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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Problem With Installing KDE 3.0 ( Stable )
From:       David McGlone <dmcglone () edificationweb ! com>
Date:       2002-04-13 14:44:32
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On Saturday 13 April 2002 04:08 am, Per Edin wrote:
> 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?

You can use either, but I recomend the RedHat ones because they are optimized 
for RH.

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David M.   
Edification Web Solutions
http://www.edificationweb.com
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