Bernhard Rosenkr�nzer wrote:
> There is - download the source RPMs, change /usr to /opt/kde in the .spec
> file, rpm -ba the spec file, and install the resulting RPM.
> There's no other way because the path names are hardcoded into the
> binaries.
Yes, but what if I would rather just install the binaries? Ultimately,
I would just like to boot off of the Mandrake CD and have an option in
the install program to choose KDE directories.
> It's not a very good idea though IMO - since Mandrake 6.0 and Red Hat 6.0
> put KDE in /usr, that's where future packages will put them. The only
> distribution still putting KDE in /opt/kde by default is SuSE, and their
> RPMs are incompatible with all other distributions anyways (older glibc).
I have to disagree about only SuSE using /opt/kde. My Redhat 6.0 CD
(from cheapbytes.com) automatically put KDE in /opt/kde. Also, if you
download a binary RPM for an app from the KDE ftp site, it will install
itself in /opt/kde... (at least the ones I've downloaded). Maybe this
standard has recently changed and not all KDE developers are yet
following it?
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Tim King, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
