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List:       kde-linux
Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] How I installed KDE 3.0.4 from Scratch on RH 8.0 (Second Edition)
From:       Giovanni Bobbio <giovanni () communicationvalley ! it>
Date:       2002-12-03 17:14:38
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On Tuesday 03 December 2002 13:43, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> Rob Blomquist wrote:
>
> > Please note that even with all these changes, that KPackage will not work
> > with rpms, due to the way RPM has been built for RH8. I am still planing
> > on trying to nuke RPM and install it from source, but I have no idea what
> > trouble that will get me into.
>
> I would try installing RPM (the 3 packages) from 7.3 with "--nodeps"
> after removing the current version.  This assumes that you have the CD
> and can use the 'live' RPM on the CD to do that.  Otherwise, DO NOT
> remove RPM.  Or you could try a downgrade with "--force".  Not the
> safest thing to do, but it might work.

I am using KPackage 3.0.99 (on occasion, I use mostly sources) with rpms on 
Redhat 8. The rpm utility is the stock Redhat 8 one.
Is this problem with KPackage specific to 3.0.x? What kind of problem is that?

Ciao,
Giovanni
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