Hi, is there any advice on how to upgrade a SuSE 9.1 installation to KDE 3.3? I remember the last time I tried (3.1 to 3.2) I couldn't get it to work (and never pursued it as SuSE Pro 9.1. came out ;-). AFAIK the process is something like 1) download the SuSE KDE 3.3 RPMs 2) switch to init 3 (down X Windows, KDM et al) 3) run 'rpm -Uvh *' for the binaries 4) init 5 to watch. Observations? Regards, /// Peter ///
Peter, On Friday 20 August 2004 11:13, Peter wrote:
Hi,
is there any advice on how to upgrade a SuSE 9.1 installation to KDE 3.3? I remember the last time I tried (3.1 to 3.2) I couldn't get it to work (and never pursued it as SuSE Pro 9.1. came out ;-).
AFAIK the process is something like
1) download the SuSE KDE 3.3 RPMs 2) switch to init 3 (down X Windows, KDM et al) 3) run 'rpm -Uvh *' for the binaries 4) init 5 to watch.
Observations?
Regards, /// Peter ///
Make your life easy and let YaST do the installation. We've covered this on the SuSE-Linux-E list. See the threads in the August archive (http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Aug/) pertinent to KDE 3.3. Specifically http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Aug/2670.html and http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Aug/2847.html. Randall Schuz
On Friday 20 August 2004 20:18, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Make your life easy and let YaST do the installation.
The YaST installer is stone age in comparison with red carpet or apt-get. If you're going to introduce newbies to suse, one of those would be the first stop. Everyone I've shown red carpet to has loved it, and people are nuts about apt-get as well. It's a clear step up
AFAIK the process is something like
1) download the SuSE KDE 3.3 RPMs 2) switch to init 3 (down X Windows, KDM et al) 3) run 'rpm -Uvh *' for the binaries 4) init 5 to watch.
Observations?
I prefer the "point YOU to the ftp.gwde.com/pub/suse/...../supplent/KDE/yast-source" method (search the other messages on this list for the exact server/path). Then it's just a matter of going into the install programs module, and tell it to update all of KDE - that way any dependencies are fixed on the fly. Worked perfectly for me. Steve Kratz
On Friday 20 August 2004 20:13, Peter wrote:
Hi,
is there any advice on how to upgrade a SuSE 9.1 installation to KDE 3.3? I remember the last time I tried (3.1 to 3.2) I couldn't get it to work (and never pursued it as SuSE Pro 9.1. came out ;-).
AFAIK the process is something like
1) download the SuSE KDE 3.3 RPMs 2) switch to init 3 (down X Windows, KDM et al) 3) run 'rpm -Uvh *' for the binaries 4) init 5 to watch.
Observations?
That will work, although I'd prefer Fvh instead of Uvh But you might want to look at either red carpet or apt-get. They will make your life so much easier, as they handle dependencies for you
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