From kde-devel Sat Apr 13 08:08:50 2002 From: Per Edin Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 08:08:50 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: Problem With Installing KDE 3.0 ( Stable ) X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=101868539512006 On Saturday 13 April 2002 06.46, David McGlone wrote: > On Friday 12 April 2002 06:01 pm, Per Edin wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I downloaded the latest stable release of KDE (3.0) earlier today and > > thought to install it. > > The qt-copy compiled and maked succesfully but when it came to > > ./configure kdelibs it complaind about me having a too old version of > > aRts ( 0.6 ) minimum was 1.1.x. Now when i downloaded the arts rpm it > > comlained about breaking dependencies and that i did have an old version > > of libasound. > > > > Aaaaaarrrrrrrrgggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! > > > > Can somebody give me a complete step-by-step guide which will explain > > everything needed to upgrade to KDE 3 from a clean Red Hat 7.1 > > installation without any software modifications? And what software do i > > need to update? > > I am running KDE3 on RH 7.2 and on the kde site, they recomend you remove > your old kde before installing KDE3. > > see: http://ibiblio.org/pub/packages/desktops/kde//stable/3.0/Red > Hat/README > > so here's what I would do. > > 1. create a folder for ALL of the kde3 rpms > 2. put all the kde rpms in this folder > 3. open a xterm and su to root > 4. navigate to the directory where you put the kde3 rpm's > 5. follow the instructions on the link above to remove your old KDE > 6. issue the command: rpm -Uvh *.rpm > 7. log out and back in. > > this is *ONLY* if you just want KDE3 on your system and not KDE2 also. Can I do the same thing with the bz2 packages found at http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/kde/stable/3.0/src/ or do i have to download the stuff from http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/kde/stable/3.0/RedHat or can i get the rpms from any other place? -- Best regards, Per Edin! Sweden, Europe Maintainer and Developer @ the KStorm project. ICQ: 151399739 >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<