Hey Trevor, Kewl, so now I just have to figure out what I need to upgrade. I know that there's a pile of them that don't apply. Is there an easy way to tell what you have versus what you want or need? I realize this is a nebulous question. Forgive my ignorance.
I know that there are core RPM's required for any install of KDE, it's when you get to the extra stuff, the things people pick and choose that it gets tricky. I don't believe that I have all of KDE installed. I have a majority of it but not all. Thanks for the heads up though, that will be helpful. I didn't realize you could concatenate the various RPM's under one command. Very cool. Jarrod ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Lauder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:18 AM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) KDE 3.1 > Yep, if the .rpm files are created properly, a rpm -U <rpm1> <rpm2> etc > should upgrade any app (including kde) with 1 command. The rpm files > should contain dependancy information so that the rpm -U command knows > what order to install them in. All you need to do is list all the rpms > you want to install with a space seperating them after the rpm -U > > If that doesn't work then they didn't build the .rpm files correctly. > > -- > Personal: > > Trevor Lauder > Web: http://www.thelauders.net > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Work: > > Trevor Lauder > Technical Services Specialist > Wireless Networks Inc. > Web: http://www.wirelessnetworksinc.com > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Dave Lee said: > > > > Jarrod Major wrote: > >> I know that you have to follow a certain order when you go through the > >> RPM's. > > > > I haven't upgraded kde via rpm (pleading ignorance), but with other > > software that I have updated with rpm, all I needed to do is an `rpm -U > > pkg1 pkg2 ... pkgN` for all the packages in the set. What makes kde > > different, why can't you just upgrade them in one shot? Obviously there > > are possible changes that may need manual involvement (config, file > > formats, etc), but properly created rpm's should automate much of the > > migration, and anything it can't do it should display instructions to > > the user for what they need to do. > > > > Dave > > >
