Installing KDE 2.0.1

[mohenly]

From the there-has-to-be-a-better-way dept...

I'm running RH 6.2 and wanted to install KDE 2.0.1 from RPMs. This has turned out to be fairly complicated (surprise, surprise...).

I downloaded the RPMs into a working directory. Since KDE 1.1.2 was already installed, I thought I could simply do an "rpm -Uvh [rpm_name] --nodeps" and overwrite the 1.1.2 RPMs. Despite using the --nodeps switch, I got errors.

So, I launched gnorpm and manually hunted through the RPM database looking for and uninstalling the various parts of KDE 1.1.2. After doing this, I was able to use the "rpm -Uvh [rpm_name] --nodeps" command and it looks like it may have worked.

What disturbs me is the hit-or-miss nature of removing the existing KDE 1.1.2 install. Is there no more precise way of doing this?

Thanks.

M.

[dvdnut]

unsure but rpm can list you all the relevant stuff to it

isnt there an rpm cheat sheet somewhere on lno?

[MADHATter7]

If there is a more precise way of installing KDE2, I didn't figure it out either.

I did just as you did (except from the CLI) with rpm-e kdepackagename.

KDE2 was a real pain the arse to install, and it left me with some broken stuff to re-configure...

I wound up going from RedHat to Debian anyway. (And now I use Blackbox)

[ColdPack]

Originally posted by MADHATter7:
If there is a more precise way of installing KDE2, I didn't figure it out either.

I did just as you did (except from the CLI) with rpm-e kdepackagename.

KDE2 was a real pain the arse to install, and it left me with some broken stuff to re-configure...

I wound up going from RedHat to Debian anyway. (And now I use Blackbox)

Since you made the move to Debian, have you tried using apt-get to download and install KDE2?
Just curious. Once you try that, you'll know you made the right move away from RedHat!
(I use blackbox, now, too. Love it!)

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[bobarian]

Try using the --force switch which automatically reinstalls all files, even ones that are the same (might save you trouble later on). You might have to su to use it. Heck, if I were reinstalling KDE, I would be root. Much easier.