linuxrush Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 Hi guys, Just wanted to know if anyone here has been able to successfully install kde 3.5.5 (from the cooker, I assume)? I tried to install kde 3.5.5, but looks like i failed. Here's what I did: 1. tried adding cooker sources to SMART, using easy urpmi. But it was still not showing kdebase version 3.5.5 in the searches. 2. so i added the sources for urpmi instead. urpmi.addmedia main http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/Mandrakelinux/devel/cooker/i586/media/main/release with media_info/hdlist.cz urpmi.addmedia contrib http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/Mandrakelinux/devel/cooker/i586/media/contrib/release with media_info/hdlist.cz 3. did this in the Terminal: urpmi kdebase and it gave me the following output: [root@localhost ~]# urpmi kdebasekdebase kdebase-kdm kdebase-progs kdebase-common kdebase-kmenuedit kdebase-servicemenu kdebase-kate kdebase-konsole kdebase-kdeprintfax kdebase-nsplugins [root@localhost ~]# urpmi kdebase To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed: kdebase-3.5.5-4mdv2007.1.i586 kdebase-common-3.5.5-4mdv2007.1.i586 kdebase-kate-3.5.5-4mdv2007.1.i586 kdebase-kdeprintfax-3.5.5-4mdv2007.1.i586 kdebase-kmenuedit-3.5.5-4mdv2007.1.i586 kdebase-konsole-3.5.5-4mdv2007.1.i586 kdebase-nsplugins-3.5.5-4mdv2007.1.i586 kdebase-progs-3.5.5-4mdv2007.1.i586 libkdebase4-3.5.5-4mdv2007.1.i586 libkdebase4-kate-3.5.5-4mdv2007.1.i586 libkdebase4-kmenuedit-3.5.5-4mdv2007.1.i586 libkdebase4-konsole-3.5.5-4mdv2007.1.i586 Proceed with the installation of the 12 packages? (55 MB) (Y/n) y As you can see, I said "y" So, then it installed WITHOUT any errors. so I thought it installed without any problems. 4. so I restarted my system, logged in, and waited for kde to load. 5. after 1 minute or so, the error comes up saying: could not start kdeinit. Recheck your install So, to make the long story short, I do not think I have installed kde 3.5.5 correctly. Good thing I selected additional desktop environment during the Mandriva install, otherwise I would have been completely lost :huh: In conclusion, I would like to ask the community if anyone successfully installed this baby? and if so, how? if not, do you have any suggestions/tips/hints etc. for what I should do to get my KDE upgraded to 3.5.5? Much apprecaited, -LR [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 cooker is development, and packages there are often broken. I haven't personally tried using it (I don't use KDE anyways) so I can't be positive this is your problem, but it very well may be. Not to mention the fact that you're trying to run it on a system it wasn't intended to run on (it's meant for cooker installs, not stable installs). My suggestion would be to check out third-party repositories that package newer versions of programs for the stable version of Mandriva - places such as Seer of Souls and Mandriva Enhanced RPM's. But first you have to fix your current problem, and unfortunately I'm not an expert on that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxrush Posted November 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 hello tyme, Thanks for the reply :) Can't I just downgrade it back to 3.5.4 and then use the SoS or MDE places to install from? OR does my current situation HAS to be resolved before that? (if it's the latter, please tell me what can happen if I do not resolve my current situation and downgrade and then reupgrade from 3rd parties) thanks, -LR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joaopa Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 (edited) when the sentence appears "could not start kdeinit. Recheck your install", type init 3 su (+passwd) urpmi.addmedia SoS-KDE355 http://seerofsouls.com/mandriva/2007/i586/KDE355/ with hdlist.cz rpm -e --nodeps `rpm -qa | grep -i kde | grep 3.5` rpm -e --nodeps kdevelop urpmi kdebase kdeutils kdeaddons kdeaccessibility kdegames kdegraphics kdeedu kdebase-kdm-config-file kdebase-kdm when all is installed, type service dm restart And now, all must be fine Joaopa Edited November 29, 2006 by joaopa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Remember, if you use SOS or Mandriva Enhanced RPM's, you *must* remove KDE first from your system completely. Regardless of what you used from Cooker or Mandriva in it's stable form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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