On Sun, 26 May 2002, Amir Tal wrote:

> On Saturday 25 May 2002 17:55, you wrote:
> > I'm trying to instal the KDE 3.0.1 Mandrake 8.2 RPMs on my Mandrake 8.2
> > system which already has KDE 3.0.0 installed. The problem is that these
> > RPMs install everything under /usr/bin, /usr/lib/, /usr/share, etc.
> > instead of /opt like the KDE 3.0.0 RPMs.
> >
> > I get a lot of errors whether I use urpmi or rpm and I'm afraid to use
> > --force.
> >
> > Is it a known issue? What should I do?
>
> how about using --prefix /opt/kde3 ?

That won't work because the files in the RPMs expect the other files to be
present under /usr.

Regards,

        Shlomi Fish

> i think that with -U (upgrade) the new RPMs will upgrade the one's in the old
> directory.
>
> i didn't try it, but it looks like the logical thing to do.
>
> tal.
>
>
>
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >     Shlomi Fish
> >
> >
> >
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