On Saturday 24 June 2006 19:21, James wrote: > Are these simple steps going to work? > If not please edit. I do not care about > extra compile time. I need a simple straightforward method > to nuke(&&unistall all of KDE) and install via kde-meta > > First:# > <nuke all occurances of kde> > cd /var/db/pkg && emerge -Cva kde-base/*
Good.
> Second:
> <Ensure all the old kde kruft is gone 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4
> # cd /var/db/pkg && emerge -Cva kde-base/*-3.{2,3,4}*
This removes *nothing* that the first step didn't already remove.
> # env-update && source /etc/profile && etc-update && update-eix &&
> # eupdatedb
This is still pointless. It does no harm and it changes nothing.
> Third:
> <clean up broken links>
> # revdep-rebuild -p
> # revdep-rebuild
> # emerge --sync
> # env-update && source /etc/profile && etc-update
Still pointless at this time.
> Fourth:
> <install kde-meta>
> # emerge -uavDNp kde-meta
Good.
> <if blocking occurs, unmerge blocking packages and return to First>
> # emerge -uavDN kde-meta
Nothing will block if you followed the first step.
> Did I miss anything? Did I get anything out of order?
> Everyting went well, I just had lots of blocking packages when
> I did not expect too....?
The revdep-rebuild is good *after* emerging kde-meta. It will recompile third
party applications such as amarok against the new version of kde-meta. I
posted the simple steps at the bottom of my previous mail.
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Bo Andresen
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