aru Posted January 13, 2003 Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 JeroenM Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 594 Location: Leuven, Belgium Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2002 3:27 pm Post subject: Installing KDE 3.0 on Mandrake 8.2 (my procedure) _________________________________________________________________ This was written by mosaddique at It was written for installing KDE 3.0.0 when it originally arrived. So it might be completely outdated. I put this procedure together following a frustrating time of getting KDE 3.0 to correctly install and work on my Mandrake 8.2 install. This procedure was completed with quite a bit of trawling through the internet for other peoples experiences. One particular web page which I would advise visiting is given below. Read in particular the submission by one Francisco Alcaraz I hope this will help other people install KDE3 or fix their installs. ================================================================================ KDE3 Updates Last Updated : Sat Apr 20 12:25:18 BST 2002 ================================================================================ ==================================================== My Procedure to apply KDE 3.0 update to Mandrake 8.2 (Use at your own risk - Do your own research) ==================================================== ---------------------------- 1. Download the KDE 3.0 RPMs ---------------------------- After having downloaded the stable release of KDE 3.0, I tried to update to KDE3 but it failed for various dependancies. I Used urpmi to determine missing RPMs and copied them from the Mandrake 8.2 CDs. They can also be downloaded from the internet if you do not have all three CDs. List of additional RPMs required and CD in which they reside ------------------------------------------------------------ cd1 - libmysql10-3.23.47-5mdk.i586.rpm* cd1 - libpgsql2-7.2-12mdk.i586.rpm* cd1 - libunixODBC2-2.2.0-1mdk.i586.rpm* cd1 - MySQL-3.23.47-5mdk.i586.rpm* cd1 - MySQL-client-3.23.47-5mdk.i586.rpm* cd1 - postgresql-7.2-12mdk.i586.rpm* cd1 - sfio-1999-5mdk.i586.rpm* cd2 - libecpg3-7.2-12mdk.i586.rpm* cd2 - libpgperl-7.2-12mdk.i586.rpm* cd2 - libpgsqlodbc0-7.2-12mdk.i586.rpm* cd2 - libpgtcl2-7.2-12mdk.i586.rpm* cd2 - postgresql-devel-7.2-12mdk.i586.rpm* cd3 - libmysql10-devel-3.23.47-5mdk.i586.rpm* cd3 - libunixODBC2-devel-2.2.0-1mdk.i586.rpm* note: you do not need all of these if you don't install the devel packages ================= 2. Pre KDE3 Changes ================= I also found when my first attempt went wrong that KDE 3.0 install results in corruption of some files. They somehow end up with double entries in them. See the POST KDE 3.0 section for more detail. For now I suggest taking a backup of the /usr/share/applnk-mdk directory as you will need it for later correction. mkdir $HOME/backups cp -r /usr/share/applnk-mdk $HOME/backups/. --------------------------- 3. Install the KDE 3.0 RPMs --------------------------- su as root rpm -ivh *.rpm exit as root ---------------------------------------------------- 4. Re-Boot and login using KDE3 NOT (repeat NOT) KDE ---------------------------------------------------- If you are using X then it should be in the drop down list of options where you select your window manager to use. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Before doing anything else KDE2.2 and KDE3.0 need to be separated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Login - Select KDE3 from the dropdown list of managers kpersonalizer will start answer the appropriate questions and you wilu eventually be logged in into kde3. KSplash crashes after startup ----------------------------- On logging on get a window pop up titled "The KDE Splash Screen" with additional information. It does not happen subsequently. This seems to be harmless but annoying error. I understand that this maybe due to a package error in the libqt3. Only happens first time you start KDE3. KPersonalizer will launch everytime you start KDE3 (and may cause a crash). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To prevent this Create or edit the file '~/.kde3/share/config/kpersonalizerrc'. vi $HOME/.kde3/share/config/kpersonalizerrc Put these 2 lines into it and save it: [General] FirstLogin=false Copy your Desktop folder to a new Desktop_KDE3 folder ---------------------------------------------------- cp -r Desktop Desktop_KDE3 Logout and restart KDE3 and change paths to point to new directory ------------------------------------------------------------------ Logout and Login using KDE3 and Change paths in: KDEcontrolcenter--> LookNFeel--> Desktop--> Paths Change Desktop path to /home/<user-id>/Desktop_KDE3/ Change Trash path to: /home/<user-id>/Desktop_KDE3/Trash/ Finally most importantly edit /etc/profile.d/kde3.sh as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------- su as root vi /etc/profile.d/kde3.sh Change first line from: export PATH="/opt/kde3/bin:$PATH" to: export PATH="$PATH:/opt/kde3/bin" and save it exit as root Restart the PC and Separation of KDE2.2 and KDE3 will be complete -------------------- 6. POST KDE3 Changes -------------------- I needed to edit the following files to revert back to original values. I suggest you use the backups created before installing KDE3. Alternatively you can edit them and remove the extra info. /usr/share/applnk-mdk/Home.desktop /usr/share/applnk-mdk/Terminals/konsole.desktop /usr/share/applnk-mdk/Terminals/konsolesu.desktop /usr/share/applnk-mdk/Networking/Remote access/Kppp.desktop /usr/share/applnk-mdk/Networking/Remote access/kppplogview.desktop /opt/kde3/share/applnk-mdk/Terminals/konsole.desktop /opt/kde3/share/applnk-mdk/Terminals/konsolesu.desktop There may be others. I have not checked all of them yet. I also need to set and unset the execute permissions on the following desktop icons by right clicking the icons and going into the appropriate tabs. The icons do not work otherwise. Internet Mandrake Control Centre XKill ############################################################# After succesfully installing KDE3, logged out and relogged in using KDE and encountered following problems and issues: ############################################################# --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Further corrections required to get it all working correctly --------------------------------------------------------------- Problem with Konsole ==================== Also when firing up shell window an error window pops up which may read as follows: (NOTE - This seems to happen only when you log in using KDE NOT KDE3) ################################################################################ # Error # ################################################################################ # # # Font `-misc-console-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-160-iso10646-1' not # # found. # # # # Check README.linux.console for help. # # # # # # ------ # # # OK # # # ------ # ################################################################################ To correct this change Font in the settings option on the shell window from Linux to Unicode then save settings. ================================================================================ End of Document ================================================================================ Last edited by JeroenM on Sun Jun 16, 2002 8:21 pm, edited 1 time in total mosaddique Newbie Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 2 Location: Coventry, United Kingdom Posted: Thu May 02, 2002 7:56 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Thanks for the recognition JeroenM, I hope this procedure is usefull to all who view it. I would also urge anyone with any additional relevant information to add on to this thread so that we may all benefit. DOlson Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 2393 Location: Canada Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 11:00 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Gee... I have a better method... 1) Download Red Hat 7.3 ISO images. 2) Burn them to CDs. 3) Install the new distro onto your computer. 4) Start KDE. Voila! Much simpler. the robot within Newbie Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 3 Posted: Thu May 16, 2002 7:39 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I just downloaded and installed all the rpm's. I didnt have to choose anything different at the logon screen, nothing crashed, no kpersonalizer. And its working fine. bcurry Newbie Joined: 15 May 2002 Posts: 4 Location: Huntley, IL USA Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 3:32 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ the robot within wrote: I just downloaded and installed all the rpm's. I didnt have to choose anything different at the logon screen, nothing crashed, no kpersonalizer. And its working fine. Did you use KDE3 3.0 or 3.0.1? lorenzo111 Frequent user Joined: 25 Aug 2002 Posts: 39 Location: louisville,ky Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2002 11:23 pm Post subject: installing kde 3 on mandrake 8.2 _________________________________________________________________ i guess it just me but i downloaded all the rpms adn su to root tried installing but i recieved the following errors saying i needed this file or i could force it but i didnt do that but if anyone can provide this newbie some help it would be much appreciated LinuxNewbie Newbie Joined: 25 Aug 2002 Posts: 9 Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2002 11:58 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Does this procedure work for KDE 3.0.3 too? I downloaded all rpm (3.0.3) but I got some many errors. Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). 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