Just remember that koffice will not be available.
Oder Santos wrote:
>
> Thank you very much indeed for your help. I'm a newbie to Linux and I will
> try your instructions.
> Thanks again, Oder.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Benjamin Sher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Expert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 11:23 AM
> Subject: [newbie] Upgrading to KDE 2.1 -- Full Installation Instructions
>
> > Dear Oder:
> >
> > The instructions for upgrading from KDE 2.0 to KDE 2.1 in Lm7.2 are as
> > simple as can be because Mandrake went out of their way to make it so:
> >
> > 1) Go to any Mandrake ftp site using your ftp application (gftp, Igloo
> > or whatever) and type in the exact name of the ftp host site, e.g.
> > ftp.wtfo.com or rpmfind.net (exactly as it appears on Mandrake's
> > downloads list. Look on Mandrake's home page (http://www.mandrake.com)
> > under "Downloads". There you will find URL mirrors in your area and
> > country. Select the one in North America if you live in the USA and
> > Canada. Don't select metalab.unc.edu. They only carry the latest version
> > of LM72 without all the bells and whistles.
> >
> > 2) Navigate till you get to Mandrake's "mandrake-devel" directory. Then,
> > go to the "unsupported" directory. Then i586. At the very top, you will
> > find a directory called KDE 2.1. Open it and you'll find EVERY file you
> > will need to install KDE 2.1 EXCEPT for "apmd." You can get that file
> > from Mandrake 7.2. It's part of the regular Mandrake 7.2 distro.
> >
> > Now create a KDE 2.1 directory in your home directory /home/user/KDE
> > 2-1/ make sure to open the directory and now, using your broadband,
> > download every file from the remote KDE 2.1 directory into your home KDE
> > 2.1 directory. Warning: most of us don't need all those language files
> > that follow "arts... (the very first file in the KDE 2.1 directory --
> > you do need this file). So, the best way to handle this is to select ALL
> > files, then quickly unselect the language files from "Brazil" to
> > "Ukrainian". Otherwise, every file should be highlighted. Now download
> > them all at once, if your ftp client allows for it. If not, download
> > them individually into your /home/user/KDE 2.1 directory.
> >
> > When you have completed your downloading, close your ftp client.
> >
> > Now, before you install anything, be sure to first install the apmd rpm.
> > You will need it to install everything else. When that's done, go to
> > /home/user/KDE2-1 and type:
> >
> > #rpm -Uvh --replacefiles *.*
> >
> > The "replacefiles" argument is needed to allow the new KDE files to
> > replace certain files that conflict with the old rpms. Your installation
> > should not go smoothly but have patience. The only apparent problem (a
> > non-problem) has to do with the doc files. You will so a host of
> > messages about them. Just ignore them. The installation will continue
> > all the way to the last file: "qt-static-libraries 2.2.4-3." And, by the
> > way, it's a good idea to check the files in the remote directory against
> > the files in your home directory before proceeding, including the file
> > sizes.
> >
> > Your new KDE 2.1 should now be ready. Just for the fun of it, reboot
> > your system. You will now log into the new KDE 2.1. First thing you
> > should do is to take care of the rpm data base and your menus:
> >
> > Thus:
> >
> > 1) #rpm --rebuilddb
> >
> > (i.e. rebuild your rpm data base (db). Have patience. This takes about 5
> > minutes.
> >
> > 2) Now, for the menus:
> >
> > #update-menus -v
> >
> > This command adjusts the menus for all your desktops and window
> > managers. One little bug: When it ends with fvm, it doesn't return you
> > to a regular prompt. Just wait a minute or two and when you are SURE
> > that the process has ended, just type Cnt +C and you'll be back at your
> > regular prompt.
> >
> > Now reboot one last time for the menu and rpm changes to take effect and
> > your new KDE 2.1 is at your service.
> >
> > Notice especially the improvements in Konqueror and Kmail.
> >
> > One caveat: There is a little annoying but insignificant bug in Netscape
> > in KDE 2.1 that I raised a hue and cry about because I thought it was a
> > KDE bug that needed urgent attention: You can only launch one instance
> > of Netscape (or Mozilla) at a time, that is, by clicking on the Netscape
> > icon. As one kind member of the list explained to me, you can easily
> > launch as many windows as you wish from Netscape's menu (File, New,
> > Navigator window). This, I was told, is also much preferable because you
> > save an enormous amount of wasted memory every time you launch the
> > entire Netscape application by clicking on it. So, the bug is really a
> > feature, after all.
> >
> > To make Java work, see my long message with a solution to the Java
> > problem in KDE 2.1 (essentially using the IBM Java 1.3 JRE instead of
> > the Sun version. At least it worked in my case. For full details, see my
> > earlier message or check the Mandrake archives (see Mandrake's home
> > page, mailing lists for details).
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > Benjamin
> >
> > P. S. I am sending this message to both the Newbie list, that could
> > definitely use it and the Expert list, that might find it superfluous. I
> > hope, though, that the completeness of the instructions (along with my
> > Java solution for KDE 2.1) might be of use to experts who are bombarded
> > by requests from newbies. Just save these two messages and forward it to
> > them.
> >
> > --
> > Sher's Russian Web
> > http://www.websher.net
> > Benjamin and Anna Sher
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
