Dear KDE Enthusiast, the KDE Team is pleased to announce the availability of: INSTALL-kde-rh51 It can be found at ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/1.0/contrib/distribution/rpm/RedHat-5.1/i386/binary/INSTALL-kde-rh51 and at our U.S mirror site ftp://ftp.us.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/1.0/contrib/distribution/rpm/RedHat-5.1/i386/binary/INSTALL-kde-rh51. it will probably appear firstly at ftp://ftp.de.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/1.0/contrib/distribution/rpm/RedHat-5.1/i386/binary/INSTALL-kde-rh51. Here follows the LSM: qt-devel-1.41-1rh51.i386.rpm It can be found at ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/1.0/contrib/distribution/rpm/RedHat-5.1/i386/binary/qt-devel-1.41-1rh51.i386.rpm and at our U.S mirror site ftp://ftp.us.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/1.0/contrib/distribution/rpm/RedHat-5.1/i386/binary/qt-devel-1.41-1rh51.i386.rpm. it will probably appear firstly at ftp://ftp.de.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/1.0/contrib/distribution/rpm/RedHat-5.1/i386/binary/qt-devel-1.41-1rh51.i386.rpm. Here follows the LSM: Notes on the "rh51" series of i386 KDE-1.0 rpms for RedHat Linux 5.x/ (1998-10-02) (rpm packages with names like kdebase-1.0-7rh51.i386.rpm, available from ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/1.0/distribution/rpm/RedHat-5.1)) (1) These rpms are built to use the package qt-1.33-1rh51.i386.rpm, which is built using the egcs-1.0.2 compiler that comes with RedHat 5.1. KDE-1.0 was developed and tested using qt-1.33, which is the recommended qt release to use. The egcs-compiled qt-1.33 rpm package is available at ftp://ftp.troll.no/pub/contrib/qt-1.33-1rh51.i386.rpm The more recent qt-1.4x releases contain new features not needed by KDE-1.0, but which are being used in KDE-1.1 development, and may be required by newer KDE applications. These KDE-1.0 rpm packages *should* work with egcs-compiled qt-1.4x packages, such as ftp://ftp.troll.no/pub/qt/linux/redhat/qt-1.40-1rh51.i386.rpm (or a qt-1.41-1rh51.i386.rpm package, when available). Note that while (in principle) qt-1.4x should be compatible with applications developed using qt-1.33, there may be problems in using it with KDE-1.0. So far, the only serious problem found is a catastrophic memory leak when the "processor information" in the KDE-1.0 control center is accessed using qt-1.40. This problem is fixed by a patch since kdebase-1.0-4rh51. The "rh51" qt and kde rpms contain safeguards to ensure they will only build and run when compiled with the egcs-1.0.x compiler on a RedHat 5.x glibc2 system. (Required "virtual packages" qt-egcs-10x. kdelibs-egcs and kdebase-egcs are part of this mechanism.) (2) They work on i386 RedHat 5.1 systems. (The ncurses3 rpm package must be installed.) (3) They also work on i386 RedHat 5.0 systems if the libstdc++-2.8.0 runtime C++ library from the RedHat 5.1 distribution is installed. (This can be found at ftp.redhat.com and mirrors). If you wish to compile KDE applications on RedHat 5.0 to work with these rpms, you will need to install the egcs compiler (see the document "gcc_to_egcs-HOWTO"). These egcs-compiled rpms are recommended for use on RedHat 5.0, because when KDE is compiled with RedHat 5.0's gcc-2.7.2.3 compiler, the resulting code breaks RedHat's PAM password authentication system (the X display segfaults when PAM modules attempt to write to the system log). Until this problem is fixed, RedHat 5.0 users must either use egcs-compiled KDE, or KDE compiled without PAM support. (4) The "rh51" rpms are compiled with egcs-1.0.2 on a glibc2 system with qt-1.33. Don't mix them with rpms compiled with gcc-2.7.2.3 or libc5. It is not known if they are compatible with code compiled with egcs-1.1 (probably not?). (5) The "rh51" rpms are built using rpm-2.5.3. You may need version 2.5 or higher of the rpm utility. This is an "official" update by RedHat for RedHat 5.x. (6) Quick Installation (for more information, see INSTALL-kde-rh51): (Here "*" in "*rh51" is the latest release number): ONLY INSTALL KDE IF YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A WORKING X WINDOW SYSTEM ON REDHAT 5.x. FIX ANY PROBLEMS WITH "X" BEFORE INSTALLING KDE. Then Log in as the superuser (root). From the directory containing the rpms, type: (Notes) rpm -Uvh libstdc++-2.8.0-8.i386.rpm (a) rpm -Uvh qt-1.33-1rh51.i386.rpm (b,c) rpm -Uvh kdesupport-1.0-*rh51.i386.rpm (d) rpm -Uvh kdelibs-1.0-*rh51.i386.rpm (d) rpm -Uvh kdebase-1.0-*rh51.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh kde*-1.0-*rh51.i386.rpm (e) For each user who wants KDE as the default desktop, type /opt/kde/bin/usekde where is replaced by the username. (Users may also do this for themselves by just typing "usekde".) The first time new KDE users start KDE, messages warn them that various subdirectories are being created in their home directory, and that they should change a "password" in ~/.kde/share/apps/kfm/magic. To do this they should just open a terminal window and type magic_passwd where is some random sequence of characters (say, about ten) that they do NOT need to remember, (but must be different from that used by other users), then logout of the KDE session (click on "K" --> Logout) and start a new KDE session. Some RedHat-specific documentation is in /usr/doc/KDE-1.0; for more detailed installation instructions, including how to use KDE's kdm as the "drop-in" replacement for xdm, see INSTALL-kde-rh51; RedHat 5.0 users should also look at gcc_to_egcs-HOWTO. Notes: (a) RedHat 5.0 only. See (3) above. (b) Can also use qt-1.40 or later. See (1) above. (c) If the qt-1.40 rpm is already installed. and you are downgrading to qt-1.33, use "rpm --oldpackage --nodeps ...". (d) kdesupport and kdelibs packages with release numbers 5rh51 or earlier do not behave properly when being upgraded. (The library path gets removed from /etc/ld.so.conf). To fix this problem, either first remove the older kdesupport and kdelibs with "rpm --nodeps -e ...", or install the newer kdesupport and kdelibs packages TWICE, using "rpm --force -Uvh ..." the second time. (e) Here "*" in "kde*" is any of: {"admin", "games", "graphics", "multimedia", "network", "utils"}. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoy kde on your RedHat 5.x system! Duncan Haldane Begin3 Title:qtrh51rpms-i386 Version:1.41-1rh51 Entered-date:27OC98 Description: qt-1.41 rpms for the egcs compiler and RedHat 5.x Keywords: Qt X11 RedHat-5.x rpm egcs Author:Troll Tech Maintained-by:Duncan Haldane Primary-site:ftp.kde.org /pub/kde/stable/1.0/contrib/distribution/rpm/RedHat-5.1/i386/binary 825625 qt-1.41-1rh51.i386.rpm 2594192 qt-devel-1.41-1rh51.i386.rpm Alternate-site: Original-site: ftp.troll.no /pub/contrib 825625 qt-1.41-1rh51.i386.rpm 2594192 qt-devel-1.41-1rh51.i386.rpm Platforms: RedHat Linux 5.x, i386, Copying-policy: QT Free License, freely distributable without changes. End ---- Send all requests to: kde-announce-request@lists.netcentral.net Put your command in the SUBJECT of the message: "subscribe", "unsubscribe", "set digest on", or "set digest off" ********************************************************************** This list is from your pals at NetCentral