Correct Method to update clean 8.1 to kde 3.1?
what is the cleanest method of updating a clean 8.1 install to kde 3.1? i've played around with doing rpm -Uvh and rpm -Fvh on the downloaded rpms but it always fails to update correctly. thanks -- michael
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 07:49:59AM -0500, Michael Galloway wrote:
what is the cleanest method of updating a clean 8.1 install to kde 3.1? i've played around with doing rpm -Uvh and rpm -Fvh on the downloaded rpms but it always fails to update correctly. thanks
It worked pretty OK when I used Yast to do it. I setup the install source to one of the mirrors/../suse-source/...etc. and install from software install module. Actually works pretty well for me. YMMV. -- Brad Shelton On Line Exchange http://ole.net Phone: 313-526-1111 Fax: 313-526-3333
On Friday 28 February 2003 12:49, Michael Galloway wrote:
what is the cleanest method of updating a clean 8.1 install to kde 3.1? i've played around with doing rpm -Uvh and rpm -Fvh on the downloaded rpms but it always fails to update correctly. thanks
Michael, Try the following: Make a directory of your choice and cd to it. ftp to a local mirror of ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586 do: bin hash prom mget *.patch.rpm Let that finish and then do: rpm -Fvh *.rpm You will find some clashes, as there are some patches that need to be applied twice for succeeding versions of packages to work nicely, eg. kdelibs3 (from memory) needs you to put on the lower-numbered patch.rpm, then the higher. Attention to the error messages will get you through that. Get all those updates done and then run SuSEconfig, you will now have kde3.0.5. Make another handy directory and cd to it. ftp to a local mirror of ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE do: bin hash prom mget *.rpm Install them with rpm -Fvh *.rpm and resolve any conflicts / dependencies by reference to the error messages. Run SuSEconfig. Locate, on the archives of this list, Nick Katsamas' message in this thread: [SLE] Problems with icons after KDE 3.1 update which provides a patch capable of fixing the lost icons that result from the SuSE default 3.1 install and apply that patch. Restart kde. You should be done. Did this yesterday, took about 30 minutes excl. the download. Lots of other folks have ways they prefer, see what you think. HTH Fergus
-- michael
-- Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB Tel: +44 161 834 7961 Fax: +44 161 839 5797 http://www.chethams.org.uk
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