At 01:33 AM 07/29/2001 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I would say you'd be much better off if you found the 2.1 SRPMS and did a
>> rpm --rebuild, then installed the resulting rpms.
>
>True, but what if only had the pure .tar.gz source code?
In that case, you can try running rpm -t <filename>.tar.gz --it doesn't
always work, but would be much better in the long run.
>
>> I would not suggest
>> compiling from source unless there is a way to point it to /usr/local
>(such
>> that it wouldn't overwrite any existing information you have).
>>
>
>But isn't the whole purpose of upgrading to overwrite the current
>installation?
>I always point my upgrades to /usr in a deliberate attempt to
>overwrite/ugprade (i.e. ./configure --prefix=/usr).
If you are going to upgrade like that, then you should make sure that you
have a backup of the entire /usr before you compile kde from scratch. This
way, if something goes wrong, it is much easier to restore the system to
whatever condition it was in prior to the compile.
Michael
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Michael Viron
Registered Linux User #81978
Senior Systems & Administration Consultant
Web Spinners, University of West Florida
