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Hi all,

I have Redhat 7.0. I've downloaded all the RPMs for RH 7.0 (all 27.) But
there are no real instructions on what you are supposed to really do to
install them in the download directory or KDE site in general (typical for
most all Linx/Unix I'm finding.)

I ran the all the RPMs from the GNOME file manager. But have 2 to 3 RPMs
that refused to run even when told to ignore any conflicts/missing
dependencies.

What is the proper way to load KDE 2.0.1 RPMs for RH 7.0 and then to run it
after it is installed???

Any help input most appreciated!

Soctt

open a console window / xterm / shell prompt / dos box
cd to the directory your rpms are in
type "rpm -Uvh *.rpm"
logout
login.

not 100% sure about RPMs, but for source compilation/installation, you need
to install the packages in a specific order. First install qt, then then
kdesupport, then kdelibs. Everything after that doesn't matter. good luck!

Mike

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thank you for your cooperation

If I remember correctly, the order is:
libmng rpms
Qt rpms
kdesupport
kdelibs
kdebase
everything else.

Doug

I had to uninsatll kde1, then intall the packages 1 by 1.....starting with QT libs,
 then kde2 libs, then the rest of them.

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the tip. But this is the erorr I got when I tried your
suggestion:

error: failed dependencies:
        libDCOP.so.1   is needed by kdebase-2.0.1-1
        libkdecore.so.3   is needed by kdebase-2.0.1-1
        libkdesu.so.1   is needed by kdebase-2.0.1-1
        libkdeui.so.3   is needed by kdebase-2.0.1-1
        libkfile.so.3   is needed by kdebase-2.0.1-1
        libkio.so.3   is needed by kdebase-2.0.1-1
        libkparts.so.1   is needed by kdebase-2.0.1-1
        libkspell.so.3   is needed by kdebase-2.0.1-1
        libksycoca.so.3   is needed by kdebase-2.0.1-1
        libktexteditor.so.0   is needed by kdebase-2.0.1-1
        libkhtml.so.3   is needed by kdebase-2.0.1-1
        libkjava.so.1   is needed by kdebase-2.0.1-1
        libkssl.so.2   is needed by kdebase-2.0.1-1

I also tried the same command with a "*" and got pretty much the same erorr.
I'm logged in as root as well. I installed all the lib*.rpm files and
qt*.rpm files first, and got no complaints or erorrs. Just when trying to
install the KDE base! (about 3 or 4 of the RPMs are the ones giving me
trouble the others seemed to install OK.)

I'm a little stumped at this point.

Scott

Hi Doug,

Thanks for the info. I pretty much followed what you said. Installed all the
libs and qt stuff. It the KDEbase and one or two other RPMs (that I can't
recall) giving me the errors. The package I working with is the new KDE
2.0.1 if that makes any difference. I'm really anxious to try it out but
from most of my experience with Linux so far, if it's not part of the
original install, I'll never had much luck. Small RPM apps seem to work ok,
but not any window manager updates.

Any other suggestions?

Scott

Those files should be in the kdelibs package i think.  You need to install
that first, or at the same time.  By typing rpm -Uvh *.rpm you can install
them all at the same time.  If you really did use the wildcard, but still
got the same error, then i guess you didn't download the
kdelibs-2.0.1-1.i386.rpm file.

Quote:

> > What is the proper way to load KDE 2.0.1 RPMs for RH 7.0 and then to run
> > it after it is installed???

Ok - here's the easy way:

$> rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps *

LOGIC:  We know all the dependencies _will_ be satisfied once _all_ the
packages are installed, so we don't care about the order - do we??

BTW - I've done it, and it works, but...  You MUST rip all config files
for X and kde out of your home directory before you restart kde.  If you
don't kde will try to use some of the version 1 settings that came with Red
Hat 7, and will cough up a couple of furballs.  It won't crash, it just
won't behave.

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Remeber... Burned bridges can't even be used for firewood.
Yeah, yeah... I know about charcoal.  Gimme a break 8^{>

Hi Carey,

Just had the chance to test out your information. Now I have KDE running on
my Redhat 7.0 system!!!

I also deleted the .kde directory and .kderc files too before trying to
start kde for the first time.

Thank you very much for the info!!!!! Why KDE doesn't have this info
somewhere on they're web site is beyond me. You saved me untold time and
grief.

Thanks again!

Scott

P.S.: KDE 2.0.1 looks very nice. I think they'll give Gnome a run fun their
money!