Re: KDE 3.2.2 is out

Fr_at_nk
Date: 04/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:36:12 +0200

Op Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:30:35 +0200, schreef Tim Riemann:

> Fr@nk wrote:
>
>> Op Tue, 20 Apr 2004 01:51:44 +0200, schreef Leendert Meyer: Anyone been
>> succesful in updating to KDE 3.2.2? Would you be so kind to give us
>> newbies a step by step instruction which is easy to follow and does not
>> fail?
> Go to your favourite KDE mirror (e.g. ftp.kde.org) then into directory
> /pub/kde/stable/3.2.2/SuSE
> You will find a directory "noarch" here. Change into it and download your
> language file (in my case it is "kde3-i18n-de-3.2.2-1.src.rpm"). Then
> change into the "ix86" directory and choose your current SuSE version (in
> my case 9.0) and download the complete directory. Do a logout from your
> Window-Manager and log into a root console. Type 'init 3' to went into
> non-X11 mode and change into the directory where you donwloaded the KDE
> updates. Here you just have to type 'rpm -Fvh *.rpm' which will only
> install the packets which are currently installed on your system. If you
> want to install all files, then use 'rpm -Uvh *.rpm'. If you get an error
> message here (about dependencies with 'kdebase3-SuSE' packet) you can add
> a '--force --nodeps' to the RPM commands. If you have other dependencies
> missing, install the missing files via 'yast' and DO NOT use 'force' and
> 'nodeps'.
> If all the RPMs were installed you can type 'init 5' and enjoy your
> updated KDE system =).
>
> CU Tim

Will give it a try. Thanks for your response ;-).

Fr@nk

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