Hello everybody, I got Suse 8.1 and wanted to install KDE 3.1. However, as the new packages are not yet available with Yast2 Update I got the RPMs from kde.org meant for Suse 8.1. I ran into several problems, for example no matter how often I installed the multimedia-devel RPM YAst did not notice it and kept its 3.0.3. Another thing is that there does not seem to be a kdemultimedia rpm for the 3.1 release but Yast shows one for 3.0.3, thus I cannot update it should I uninstall it? The kdeaddons-konqueror rpm is not recognised by Yast after installing it and the 3.0.3 is still shown as being installed. This actually happens to quite a lot of KDE3.1's rpms. After re-installing Suse I got konstructor to do the KDE 3.1 install which got me KDE 3.1 running but no Yast, so this is no option. What am I doing wrong? should I first download all KDE3.1 rpms, use Yast to uninstall all of KDE3 and then install 3.1? How did you do it when upgrading to 3.1? Konqueror > Install using Yast...? When will the 3.1 packages be available with Yast? Thanks a lot in advance! Sven -- << s.burmeister@lancaster.ac.uk * sven.burmeister@gmx.de >> :: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/ug/burmeist/
Sven Burmeister wrote:
Hello everybody,
I got Suse 8.1 and wanted to install KDE 3.1. However, as the new packages are not yet available with Yast2 Update I got the RPMs from kde.org meant for Suse 8.1.
I ran into several problems, for example no matter how often I installed the multimedia-devel RPM YAst did not notice it and kept its 3.0.3. Another thing is that there does not seem to be a kdemultimedia rpm for the 3.1 release but Yast shows one for 3.0.3, thus I cannot update it should I uninstall it?
I update using 'rpm -U newpackage-3.1-nn.rpm' and delete old packages with 'rpm -e oldpackage'. 'rpm -U newpack1.rpm newpack2.rpm newpack3.rpm' is also good, as is (example) 'rpm -U kdemultimedia*' To see what is installed: 'rpm -qa | sort | less' or (example) 'rpm -qa | grep -e kdemultimedia' Using that approach caused me virtually no problems. 'man rpm' will tell you more, but that is enough for most problems. The package kdemultimedia has been split into it's component parts, you will probably have to remove the old package to avoid conflicts and then install the new ones.
The kdeaddons-konqueror rpm is not recognised by Yast after installing it and the 3.0.3 is still shown as being installed. This actually happens to quite a lot of KDE3.1's rpms.
I did not have that problem. Maybe yast is hiding rpm error-messages. Try it directly.
After re-installing Suse I got konstructor to do the KDE 3.1 install which got me KDE 3.1 running but no Yast, so this is no option.
What am I doing wrong? should I first download all KDE3.1 rpms, use Yast to uninstall all of KDE3 and then install 3.1?
downloading the lot worked fine for me, the rest you know.
How did you do it when upgrading to 3.1? Konqueror > Install using Yast...?
When will the 3.1 packages be available with Yast?
Apparently they won't (if I understood that correctly). They will be out with 8.2 but it is to much work adapting them for 8.1. That statement is not completely accurate but the answer was something similar. 3.1 works fine as it is so that does not hurt.
Thanks a lot in advance!
Sven
The last (general) point: if you do your updates using rpm directly, run SuSEconfig afterwards. Sometimes it makes no difference, sometimes it can be the difference between a working system and total instability. Hope this helps. -- opinions personal, facts suspect. http://home.arcor.de/36bit/samba.html
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I downloaded all rpms into one directory. I copied the /opt/kde3 to /opt/kde305. This is useful if the new kde would not start so you can start the old version again. I did also with /usr/lib/qt3X. Then I removed all rpms using yast. Then I changed to the directory with the rpms and typed rpm -i --nodeps *rpm then again, this is for brute force :) so have not to think of any dependencies: rpm -i --nodeps *rpm This should work. Did at least on my SuSE 8.0 machine work perfect. Gruß / regards ce ====== SuSE 8.0 on a Dell Inspiron 8200: http://home.t-online.de/home/mchristoph.eckert/inspiron8200/ ====== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE+PX2kwl5BpgWy4BMRAtWyAJ0cFEh6dyKpi199LEf+3kPDE3MX3wCbBMSS q0XzsefmiQpK1bwZGL7Et6c= =3x5c -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Hello everybody First I would like to thank all those that tryed to help me in installing KDE 3.1. Now that I am back from a self made crash and installed SuSE 8.1 from ground up I decided to give it another go with KDE 3.1 installation so I did as followed 1. Used Kbear to mark and download all of kde 3.1 for SuSE 8.1 in a directory I made called kde31. 2.Logged in as root and open konsole and typed rpm -Uvh libart_lgpl*rpm 3.Then I located and opened the kde31 folder containing kde 3.1 4. Located the RPM qt3.1.1-15.i586.rpm, clicked on it and let YasT install it. 5. Next I located kdelibs3-3.1-46.i586.rpm and installed also with YasT. 6.Then I went to /opt/kde3/share/apps and looked for konqueror and renamed it to konquerorold. 7.Last I went back to konsole and typed rpm -Fvh *rpm . KDE 3.1 was installed. File manager worked, Konqueror worked. YasT icons were gone but the YasT word was there and working. A couple of other icons were white sheet but all links worked. And I said I was going to stick with the old. No way. Were theres a Linux´s , theres a way. Well back to my play, Newbie, New SuSE, New Adventures. I love it.
* On Sunday 02 February 2003 12:02 pm, Sven Burmeister wrote:
Hello everybody,
I got Suse 8.1 and wanted to install KDE 3.1. However, as the new packages are not yet available with Yast2 Update I got the RPMs from kde.org meant for Suse 8.1.
I ran into several problems, for example no matter how often I installed the multimedia-devel RPM YAst did not notice it and kept its 3.0.3. Another thing is that there does not seem to be a kdemultimedia rpm for the 3.1 release but Yast shows one for 3.0.3, thus I cannot update it should I uninstall it?
The kdeaddons-konqueror rpm is not recognised by Yast after installing it and the 3.0.3 is still shown as being installed. This actually happens to quite a lot of KDE3.1's rpms.
After re-installing Suse I got konstructor to do the KDE 3.1 install which got me KDE 3.1 running but no Yast, so this is no option.
What am I doing wrong? should I first download all KDE3.1 rpms, use Yast to uninstall all of KDE3 and then install 3.1?
How did you do it when upgrading to 3.1? Konqueror > Install using Yast...?
When will the 3.1 packages be available with Yast?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Sven
Sven, After installing 8.1, you might want to do an online update with YaST2, before updating to 3.1 KDE. I think most of us have done that prior to the update, which should take your 3.0.3 to 3.0.5 and offer some bug fixes, security fixes, etc. That should make the move to 3.1 a little less painful than you seem to have experienced. I can't guarantee you that will help, but if it were me, I think I would do that first just to be sure I was up to date from SuSE before getting those 3.1 files installed. Patrick --- KMail v1.5 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.1 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...
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