On Tuesday 09 Jul 2002 8:48 am, teddy wl wrote: > I'm so sorry, I'm newly join this mailing list, and > I'm newbie to in linux. > i use Mandrake8.2/kde 2.2.2 I have KDE3.0 that build > from Mandrake RPM, how to upgrade kde2.2.2 in mandrake > to kde3? > yesterday I try to upgrade but the system look like > not stable,mybe all of you can give me some > alternative, how to upgrade kde2 in mandrake8.2 to > kde3. > Sorry my English, I'm from Indonesia. but I know, you > understand. Thanks > > Teddy > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Welcome Teddy. Upgrading to KDE3.0.2 is not too difficult. You do not even need to log out of KDE to do it. 1/ Download the latest KDE3.0.2 from an ftp mirror such as ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.0.2/Mandrake/8.2 and put in into a dedicated directory You can just put that ftp line in a konqueror URL and drag and drop the files into a directory. There is a file missing from the mirror called kdeadmin3 You can find a copy here ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/Mandrake-8.2/RPMS The additional kdeartwork3 files you will find there are also nice to have. 2/ In a terminal window type 'su' (without quotes) to become root user and type 'urpmi.addmedia kde3 file://path_to_your_directory' This will add that directory to the database of RPMs known to Mandrake Software Manager. If ever you change the files in that directory you should tell Software Manager to 'Reload Lists' to keep the RPM database up to date. 3/ You can now open Mandrake Software Manager and browse or search for the kde3 rpms and install them in the normal way.All dependencies will be sorted out for you, but make sure you tick for installation all the optional addon packages you think you want. 4/ If you are using kdm to start your KDE session just log out. If you were starting KDE directly from boot with autologin, then open Mandrake Control Centre>Boot>BootConfig and select 'No I do not want autologin' Next time you log in, the drop down list of Window Managers in kdm will include an entry called KDE3. Select that and you are done! KDE2 will still be there and you can still use it if you wish. Hope I have not forgetton anything important :-) derek
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