Re: Official Suse update to KDE 3.2?

From: pdiddy (pddidy_at_capom.net)
Date: 02/14/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 15:36:47 -0500

Nathan Gilbert wrote:

> Stefan Fredriksson mcriley@telia.com wrote:
>
>> Tom B. wrote:
>>> Is there a chance that the good folks at Suse will make the KDE 3.2
>>> upgrade available through YOU or will we have to wait for 9.1/10?
>>
>> Im pretty sure that you will have to wait until 9.1 before you can do it
>> through YOU.
>>
>> However, there are official Suse builds and people (me included) have
>> installed them. For me the update was painless but for some it caused
>> some mess.
>>
>
> could you perhaps give a brief explanation of the process you used to
> install 3.2?
>
>
>

First download, the kdebase3-3.2.0-7.i586.rpm rpm. Place this in a temporary
directory that you have access rights to. You will need to run this rpm
AFTER the install. For saftey sakes, I would recommend downloading the
kdebase3-kdm-3.2.0-7.i586.rom as well. Place it in the same temp folder
that you have access to. You will need the first, and possibly the second.

Launch Yast 2 as root, or you will need the root password once you launch
it.

Under Software, Choose the "Change Source of Installation". Click "ADD" and
choose "FTP".

For the "Server Name" type in ftp.gwdg.de
For the "Directory on Server" type in:
pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_9.0/yast-source

For "Authentication" select the checkbox Anonymous.

Click "OK".

Make sure that both your default installation src (Suse Linux Version 9.0
URL dvd:///;devices=/dev/..." Status is On. If the status is not ON, enable
it by clicking the "Enable" button. Make sure you new Name (ie
supplementary KDE 3.2 update) "Status" is also on. If it is not, highlight
it and click the "Enable" button.

Go back to Yast2 and from the "Software" section, select "Install and Remove
Software". Make sure that your Suse Source DVD or CD-ROM is installed in
your CD-ROM/DVD.

>From the "Filter" Drop Down List Box Choose "Selections". Find the KDE
Desktop Environment section on the left hand side of the Wizard. Right
click it and select "All in this List" and select the Sub-menu "Update if
newer version available".

Go to the "All of KDE" section. Right click on it and choose the "All in
this list" option. Select the sub-menu, "Update if newer version available"
again, as per above.

If you are using KDE development environment, find the "KDE Development"
Section". Right click and select "All in this list." Select the sub-menu
item, "Update if newer version available." Click "Accept".

You will go through several screens probably, listing dependency problems.
Try and correct these by either selecting to remove the offending packages
or select update these as well. Click and handle these listed dependecy
problems until the dependency issues are solved. DO NOT CHOOSE TO IGNORE
ALL OF THEM... When the dependency issues are dealt with, The FTP update
will then run.

When the update has completed, reboot Suse Linux and use the "Failsafe
option". Login from the terminal, and run "startx". If your systems does
not startx or KDE, you should have a list of which dependency files are
missing. Install these using rmp -ivh *.rpm name, or load them from the
Suse DVD or CD-ROM.

You will need to install the rpm kdebase3-3.2.0-7.i586.rpm AFTER you have
upgraded. For some reason the Suse version conflicts with this one, and it
cannot be resolved, until the rest of the KDE is in place.

After you install the missing files (from your Suse DVD or CD-ROM, I had two
missing, I cannot remember their names, sorry), I installed the
kdebase3-3.2.0-7.i586.rpm and then tried to startx again. This time, KDE
3.2 booted and ran perfectly. I did have to reinstall some of my KDE
programs again, from the KDE 3.2 rpm packages (*NOTE : DO NOT TRY AND
INSTALL THE KDE programs from your DVD or CD-ROM AFTER THIS.. YOU WILL FRY
THE KDE 3.2). Therefore, after your upgrade or before, it might not be a
bad idea to download all of the KDE 3.2 RPMS and burn them to a CD-ROM in
case you need them again.

Good luck!