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Installing KDE 304 from sources.

Never done this before - always used SuSE binaries. I am going it this time
because my SuSE is sort of 7.1 but is much hacked about and upgraded
(running kernel 2.4.19, KDE 301 and such). I haven't had the nerve to
upgrade the clibs yet and the only binaries are not available for 7.1).

I have used the following command:

./configure --prefix=/opt/kde3

because that is where kde3 is installed currently. So, I guess the new stuff
will overwrite the old. So once I start I'll have to finish.

I guess I should be doing all this in single user mode.

Any comments?

Thanks for any help.

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Hi!

Am Sun, 27 Oct 2002 18:48:42 +0000 schrieb Ian:

Quote:> Installing KDE 304 from sources.

> Never done this before - always used SuSE binaries. I am going it this time
> because my SuSE is sort of 7.1 but is much hacked about and upgraded
> (running kernel 2.4.19, KDE 301 and such). I haven't had the nerve to
> upgrade the clibs yet and the only binaries are not available for 7.1).

> I have used the following command:

> ./configure --prefix=/opt/kde3

> because that is where kde3 is installed currently. So, I guess the new stuff
> will overwrite the old. So once I start I'll have to finish.

Why not install it to a different location like /opt/kde3.0.4? Then you can
keep the working version of KDE and you're safe in case anything went wrong.

Later, when you're sure the new installation works, un-install the old
binaries and rename your self-compiled KDE directory to /opt/kde3.

Quote:> I guess I should be doing all this in single user mode.

As long as you don't write to the directory of your running KDE it's not
necessary to work in single user mode.

Cheers,
Ingo

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You should be OK. I upgraded my SuSe 7.2 to KDE 3.01 from source in the same
directory /opt/kde3
Eventually you may even delete /opt/kde2 as I did.
One tip modify your environment to include /opt/kde3/bin,  that way if you
use another window manager like afterstep or window maker then you can
launch kde programs without typing in the full path i.e. konqueror will
laanch konqueror etc.

All,

Many thanks for your replies.I like the idea of installing in a separate
directory to start with. The next question is how to switch between
versions. Getting the next version to run without loosing settings has been
problematical for me in the past - hence my caution.

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Personally, I prefer installing each new version in a directory with the
full version number. Currently I have 3.0.2, 3.0.8, 3.0.7, 3.0.1, and CVS.
I symlink /opt/kde to whichever version I want to use, and that way I
don't have to worry about editing environmental variables. Plus I can
easily fall back on an old version. (though I probably don't need 4 old
versions)

Also, I don't think it matters whether you do it in single- or multi-user
mode. I always have done mine in multi-user. In addition, it shouldn't
matter what modifications you've made to your system. I use Slackware 8.1,
but I'm currently running 3.0.8 off Redhat RPMs. The system doesn't care.
Try the binaries before you spend all that time compiling. Particularly
since 3.1 final is so close. (possibly as soon as Nov. 18)

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