From kde-linux  Fri Jan 31 12:03:50 2003
From: "Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D." <smolnar () jadeinc ! com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:03:50 +0000
To: kde-linux
Subject: Re: [kde-linux] KDE Upgrade
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At 11:35 PM 1/30/2003 -0900, you wrote:

>On Thursday 30 January 2003 09:04 am, Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:
> > I just downloaded all of KDE 3.1 for SuSE 8.1.  I have been using the
> > distribution version of KDE.
> >
> > When I attempt rpm -Uvh *.rpm I get a 'rpm cannot be installed' message.
> >
> > The permissions are all -rwxr-xr-x.
> >
> > What's going on here?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
>
>You have to read each such message very carefully to find why it
>can't be installed....
>Did it conflict with something you no longer need?

Good point!  However, there are no messages, other than 'rpm cannnot be 
installed'

>Are libraries missing?
>
>It gives you more info than you are reporting here.
>If you are root, permissions don't matter.

I was root.


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