Install KDE 3.5 in Mandriva 2006
let's start with getting KDE 3.5 installed on your system. You should either do this without X running or in any other window manager besides KDE itself. Which ever you find is easiest.
To find out the currently installed version of KDE perform this command: Code: kde-config --version | grep KDE Remove your current installed version of KDE if there is one installed. Code: rpm -e --nodeps `rpm -qa | grep -i kde | grep 3.4` Code: rpm -e --nodeps kdebase-kdm-config-file Now we add kde3.5 source http://seerofsouls.com Code: urpmi.addmedia SoS-KDE http://seerofsouls.com/KDE-3.5/ with hdlist.cz Now start installation Code: urpmi kdebase Code: urpmi kdeutils kdeaddons Code: urpmi kdebase-kdm-config-file Now yuo can reboot at prompt enter startkde and you should be in 3.5 some apps may not run if so remove and reinstall with urpmi Regards Sharke |
Your Seer of Souls urpmi source doesn't work.
The correct one is: urpmi.addmedia SoS-KDE http://seerofsouls.com/KDE-3.5/ with hdlist.cz Or you could install it manually with the packages built by thac and Ze: http://forum.mandrivaclub.com/viewtopic.php?t=41738 |
Blah.
The packages screwed up my KDE... I now have a cheesy KDE login screen that looks like it's from 1987 and I now don't have any options in my "end current session" dialog. Something's wrong... |
Thank you i have edited the error in the urpmi command.
I think you may need to install kdm i did not have this problem on my system. urpmi kdm. Regards Sharke |
maybe this topic should be pinned or sticky.
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SoS RPMs
I upgraded to KDE 3.5 with SoS and everything went VERY smoothly. Highly recommended.
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I am happy to see this worked for you. This is how i have installed the latest kde for the last 3 releases, today i set up another computer and added the sos kde source and did urpmi upate --auto-select and this worked perfectly. How easy is this,
regards Sharke |
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I do not! trust third party RPM's for Mandrake ever since the nightmare that is THAC's please use Mandrive cooker like i did for 3.5.0 urpmi.addmedia cookermain ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/mandr..._64/media/main with media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz Optional urpmi.addmedia cookerplf-free ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/plf/mandrake/free/cooker with synthesis.hdlist.cz urpmi.addmedia cookerplf-nonfree ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/plf/m...on-free/cooker with synthesis.hdlist.cz urpmi.addmedia cookercontrib ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/mandr.../media/contrib with media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz |
That is true you can run into problems with 3rd party rpms but i have never had a problem with sos. If you use carlOski sujjestion beware that urpmi --auto-select will update other programs to cooker, The way i have shown with sos will only update kde .
Regards Sharke |
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but i did technically use auto select myself minimal mandriva install X only urpmi kde --auto-select |
carlOski
I did not think you did mean to use urpmi --auto-select i only mentioned it because i posted that way of updating above. Thank you for your advice. Regards Sharke |
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you wouldnt happen to have any other sources for MAndriva packages (bar cooker)? |
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Regards sharke |
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I use Official Mandriva Cooker edition sources hense why i said Bar cooker |
first of all, i'm a noob in linux so please bear with me if my Q sounds stupid.
I followed the instructions except removing the old kde 3.4. when i tried to remove the old kde in the kde environment itself it says it cant be removed since it wasn't installed so i skip that and go right ahead and install the kde3.5. after i restarted it, it still says 3.4 instead of 3.5 but when i go to terminal it says its v3.5 now. so is it normal? or i missed something here? :confused: thanks |
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