easy way to upgrade KDE?
Hi! I saw that KDE 3.2 RC1 is out. I also saw that rpm's are available for SuSE 8.2. Now is there a simple way to install this upgrade with some kind of point and click method? In fact when I see the listing of the ftp site, I don't really know what I already have installed on my system. I could go for a 'rpm -qa|grep -i kde' but still it wouldn't help me a lot since the list gets quite long. Should I go for writing a small script or is there a simpler method I am not aware of? Thank you for you help! Patrick -- config: 8.2 / KDE 3.1
Patriiiiiiiiiick wrote:
Hi!
I saw that KDE 3.2 RC1 is out. I also saw that rpm's are available for SuSE 8.2. Now is there a simple way to install this upgrade with some kind of point and click method?
In fact when I see the listing of the ftp site, I don't really know what I already have installed on my system. I could go for a 'rpm -qa|grep -i kde' but still it wouldn't help me a lot since the list gets quite long. Should I go for writing a small script or is there a simpler method I am not aware of?
Thank you for you help!
Patrick
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config: 8.2 / KDE 3.1
For both the beta2 and RC1 on 9.0 Pro and also for previous versions of
SuSE and kde, I've always done the following successfully..........
logout and in a VT "init 3"
cd /
On Sunday 01 February 2004 6:17 pm, Sid Boyce wrote:
Patriiiiiiiiiick wrote:
I saw that KDE 3.2 RC1 is out.... is there a simple way to install ... In fact when I see the listing of the ftp site, I don't really know what I already have installed on my system.
... I've always done the following successfully.......... cd /
rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force *.i586.rpm
I suspect Patrick is actually a few steps earlier than this and wants to know exactly which packages to download in the first place [no need to burn bandwidth if you're not going to install the package, right?] I see this method promoted a lot [rpm -U...] and rarely does anyone take the time to point out that you need to download ALL of the packages, regardless of whether or not they are currently installed, and let the rpm manager sort out which ones need processing. well, "all" isn't exactly correct either -- if you really do know which sub-components of KDE are installed, you can get away with downloading just those, but if you're at that level of understanding of KDE itself, you're probably one of the core developers :) -- Yet another Blog: http://osnut.homelinux.net
Op maandag 2 februari 2004 00:45, schreef Patriiiiiiiiiick:
I saw that KDE 3.2 RC1 is out. I also saw that rpm's are available for SuSE 8.2. Now is there a simple way to install this upgrade with some kind of point and click method?
In fact when I see the listing of the ftp site, I don't really know what I already have installed on my system. I could go for a 'rpm -qa|grep -i kde' but still it wouldn't help me a lot since the list gets quite long. Should I go for writing a small script or is there a simpler method I am not aware of?
If you're lucky it can be a single command (though most of the times more are needed): http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/kde31to32.html -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 23:27, Richard Bos wrote:
If you're lucky it can be a single command (though most of the times more are needed): http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/kde31to32.html
-- Richard Bos
I wasn't so lucky with synaptic. I'm not sure if just running apt instead would have been more fruitful. Some files downloaded some didn't. When I make the change on my work system, I'm just going to download all one-by-one and install that way. Tom -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com
--- Tom Nielsen
On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 23:27, Richard Bos wrote:
If you're lucky it can be a single command (though most of the times more are needed): http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/kde31to32.html
-- Richard Bos
I wasn't so lucky with synaptic. I'm not sure if just running apt instead would have been more fruitful. Some files downloaded some didn't. When I make the change on my work system, I'm just going to download all one-by-one and install that way.
Tom
Thank you Tom, When I went to upgrade KDE and saw all those files I thought I was doing something wrong. I d/l the basic ... then was told I needed ... XYZ ... Got XYZ ... began to leand was told I needed PQR ... Got PQR ... You get the idea ... I guess I was doing it right after all... Thanks Stephen ===== Stephen W Sarasota, FL "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine ..." Proverbs __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/
Op maandag 2 februari 2004 18:25, schreef Tom Nielsen:
On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 23:27, Richard Bos wrote:
If you're lucky it can be a single command (though most of the times more are needed): http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/kde31to32.html
-- Richard Bos
I wasn't so lucky with synaptic. I'm not sure if just running apt instead would have been more fruitful. Some files downloaded some didn't. When I make the change on my work system, I'm just going to download all one-by-one and install that way.
Tom
Than do yourself a favour and use apt to assist. Have apt _only_ download the necessary rpms for you and just you install them manually. The 2 things to know for this are: use apt with the '-d' argument: download only. The rpms are downloaded in /var/cache/apt/archives. At this point just use rpm, yast, kpackage or whatever other tool you like to install the packages. BTW: I myself prefer command line apt over synaptic. It gives much more control to the user, at least that is my experience. -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 11:49, Richard Bos wrote:
Than do yourself a favour and use apt to assist. Have apt _only_ download the necessary rpms for you and just you install them manually. The 2 things to know for this are: use apt with the '-d' argument: download only. The rpms are downloaded in /var/cache/apt/archives. At this point just use rpm, yast, kpackage or whatever other tool you like to install the packages.
BTW: I myself prefer command line apt over synaptic. It gives much more control to the user, at least that is my experience.
I'll probably do this when I install 3.2 on my work system. I never thought of using apt to just download. Thanks for the tip! Also, rather than installing one by one, can I rpm -Uvh all the rpms at once and let rpm sort it out? E.g., rpm -Uvh x.rpm x.rpm z.rpm etc. Tom -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com
Op maandag 2 februari 2004 22:15, schreef Tom Nielsen:
Also, rather than installing one by one, can I rpm -Uvh all the rpms at once and let rpm sort it out? E.g., rpm -Uvh x.rpm x.rpm z.rpm etc.
Of course you can. But at that point you're mimicing (? simulating) apt. After downloading apt is going to call rpm -Uvh x.rpm x.rpm z.rpm etc.... Try to use apt with the --test command or if it is supported --show-rpm-cmd, you'll than see what apt is doing. -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
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