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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?
thanks
it should fix it self after a reboot
but open (KDE>SYstem>Configuration>Configure Your Desktop)
it'll show you a description of your KDE. check if is says kde 3.5.0
After several failed attempts of updating my KDE, I am left unsure if I will just leave it as is, or try again. I broke my Mandrake several times now and with no help at all, got it back to the original KDE 3.2.3 again.
This is only my second attempt at Linux, the first was with Corel Linux, but I never tried to do anything to it like updates so it was fine.
Mandrake 10.1
Kernel ???
KDE 3.2.3
AMD Athlon XP 3200+
Asus A7N8X - Deluxe
1.25 GB Ram
Ok, so I went to easyurpmi and I added all of this in the console as root. I just don't know what to do with it now. I already messed up my Linux three times and got it working again trying to update KDE so I want to make sure I do it right this time. Please forgive me if this is posted elsewhere, I am so new to Linux that I probably overlooked it.
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urpmi.addmedia plf-free ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/plf/mandrake/free/2006.0 with hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia plf-nonfree ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/plf/mandrake/non-free/2006.0 with hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia --update updates ftp://mirror.umr.edu/pub/linux/mandrake/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/2006.0/main_updates/ with media_info/hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia main ftp://mirrors.dotsrc.org/mandrake/official/2006.0/i586/media/main with media_info/hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia contrib ftp://mirrors.dotsrc.org/mandrake/official/2006.0/i586/media/contrib with media_info/hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia jpackage ftp://mirrors.dotsrc.org/mandrake/official/2006.0/i586/media/jpackage with media_info/hdlist.cz
did it all go through its thing and download stuff? If it did, then you now just go and type "urpmi <packagename>" in a console as root to get anything you want!
Yes, everything downloaded successfully to my drive along with the SoS-KDE. I still have trouble getting KDE 3.5 to take though.
I did everything step by step. I didn't see any errors while it was doing it's thing. Like I said, I am really new to this, but I do catch on fairly quickly.
Sheesh
I have been of the internet for a couple of days. Now to your problem i wold not upgrade to kde 3.5 on 10.1and also think you may have problems from kde 3.2. My sujjestion would be to use mandriva 2006
Regards
Sharke
While trying to remove KDE using: rpm -e --nodeps `rpm -qa | grep -i kde | grep 3.4.2`
I get: rpm -e --nodeps `rpm -qa | grep -i kde | grep 3.4` is not installed
Thank you for all your help. I ended up reinstalling from scratch. It was a fresh install, so there wasn't much to lose for me. I might look into Mandriva 2006 as well. Like I said this is a first real Linux install for me that I will be learning from. If I crash it, I don't really care. I will just reinstall. This is more of a learning install for now.
As for the 2006 RPMS, I thought I read that I should pick either the version that I am running (10.1 Official) or what i might want to upgrade to. Not too sure where I read that, but it may not be the proper way. I will add the new media links that you provided and update my system from them instead.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that my first install was on a shared 20 GB drive. Not much room there at all. I emptied that drive and made it a Linux only drive giving me more space to work with.
no, actually, i am fairly certain I'm not "horribly wrong". I am running mandriva 2006 with KDE 3.5 and am not seeing anything seriously broken. Actually it's running fairly fast. I might suggest you re-visit the seerofsouls site posted above and read his instructions. I thought they were quite clear and easy to follow. The only real problem I am having is that it seems many of my themes (noteably baghira) dissappeared. If anyone else has had this problem, and you managed to solve it, I would like your help.
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