Rebecca Ore on Fri, 17 Nov 2000 21:10:28 -0500 (EST)


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Re: [PLUG] Installing KDE2 - UPDATE


On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Mike Leone wrote:

> > OK, so I decided to finally get around to installing KDE2, after the
> > glowing recommendation it got at the last meeting. So I downloaded all
> > 25 RPMs from sourceforge.
> > 
> > And I went to install them - using "rpm -ivh *.rpm", as the web site
> > docs suggest. and as was mentioned at the meetings.
> 
> 
> So I did, instead, "rpm -Uvh" to upgrade old versions first.
> 
> I installed the "libm*.rpm" first. Went fine.
> I installed the "qt*.rpm". Went fine.
> Went to install "kdesupport-2.0", which the instructions claim must be
> done first.
> 
> It complains that "libuulib.so.5 is need by kde-network.1.1.12".
> 
> Now, that lib is there - if I do a "ldconfig", I see it. And why it's
> complaining
> about "kde-network-1.1.12", when I'm installing "kdesupport-2.0", I have
> no idea.
> 
> But I know I can't seem to install KDE2. Yet.

Uninstall kde 1.1.12 and all its spawn first, then delete the
directories that weren't empty.  Then install the kde package in the
order that you'd use for a new install.

-- 
Rebecca Ore
http://www.ogoense.net


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