I found an easy way to install non Mandrake (or RH) 6 RPMs.... just make a
symbolic link in /opt as follows...
cd /opt
ln -s /usr KDE
that's it! at least it works for me :)
Guillermo
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Tim King wrote:
>
> > I assume "kde package for mandrake/redhat" means a binary RPM, which is
> > how I prefer to install things (yes, I know about the advantages of
> > compiling it yourself). However, the latest binary RPM for "kmysql"
> > installed itself in /opt/kde... rather than in /usr and thus was not
> > displayed in the menus. I would prefer to have KDE and all the apps
> > separated in /opt/kde if there is any way to install this way.
>
> 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.
>
> 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).
>
> LLaP
> bero
