Dear KompuKit:
Here is a copy of my instructions:
Dear Oder and friends:
The instructions for upgrading from KDE 2.0 to KDE 2.1 in Lm7.2 are as
simple as can be because Mandrake went out of their way to make it so:
1) Go to any Mandrake ftp site using your ftp application (gftp, Igloo
or whatever) and type in the exact name of the ftp host site, e.g.
ftp.wtfo.com or rpmfind.net (exactly as it appears on Mandrake's
downloads list. Look on Mandrake's home page (http://www.mandrake.com)
under "Downloads". There you will find URL mirrors in your area and
country. Select the one in North America if you live in the USA and
Canada. Don't select metalab.unc.edu. They only carry the latest version
of LM72 without all the bells and whistles.
2) Navigate till you get to Mandrake's "mandrake-devel" directory. Then,
go to the "unsupported" directory. Then i586. At the very top, you will
find a directory called KDE 2.1. Open it and you'll find EVERY file you
will need to install KDE 2.1 EXCEPT for "apmd." You can get that file
from Mandrake 7.2. It's part of the regular Mandrake 7.2 distro.
Now create a KDE 2.1 directory in your home directory /home/user/KDE
2-1/ make sure to open the directory and now, using your broadband,
download every file from the remote KDE 2.1 directory into your home KDE
2.1 directory. Warning: most of us don't need all those language files
that follow "arts... (the very first file in the KDE 2.1 directory --
you do need this file). So, the best way to handle this is to select ALL
files, then quickly unselect the language files from "Brazil" to
"Ukrainian". Otherwise, every file should be highlighted. Now download
them all at once, if your ftp client allows for it. If not, download
them individually into your /home/user/KDE 2.1 directory.
When you have completed your downloading, close your ftp client.
Now, before you install anything, be sure to first install the apmd rpm.
You will need it to install everything else. When that's done, go to
/home/user/KDE2-1 and type:
#rpm -Uvh --replacefiles *.*
The "replacefiles" argument is needed to allow the new KDE files to
replace certain files that conflict with the old rpms. Your installation
should not go smoothly but have patience. The only apparent problem (a
non-problem) has to do with the doc files. You will so a host of
messages about them. Just ignore them. The installation will continue
all the way to the last file: "qt-static-libraries 2.2.4-3." And, by the
way, it's a good idea to check the files in the remote directory against
the files in your home directory before proceeding, including the file
sizes.
Your new KDE 2.1 should now be ready. Just for the fun of it, reboot
your system. You will now log into the new KDE 2.1. First thing you
should do is to take care of the rpm data base and your menus:
Thus:
1) #rpm --rebuilddb
(i.e. rebuild your rpm data base (db). Have patience. This takes about 5
minutes.
2) Now, for the menus:
#update-menus -v
This command adjusts the menus for all your desktops and window
managers. One little bug: When it ends with fvm, it doesn't return you
to a regular prompt. Just wait a minute or two and when you are SURE
that the process has ended, just type Cnt +C and you'll be back at your
regular prompt.
Now reboot one last time for the menu and rpm changes to take effect and
your new KDE 2.1 is at your service.
Notice especially the improvements in Konqueror and Kmail.
One caveat: There is a little annoying but insignificant bug in Netscape
in KDE 2.1 that I raised a hue and cry about because I thought it was a
KDE bug that needed urgent attention: You can only launch one instance
of Netscape (or Mozilla) at a time, that is, by clicking on the Netscape
icon. As one kind member of the list explained to me, you can easily
launch as many windows as you wish from Netscape's menu (File, New,
Navigator window). This, I was told, is also much preferable because you
save an enormous amount of wasted memory every time you launch the
entire Netscape application by clicking on it. So, the bug is really a
feature, after all.
To make Java work, see my long message with a solution to the Java
problem in KDE 2.1 (essentially using the IBM Java 1.3 JRE instead of
the Sun version. At least it worked in my case. For full details, see my
earlier message or check the Mandrake archives (see Mandrake's home
page, mailing lists for details).
Yours,
Benjamin
--
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Benjamin and Anna Sher
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
