Re: Adding Gnome To Existing System
From: Ed Hurst (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 01/25/04
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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 14:26:59 -0600
Mike Gratis wrote:
> I've been using SuSE 8.1 with KDE for a while now. I've done all of the
> Online Updates and FTP (yast-source) updates. Now that Novell has bought
> SuSE and will apparently be leaning towards Gnome, I thought I'd intall it
> and have it available to use & try. I would assume the easiest way would
> be to install the "Gnome System" off the DVD through YAST.
>
> The only issue I see is that when I go to do this, there are some files that
> YAST is trying to "Auto Update" that are older than what I've presently got
> installed. For instance, I've got newer versions of Mozilla, MPlayer and
> some fo the libraries. Should I just clear these boxes so that they're not
> updated, or is that going to cause a problem with the installation?
My personal recommendation is that you install the Ximian version. That
is far closer to what Novell is doing now, and the XD2 (Ximian Desktop
2) is a far stabler version of Gnome 2. Barring that, you can probably
uncheck the false "updates" and see if YaST will do it.
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