On Friday 28 December 2001 09:09 pm, mycal62 wrote:
> Ok I have dwnloded the rpms for 8.0
>
> Now I want to try it out.
>
> But I don't want to break the stock kde 2.1.1 that came with 8.0
> can I install it along side 2.1.1? if so how do I do that?
> I don't know how to install to say, /opt from the terminal
I used different rpms (Texstars' obprelink'd, i686, 8.1) that
installed to /opt. Use 'rpm -qpil' on your rpms to see if they do
the same. If they do, just 'rpm -ivh' 'em. If they don't, you
should use --prefix to put 'em in /opt. Then you'll have kde2 and
kde3 installed, just not in the same place.
Before you try out kde3, set your system to boot to a level 3
(text) prompt. 'startx' will run kde2, 'startkde3' should run kde3.
IMO, kde3b1 is too buggy (minor stuff) for daily use, and I
didn't see a big improvement over kde2. MOF, I didn't like some of
the new graphics. YMMV
If you go back to usin kde2 regularly, you'll probly have to fix
some stuff. I got tired of it and just --force'd all my kde2.2.2
rpms back in .. that fixed everything ;>
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