On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, you wrote:
-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?
Try using the --prefix switch;
rpm -ih --prefix /usr <rpmfile>
See man rpm for details
-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
->
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