Yankee Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 Last question first: What is Texstar? Does anyone know of any KDE 3.1 final RPM's for MDK9.0? I am really new and don't want to try to comiple it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadHattr Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 I think the easyest way to upgrade would be to use synaptic witch i think you can get from texstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 I think we should have an MUB FAQ to answer this type of questions :) For information about texstar, goto http://www.pclinuxonline.com He basically packages a ton of mandrake based rpms that are very useful for those people want to get the newest packages but not crazy enough to install cooker :) here's the page of his rpm depository http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distribut...ontrib/texstar/ You can install synaptic which is basically an apt-get frontend for rpm based distro from his site.. he doesn't update his urpmi section since he hosed his mandrake 9 computer last year losing his gpg sigs. As far as KDE3.1 final is concerned.. wait..I think it is just out in cooker. I am not sure how compatible the cooker packages now to regular 9.0, but you can always try to install them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee Posted January 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 As far as KDE3.1 final is concerned.. wait..I think it is just out in cooker. I am not sure how compatible the cooker packages now to regular 9.0, but you can always try to install them. I thought KDE 3.1 could be installed in 9.0 with no problems except for bugs in the beta KDE or even possible bugs in the final. Do you mean it needs libs or something that is only in cooker, and not part of KDE, but required by KDE? I once had RH, forgot the version, 7.1 or 7.2, and it had KDE 2.x and I installed KDE 3.0 on it with KDE RPM's direct from their website. The official KDE 3.1 came out today, 1/28/03. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jglen490 Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 Go to KDE.org's website. There is a very clear list of what is required for compiling and running KDE 3.1, such as QT 3.1. Compiling and installing, again using KDE's instructions, should be fairly straightforward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beesea Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 i don't really use kde so i probably won't be upgrading. however, if i do grab rpms from cooker i get the src rpms and rebuild them. works almost all the time (for me anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted January 29, 2003 Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 I thought KDE 3.1 could be installed in 9.0 with no problems except for bugs in the beta KDE or even possible bugs in the final. Do you mean it needs libs or something that is only in cooker, and not part of KDE, but required by KDE? Well, if you install the binary rpms used for cooker, I am 90% sure that it will require other cooker rpms to satisfy its dependencies. By the time you satisfy all the dependencies, your mandrake will be pretty much cooker, not 9.0. Of course, you can download the src.rpm from the cooker then rebuild the rpms so that the resulting binary rpms will match your 9.0 libraries. Since I don't have an uber computer to recompile about 80 something MB of rpms, I think I'll wait for someone to do it for me, like texstar or a mandrake clubber :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illogic-al Posted January 29, 2003 Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 Well, if you install the binary rpms used for cooker, I am 90% sure that it will require other cooker rpms to satisfy its dependencies. This time the other 10% is right. The cooker dependencies won't change your system that much. Yes, I have dabbled in the cooker, and yes (oh dear god yes) it can hose the perfection that is your desktop just when you get things going right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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