Try installing it with the RPM, then moving everything from /opt/kde to /usr
IT worked for me although i can no longer uninstall the stuff, because RPM won't find
the files again.
Of course, that's a dumb solution. How can I mangle my RPMs so they install into /usr?
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 Tom Berger wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I tried to install several KDE apps from Red Hat RPMs. After
> > installing them I got strange behavior from them..missing bitmaps etc.
> >
> > I discovered that Mandrake doesn't use the /opt/kde directory as
> > KDE's home.
>
>
> Redhat does neither. In fact M has been changed the location of KDE from
> /opt/kde to /usr to *comply* with Redhat's silly opinions on where to put
> files.
> What apps are you referring to? Could you please do a
> rpm -ql [packagename]
> on a Redhat KDE package and have a look where the bitmaps should have been
> installed?
>
> Regards
>
> tom
>
>
> > Does Mandrake have somewhay of correctly installing KDE apps RPMs
> > >from RedHat? The RPM files would need to be altered somehow
> >
> > Neal Richter
>
