On Tuesday 11 November 2003 10:45 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > It is a lesson I learned myself the hard way :-( > > > Mixing packages from different releases is a seriously bad idea. > Particularly with libraries on which a whole lot of other packages depend. > In order to resolve the dependencies you end up having to install a > gazillion packages. > > The advice I always give on this (newbie) list is :- > > 1/ Always use a urpmi source to get packages, where possible. > 2/ If the package you need is not on a urpmi enabled source then download > it and use urpmi or gurpmi to install it. urpmi/gurpmi will pull in any > required dependencies. > 3/ If the package you want is not available on any source for your release, > but is available in Cooker, then rebuild the cooker .src.rpm That ensures > it will be built using the libraries on your system. > 4/ If the package is not in Cooker, then compile from .tar.gz source using > 'checkinstall' to turn the compiled code into an RPM. Using checkinstall > ensures that the RPM database is aware of all the installed libraries, and > also makes it easier to uninstall an app. > 5/ Avoid the temptation to install an rpm built for a different distro > (especially not libraries) > 6/ Do not use --force or --no-deps to make an package install. If a > package will not install there is usually a good reason. Forcing packages > can result in really strange instabilities. > > Since I started following these rules my system has been 100% rock solid. > For most newbies Step 1 is all they will need. > > derek
Well I do have some good news. I successfully installed KDE 3.1.4 ... Texstar Edition. I didn't expect that little addon or some of the new wierd icons, but it's still good. I found most of my remaining dependencies at Texstar's site and got it working. Thanks for the help. There is only one problem though... now Timidity Synth won't load.
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