KDE 3.1 - how can I get it to stay?

[Useff]

I installed KDE 3.1 the other day, and ran the following commands:
export QTDIR=~/kde3.1
export KDEDIRS=~/kde3.1
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/kde3.1/lib
export PATH=~/kde3.1/bin:$PATH
KDEHOME=~/kde3.1

When I entered the command "startkde" I saw the kde 3.1 splash screen come up, and it loaded fine. After I restarted my pc, kde 2.2.1 was there, and the only way I could even catch a glimpse of 3.1 again was to set the variables I had already set again before restarting.
If anyone can help me, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'll give more information to the best of my ability if it's needed.

[linux12414]

Originally posted by Useff
I installed KDE 3.1 the other day, and ran the following commands:
export QTDIR=~/kde3.1
export KDEDIRS=~/kde3.1
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/kde3.1/lib
export PATH=~/kde3.1/bin:$PATH
KDEHOME=~/kde3.1

When I entered the command "startkde" I saw the kde 3.1 splash screen come up, and it loaded fine. After I restarted my pc, kde 2.2.1 was there, and the only way I could even catch a glimpse of 3.1 again was to set the variables I had already set again before restarting.
If anyone can help me, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'll give more information to the best of my ability if it's needed.

I'm just throwing out an idea here...it may be faulty but...

Maybe it's like when you recompile a kernel and you have to create a symlink to the new kernel.

Perhaps that has to be done with this as well?

Anybody?

[GaryJones32]

you can set those variables in .bash_profile in your home dir
and see what you get
but unless you have a real reason for trying to keep kde2 and qt2
around i would uninstall them -- even if you get the loader
pointing to kde3 you might have a crazy mess...

If you want to have them both you have to install them in such a way that they can't see each other-- if by ~/kde3.1
you mean you have the whole darn thing in your home directory
it actually sounds like you may have them seperate so read this

http://developer.kde.org/build/build2ver.html

[GaryJones32]

linux12414,

love the picture of the puppies

[Useff]

Originally posted by GaryJones32
you can set those variables in .bash_profile in your home dir
and see what you get
but unless you have a real reason for trying to keep kde2 and qt2
around i would uninstall them -- even if you get the loader
pointing to kde3 you might have a crazy mess...

If you want to have them both you have to install them in such a way that they can't see each other-- if by ~/kde3.1
you mean you have the whole darn thing in your home directory
it actually sounds like you may have them seperate so read this

http://developer.kde.org/build/build2ver.html
Actually, I want to uninstall kde2 and just have kde3.1. And I do have kde3.1 in my home directory. How can I uninstall kde2, and then install kde3.1 in the right place? I definitely don't want to have them both.