On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> 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?
>
> --
> Tim King, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Some rpm's allow you to use the --prefix and --relocate to move the destination
joe
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