all they will need. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE
On Tuesday 11 November 2003 10:45 am, Derek Jennings wrote: It is a lesson I learned myself the hard way :-( Mixing packages from different releases is a seriously bad idea. Particularly with libraries on which a whole lot of other packages depend. In order to resolve the dependencies you end up having to install a gazillion packages. The advice I always give on this (newbie) list is :- 1/ Always use a urpmi source to get packages, where possible. 2/ If the package you need is not on a urpmi enabled source then download it and use urpmi or gurpmi to install it. urpmi/gurpmi will pull in any required dependencies. 3/ If the package you want is not available on any source for your release, but is available in Cooker, then rebuild the cooker .src.rpm That ensures it will be built using the libraries on your system. 4/ If the package is not in Cooker, then compile from .tar.gz source using 'checkinstall' to turn the compiled code into an RPM. Using checkinstall ensures that the RPM database is aware of all the installed libraries, and also makes it easier to uninstall an app. 5/ Avoid the temptation to install an rpm built for a different distro (especially not libraries) 6/ Do not use --force or --no-deps to make an package install. If a package will not install there is usually a good reason. Forcing packages can result in really strange instabilities. Since I started following these rules my system has been 100% rock solid. For most newbies Step 1 is all they will need. derek Well I do have some good news. I successfully installed KDE 3.1.4 ... Texstar Edition. I didn't expect that little addon or some of the new wierd icons, but it's still good. I found most of my remaining dependencies at Texstar's site and got it working. Thanks for the help. There is only one problem though... now Timidity Synth won't load. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE
On Sunday 09 November 2003 8:20 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 09 Nov 2003 11:57 pm, Scott Naylor wrote: On Sunday 09 November 2003 4:32 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 09 November 2003 09:23 am, Scott Naylor wrote: Just a small question, what would be the easiest way to upgrade KDE 3.1 to its newest release in Mandrake 9.1? I tried a couple of things before, but it didn't go so well. Get 3.1.4 in Mandrake RPMS from Texstar's 91 repository. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/mandrake /9 .1 / Otherwise, installing 9.2 will get you 3.1.3+ AHHH!! So many DEPENDENCIES. Is there any program out there that will deal with all these dependencies or do I have to hunt down and download EVERY SINGLE ONE?! If there is a program please tell me where I could find it. Yes there is. It is called urpmi and it is posted about almost every day! For the third time today. Go to http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php Define an online source for Texstar and install KDE using rpmdrake. All the dependencies will be downloaded and installed automatically. Do not worry about the messages about bad signatures. It just means you have not installed Texstar signature key. derek Now as for that program here's what I did [EMAIL PROTECTED] scott]# urpmi.addmedia plf ftp://mandrake-forum.org/pub/PLF/mandra ke/9.1 with hdlist.cz too many mount points for removable medium Installation CD 1 (x86) (cdrom1) taking removable device as /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd,/dev/scd0 using different removable device [/dev/scd0] for Installation CD 1 (x86) (cdrom 1) too many mount points for removable medium Installation CD 2 (x86) (cdrom2) taking removable device as /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd,/dev/scd0 using different removable device [/dev/scd0] for Installation CD 2 (x86) (cdrom 2) too many mount points for removable medium International CD (x86) (cdrom3) taking removable device as /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd,/dev/scd0 using different removable device [/dev/scd0] for International CD (x86) (cdrom3 ) added medium plf examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 1 (x86 ) (cdrom1).cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 2 (x86 ) (cdrom2).cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.International CD (x86) (cdrom3).cz] retrieving description file of plf... retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of plf... ftp://mandrake-forum.org/pub/PLF/mandrake/9.1/hdlist.cz ...retrieving done examining MD5SUM file examining hdlist file [/var/cache/urpmi/partial/hdlist.plf.cz] writing list file for medium plf built hdlist synthesis file for medium plf found 108 headers in cache removing 108 obsolete headers in cache write config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg] [EMAIL PROTECTED] scott]# urpmi.addmedia main ftp://ftp.rutgers.edu/pub/mandrake/Ma ndrake/9.1/i586/Mandrake/RPMS with ../base/hdlist.cz too many mount points for removable medium Installation CD 1 (x86) (cdrom1) taking removable device as /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd,/dev/scd0 too many mount points for removable medium Installation CD 2 (x86) (cdrom2) taking removable device as /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd,/dev/scd0 too many mount points for removable medium International CD (x86) (cdrom3) taking removable device as /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd,/dev/scd0 added medium main examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 1 (x86 ) (cdrom1).cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 2 (x86 ) (cdrom2).cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.International CD (x86) (cdrom3).cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.plf.cz] retrieving description file of main... retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of main... ftp://ftp.rutgers.edu/pub/mandrake/Mandrake/9.1/i586/Mandrake/base/hdlist.cz ...retrieving done examining hdlist file [/var/cache/urpmi/partial/hdlist.main.cz] performing second pass to compute dependencies examining hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.Installation CD 1 (x86) (cdrom1).cz ] built hdlist synthesis file for medium Installation CD 1 (x86) (cdrom1) examining hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.Installation CD 2 (x86) (cdrom2).cz ] built hdlist synthesis file for medium Installation CD 2 (x86) (cdrom2) examining hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.International CD (x86) (cdrom3).cz] built hdlist synthesis file for medium International CD (x86) (cdrom3) examining hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.plf.cz] built hdlist synthesis file for medium plf examining hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.main.cz] built hdlist synthesis file for medium main found 0 headers in cache removing 0 obsolete headers in cache write config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg] [EMAIL PROTECTED] scott]# urpmi.addmedia contrib ftp://ftp.rutgers.edu/pub/mandrake
Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE
OK so it looks like your urpmi.addmedia commands worked. Only point is that the definition for your CD sources seems to be screwed up. Possibly because you changed your CD-ROM to be ide-scsi You can correct that using the Software Sources GUI in Mandrake control centre. 2nd point. If you want to install libqt3-devel the command to use is :- urpmi libqt3-devel 3rd point You do not actually need libqt3-devel unless you intend to compile QT/KDE applications 4th point You are getting those errors with libqt3-devel because it looks like you have already installed a later version of libqt than is available on any of the urpmi mirrors you have defined. The latest version of libqt3 on those mirrors is libqt3-devel-3.1.2-9.2tex.i586.rpm on Texstar, yet you apparently already have libqt3-devel-3.2.2-5mdk installed. Consequently urpmi is unable to resolve the dependency. Looking at the mirrors I see that libqt3-devel-3.2.2-5mdk is on Cooker and was only put there on 7th November So you have installed a package for Mandrake 10.0 on a 9.1 system. Result - -Dependency Hell- derek I know what you mean about dependency hell, perhaps I'll try that other QT3 rpm file. It's worth a shot. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE
On Sunday 09 November 2003 09:23 am, Scott Naylor wrote: Just a small question, what would be the easiest way to upgrade KDE 3.1 to its newest release in Mandrake 9.1? I tried a couple of things before, but it didn't go so well. Get 3.1.4 in Mandrake RPMS from Texstar's 91 repository. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/mandrake/9.1/ Otherwise, installing 9.2 will get you 3.1.3+ -- /g Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read -Groucho Marx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE
On Sunday 09 November 2003 4:32 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 09 November 2003 09:23 am, Scott Naylor wrote: Just a small question, what would be the easiest way to upgrade KDE 3.1 to its newest release in Mandrake 9.1? I tried a couple of things before, but it didn't go so well. Get 3.1.4 in Mandrake RPMS from Texstar's 91 repository. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/mandrake/9.1 / Otherwise, installing 9.2 will get you 3.1.3+ AHHH!! So many DEPENDENCIES. Is there any program out there that will deal with all these dependencies or do I have to hunt down and download EVERY SINGLE ONE?! If there is a program please tell me where I could find it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE
On Sunday 09 Nov 2003 11:57 pm, Scott Naylor wrote: On Sunday 09 November 2003 4:32 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 09 November 2003 09:23 am, Scott Naylor wrote: Just a small question, what would be the easiest way to upgrade KDE 3.1 to its newest release in Mandrake 9.1? I tried a couple of things before, but it didn't go so well. Get 3.1.4 in Mandrake RPMS from Texstar's 91 repository. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/mandrake/9 .1 / Otherwise, installing 9.2 will get you 3.1.3+ AHHH!! So many DEPENDENCIES. Is there any program out there that will deal with all these dependencies or do I have to hunt down and download EVERY SINGLE ONE?! If there is a program please tell me where I could find it. Yes there is. It is called urpmi and it is posted about almost every day! For the third time today. Go to http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php Define an online source for Texstar and install KDE using rpmdrake. All the dependencies will be downloaded and installed automatically. Do not worry about the messages about bad signatures. It just means you have not installed Texstar signature key. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE
On Monday 10 November 2003 12:20 am, Derek Jennings wrote: snip Yes there is. It is called urpmi and it is posted about almost every day! For the third time today. Go to http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php Define an online source for Texstar and install KDE using rpmdrake. All the dependencies will be downloaded and installed automatically. Do not worry about the messages about bad signatures. It just means you have not installed Texstar signature key. derek /snip Derek, I adore you. This list would be nothing without your patience. Kaj Haulrich. -- *This mail was sent from a 100 % Microsoft free computer* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE
On Sunday 09 November 2003 08:43 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Monday 10 November 2003 12:20 am, Derek Jennings wrote: snip Yes there is. It is called urpmi and it is posted about almost every day! For the third time today. Go to http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php Define an online source for Texstar and install KDE using rpmdrake. All the dependencies will be downloaded and installed automatically. Do not worry about the messages about bad signatures. It just means you have not installed Texstar signature key. derek /snip Derek, I adore you. This list would be nothing without your patience. Kaj Haulrich. http://www.zebulon.org.uk has a how-to on setting up rpmdrake. Info. was posted on forum and was very helpful for newbie me. John B Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Upgrading KDE 3.0.5a to 3.1
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Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE
On Thursday 07 November 2002 5:44 pm, Marcia wrote: Dear ALL, I have LM 9 with the KDE3 and would like to upgrade to 3.04. I have not done this before, so how does one do this in Mandrake? Thanks for the help. Sincerely, Marcia The easiest way would be to use the precompiled rpms for mandrake from one of the kde sites; eg ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.0.4/Mandrake/9.0/RPMS and download them all to a separate folder. This can take quite a while depending on your connection. Then its probably best to shut down X and install them from a normal console. Go to the folder where you downloaded them and su to root. Then rpm -Uvh *.rpm should hopefully get everything upgraded ok. Before doing all this though, you should be familiar with 'getting about' without X and using a text editor like vi or emacs, just incase things don't go according to plan. Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE
Dear ALL, I have LM 9 with the KDE3 and would like to upgrade to 3.04. I have not done this before, so how does one do this in Mandrake? Thanks for the help. Sincerely, It's really simple. One way is to download all the rpms that you want to upgrade (minus the *-devel-* stuff, unless you WANT to load those) and place them in a directory somewhere. Then from the command line, run the following command in the directory you stored the rpms in. rpm -Fvh --nodeps *.rpm That's it. Anthony Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE on Mandrake 8.0
Yes, I did the upgrade. No, its not a problem. My machine still thinks its running 8.0 You get a few more icons too. When you do the upgrade make sure you download all of the developer files too. It doesnt matter if you are a developer or not, the files seem to take care of a lot of weird dependencys. Grant On December 11, 2001 11:27 am, you wrote: I'm trying to upgrade KDE 2.1.1 to 2.2.1 on Mandrake 8.0 - I only want the updated Knode! but I'm being told that I should install Mandrake Desk 8.1. Will this damage my install of 8.0? (Everything else is working fine at the moment!) Thanks Gordon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE on Mandrake 8.0
On Wednesday 12 December 2001 22:48, you wrote: | Yes, I did the upgrade. No, its not a problem. My machine still thinks its | running 8.0 | You get a few more icons too. | When you do the upgrade make sure you download all of the developer files | too. It doesnt matter if you are a developer or not, the files seem to take | care of a lot of weird dependencys. | | Grant | | I'm just wondering what happens in the event of a non-recoverable crash.. ;-) -- Mandrake 8.0 User since 8 October 2001 Registered Linux User no 240308 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE using Mandrake RPMs?
yes I have done it John Aldrich wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Can one download the updated KDE RPMs and use them with RedHat 6.0 or does Mandrake put them in a different directory, etc from RedHat 6.0? I know Mandrake tends to be a bit more "cutting-edge." ;-) -- John Aldrich COL Tech Support === Chattanooga Online Internet 423-267-8867 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: Umumnkr/6kxnZ+RdqXe1lX2Bi2ZFm9JB iQA/AwUBN3je9wlAZ0pfyVjeEQLfSwCgpf2T6cFAWW+35eo7g1kgksHDGTEAoIfn O4Q8QS9V4WCspEl8/38hOTzI =RRmE -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE using Mandrake RPMs?
On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, John Aldrich wrote: Can one download the updated KDE RPMs and use them with RedHat 6.0 or does Mandrake put them in a different directory, etc from RedHat 6.0? Yes, but you won't get man or info pages that way because RedHat does not support bzip2'ed man/info pages. If you want to use Mandrake packages on a RH system, you should update to our version of man and info, as well. Preferrably also glibc and kernel because they should give you some more speed. LLaP bero
