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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Installing Koffice from source on RHEL4
From:       Tomas Mecir <mecirt () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-06-30 7:04:18
Message-ID: 492258b1050630000441b1a93 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 6/30/05, Benjamin Sher <delphi123@zebra.net> wrote:
> Scientific Linux is a derivate of RHEL4. It recompiled RHEL4 from
> source. In addition, unlike RHEL's stripped down version of KDE,  it
> give us the full-fledged version of KDE 3.3.1-3.10.
> 
> I was told by tech support at SL that installing Koffice might cause
> some problems. I can see how this could be the case with installing
> binaries. But what about installing from source code? Is there any way
> this could cause problems to a linux OS? Any conflicts of any sort? Even
> things like messing up the menus? Or does installing from source by its
> nature produce a clean customized install that does not conflict with
> one's system?

Hm, I'm not sure as of how many modifications were made to KDE in
RHEL4, but unless there was something really very weird made,
installing from sources should go fine. The worst-case scenario is
that proper paths would not be detected and thus KOffice would not
work - even if this is the case, the rest of KDE will not be affected.
Also, if your distro uses some custom menu system (as is the case with
Mandriva, for instance), KOffice will not appear in your menus. Even
if this is the case, it will still be launchable from command line or
alt+f2 or something.

So, all in all, installing from sources shouldn't damage anything.
Just ensure that you have all the devel stuff you need, and things
should proceed smoothly.

/ Tomas
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