Re: Official Suse update to KDE 3.2?

From: Synchrodude (me_at_here.com)
Date: 02/14/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 14:00:35 -0800

pdiddy wrote:

> 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!

lol
you guys couldn't have posted this yesterday could ya? I just got a wild
hair up my *** yesterday and attempted to upgrade to 3.2 well all was
going well until the last RPM that I tried to load. I think the
kdebase3.rpm when I clicked on this file konqueoror seemed to have
forgotten how to start YOU. I didn't panick at first I started a konsole
and tried to install the rpm that way. But it didn't like the dependency
error with the kdebase3-suse 3.1.0-48 I believe it was, that was already
installed. So I tried to get ride of the conflicting files. And i'm sure
most of you that know anything about Linux are lyaoam because I killed KDE.
Well that was a good way to just reinstall everything. I didn't like my
background to begin with :) So I'm back to 3.1 again. I'm not doing
anything tonight maybe i'll try it again with these instructions :)
I can pretty much follow all of this down to were you said login from the
terminal and startx. Are you talking about as root of just user? Also if
I'm not in KDE I don't really know all the commands to get to like my CD
rom and such. So if I need to pull a file off CD rom how would I do this
from a terminal? Ok that's it for now, count down till system "upgrade" 2
hours. If I have any luck will let ya know. 

-- 
Synchrodude the Ledend
You only have too much fuel if you are fire!