KDE2.2 Install and Mandrake Problem

[d2tu]

I currently have Mandrake 8.0 with KDE 2.1.1. I'm trying to upgrade to KDE2.2 but when I try to install the KDE libs I get an error saying it can't find libpcresix.sc.0 and libpcre.sc.0 among others. What are these files? Where can I get these files and where do I put them? :)

[Apostata]

Can I ask how you're installing them? Are you using the Software Update prog, or via an xterm?

The reason I ask is that the instructions (that I have in front of me because I'm about to do the same thing) say to use 'urpmi'.

[d2tu]

I'm using both Xterm with the urpmi command and the Software Installer that comes with Mandrake. Both of them give me the same error message.

[Choozo]

Hop over to www.rpmfind.net (http://www.rpmfind.net) and enter the 'missing filenames' in the search window. You will then get a number of packages to choose from ..... get the ones for Mandrake cooker, since the KDE2.2 still is a part of cooker (as far as I know).

Cheers :)

[bdg1983]

For KDE 2.2 my distro requires that I install the pcre packages right after installing qt.

Are there any packages starting with pcre on the kde ftp servers for Mandrake?

[d2tu]

Well, I went to rpmfind.net and also the KDE ftp site and could not find the libpcre0 file I'm looking for. Any other suggestions...i'll keep looking in the meantime...

[bdg1983]

My distro (Caldera) has separate packages for qt and pcre while I do not see those for Mandrake.

Are you following the instructions for Mandrake?

#
# KDE 2.2 for Linux-Mandrake
#

Available packages
==================

KDE 2.2 for Linux-Mandrake is currently available for:

- i586: see 7.2/ and 8.0/ directory.
- 8.0 ppc: see 8.0/ppc/ directory. Please remember that 8.0 ppc is a beta
version.

Sources are available in SRPMS/ directory. You don't need them if you don't wishto rebuild KDE packages.


How install these packages?
===========================

First, download packages you need.

To install your packages, please use urpmi.

As root:

- add a new media. Run:
urpmi.addmedia a-name file://directory-where-are-stored-packages

- install packages you need using:
urpmi name-of-package

For example, to install gnupg, run:
urpmi gnupg

Dependencies will be automatically resolved.

OR

- automatically update your system using:
urpmi --auto-select

[d2tu]

I downloaded all of the packages in the i586 folder and when I tried to install any of those packages I got the pcre error. Maybe I should try to upgrade qt?

[bdg1983]

It seems most of the distros have different ways of upgrading to KDE 2.2.

I couldn't say if what works for Caldera will also work for Mandrake. It may well in fact make matters worse.

Have you checked any of the Mandrake usergroups?

These instructions are for Caldera of which I use for the base for upgrading KDE.

These are the KDE 2.2 packages for Caldera OpenLinux 3.1. You have to install at least the Qt,
support and KDE libraries and the base applications:

rpm -U qt2/*
rpm -i libxmlkde/*
rpm -i pcre/*
rpm -U kdelibs/* kdebase/*

For the other kde modules there are individual packages for all applications. Some application might
require an additional library. rpm will tell you, which library this is. You will find it in the
same subdirectory as the application. For example to install kmail you also need to install
libkdenetwork and libmimelib:

cd kdenetwork
rpm -U kmail-2.2-1.i386.rpm libkdenetwork-2.2-1.i386.rpm libmimelib-*

Have fun :-)


One thing to keep in mind is that kdesupport does not exist anymore for KDE 2.2 as it did for previous versions. It is still mentioned for 2.2 though.

[d2tu]

I'll keep looking around on how to do this. I guess I'll figure it out eventually. Thanks for all your help :)

[bdg1983]

Sorry I couldn't help more. Just shows how different some of the distros are. I've upgrade to KDE 2.2 on 3 pc's now though they are all Caldera.

Strange that the procedures I posted above for Mandrake will not work. They do say dependencies will be taken care of.

Others here have also posted similiar questions on upgrading to KDE 2.2. Have you tried to find them and see if there's something that could help you?

Now if you want to switch to Caldera's OpenLinux Workstation 3.1, I can tell you exactly how to upgrade and to tell you the truth, it's not the same as the instructions they provide. Those actually don't really work too well. Figures.