On Sunday 27 October 2002 11:14 am, Tony Alfrey wrote: > I'm going to compile kde3 from source as I've compiled kde2 before many > times with good success. > But I'm always very cautious and like to save a backup in case things > crash. Since installing 3 is not like just upgrading 2, I'd like to > know the following: > 99% of what gets compiled ends up in (depending on your choice) > /opt/kde3. > But there are "some" executables and maybe some scripts? that get > written that can really make a mess unless they can be backed up > and reinstalled to get back to 2 if need be. Does anyone know for dead > certain which things these are?? Are they environment-variable > dependent?? > Thanks!
Are you compiling from cvs or from a recent tarball (3.1 RC1 should be out fairly soon), and are you already running some version of kde3, and on what base distro ? If you haven't seen it already you may find http://developer.kde.org/build/build2ver.html useful. They say to install the latest version as a new user, and that approach certainly overcomes a lot of niggly problems. -- Pam R: Don't put off until tomorrow what you can leave to the day after. Linux StepbyStep: http://www.linux-sxs.org/stepbystep.html _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
