On Saturday 27 January 2001 08:31 pm, Romanator wrote:
Many thankx for all this info,
if I return to the list, I made it.
If not, I have drowned in an ocean of
kde poop.
Wish me lucjk, see you on the other sied.
screw the typos I don't wanna correct them now.
sorry
later, if I make it back.
Vic
> Vic,
>
> Here's the help file that I used:
>
> If you want to upgrade KDE 2 to KDE2 Beta 2, download the files from the
> following link:
>
> http://atik.ciril.fr/pub/linux//mandrake-devel/unsupported/i586/kde2.1Beta2
>
> Step 1.
> Log on as root and download the kde2.1Beta2 rpms. Copy the rpms to a
> new folder i.e. kdebeta and save the folder in your root directory.
>
> Step 2.
> Log out of X and log on in "console mode"
>
> Step 3.
> Type in: cd Type in: rpm -Uvh --test *.rpm
> If everything goes well, remove the -- test. The verbose command will
> show if something is missing.
> If you are missing certain rpm files or libraries, navigate back to that
> ftp site and download the files.
>
> Step 4.
> Type in: rpm --rebuilddb
> Give this some time and above all do not interrupt it.
>
> Step 5.
> Type in: update-menus -v
> Give this time. D o not interrupt it.
> Reboot you computer. That's it.
>
> Files to download:
>
> arts-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> jdk-sun-1.2.2-3mdk.i586.rpm
> kdeaddutils-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdeaddutils-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdeadmin-2.1-0.20010122.3mdk.i586.rpm
> kdebase-2.1-0.20010122.5mdk.i586.rpm
> kdebase-devel-2.1-0.20010122.5mdk.i586.rpm
> kdegames-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdegraphics-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdegraphics-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdelibs-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> kdelibs-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> kdelibs-sound-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> kdelibs-sound-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> kdemultimedia-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdemultimedia-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdenetwork-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdenetwork-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdepim-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdesdk-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdesupport-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdesupport-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdetoys-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdeutils-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdevelop-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdoc-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.noarch.rpm
> koffice-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> koffice-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> libarts2-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> libarts2-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> qt2-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
> qt2-devel-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
> qt2-doc-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
> quanta-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> unixODBC-1.8.12-1mdk.i586.rpm
