On Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:14, you wrote:
> I'd like to upgrade my kde from 2.1.2 to 2.2.1 on my eD2.4. Since there
> aren't any rpms, compiling is the way to go. What precautions should I
> take to reduce the chance of the compilation messing my system up? Should
> I first remove kde 2.1.1 completely or can I have both on my system at the
> same time like kde 1.1.2 and kde 2.1.2? TIA
>
> Mark
I did a tar file a short while ago and turnrd it into a .rpm by issuing the
conmmand rpm -ta "xxxxxx-xxxx.tar.gz" it puts the rpms into
/usr/src/openlinux/rpms/i386. Remmenber that you can also do this from source
files but forget at the moment what the command is, someone else will know
here.
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