On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 12:55:43AM +0100, Jerzy Goca wrote: > > I saw that there is a newer version of KDE available (3.5.5) and I would > like to give it a try. > I would like to know if is it OK to overwrite the existing 3.5.2 > installation with the 3.5.5 version or should I uninstall first. > I haven't actually done 3.5.2 to 3.5.5, but I think overwriting it should be ok (provided, as you say below, that you are not running it). The kde libraries go into /usr/lib/kde3, so they should overwrite (and add others which you didn't used to have because you now have more dependencies). Don't forget to compile the matching version of arts.
> What is the proper approach in general and in case of the KDE? > The uninstall step won't be so easy, I think, because I installed KDE > with /usr prefix. I would have to unpack and configure again the sources > of the already installed KDE-3.5.2 packages and make uninstall. > Is this step necessary before installing KDE-3.5.5? > I would never trust 'make uninstall', particularly if you don't have the preconfigured source hanging around. Something in LFS itself had a problem a couple of years ago, whereby it could easily do the wrong thing (because of how we installed it, if my memory is correct). The point is that hardly anybody tests 'make uninstall'. For most packages, including _minor_ upgrades of kde, it is fine to just install the newer version to the same prefix. It's always a good idea to read the release notes in case things have changed, but usually the worst that will happen is that you have an old version of a library left in your system (libfoo-1.2.3, as well as -1.2.4). Gtk2 and its friends (glib2, atk, pango) are a different matter - the versions need to be compatible. Similarly, the versions of gnome packages and libraries need to be compatible, so you should be fine to upgrade gfoo-2.14.2 to -2.14.3, but upgrading to gfoo-2.16 would not be a good idea unless you upgraded all gnome packages. > Of course I am going to do it in the console mode, with X server down. > Do you have any recommendations? > Regards, > Jerzy Goca But, just because I say it works for me, that doesn't mean it _will_ work for you. Backups are always a good idea! ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
