> the libSDL1.2 is giving me trouble. It needs XFree 4.1.0 and I have XFree > 4.0.3 (from my distribution ISOs). How do I go about upgrading a package? Caveat - sometimes you'll find an RPM that depends on some other RPM which depends in turn on some other RPM, and you can get into a circle sometimes - and sometimes it's easier to build packages from source (but you usually lose the packaging that RPM provides if you go that route). > this case XFree-4.1.0-10mdk.rpm) and it will find and replace the old one > (XFree-4.0.3-7mdk.rpm)? Well, you can start with 'rpm -Uvh XFree-4.1.0-10.mdk.rpm' and it may work, but it'll probably give a number of dependencies and conflicts; you may need to group a lot of RPMS on the command line at the same time - for example, 'rpm XFree-4.1.0-10.mdk.rpm XFree-other-4.1.0-10.mdk.rpm' etc. This usually solves many catch-22 type dependency problems (package #1 depends on package #2 which in turn depends on package #1). > rpmfind.net to get them. Am I right in saying that the packages labeled > Mandrake Cooker are beta versions that might be buggy and those labeled Yeah - that's correct. But then you get later versions :). > Mandrake only are the current stable versions? And how does the versioning > works in these filenames, is there a standard or each author uses any > numbering scheme they want? There really isn't a standard. Generally, you have a 3 digit version code (major, version, subversion) like 4.1.0. There is also another version number (10 in the example) which is the particular RPMing version of the original. > Finally, any help with upgrading to KDE 2.2 will be appreciated. =) It's not the easiest thing in the world, but it can be done. Generally, you'll need the various 2.2 KDE rpms, plus any dependencies, and you'll need to adhere to installation order (kdesupport, then kdelibs, then kdebase, then the rest of the stuff). I've been playing with and upgrading kde since the beta3 days :) and I usually go with source, but I've done some RPM upgrading as well. You might not be aware, but there is a kde mailing list as well ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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