Going from 3.04 to 3.11 in SuSE 8.1?

I'm running SuSE 8.1 PRO, and looking for some hand-holding in going from KDE 3.04 to 3.11. YOU doesn't provide that option, and I am leary about going the rpm route without some *detailed* instructions. Can someone point me in the right direction? Or, should I just forget about it until I upgrade to a new release, sometime in the (more distant) future? Regards, Matt Prastein