[Kde-i18n-fa] FarsiKDE

[Aryan Ameri]

On Friday 23 May 2003 08:23, Payam bahraini wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> Does it mean that i can't use rpm for RedHat 8 in RedHat 7.2 ? Aren't
> they backward compatible?
>
> I saw rpm's for RedHat 8 but i couldn't choose which to download.

Hossein' answer was correct, I am going to add a few things to it.

You can't use RedHat 8 RPMs on anything other than RedHat 8. This is not 
only about RedHat, it is true of all the binaries on all GNU/Linux 
distributions. Many things change, the libraries change, the Compiler 
ABI change, and so binary compatibility is not possible. Actually IMHO 
binary compatibility is not important, since in GNU/Linux, you have the 
source (Unlike that other OS).

> So there is no easy way other than buying RedHat 8.x. Am i right?

Actually beleive me, I once went in the process of updating KDE using 
RPM, and I would never call that process, "easy". Compiling KDE is far 
easier. If you have a low speed connection, it is far better to use 
CVS, this way, you can download the whole KDE source in really no time 
at all (compared to binaries). So if you want to keep your 7.2, then 
this is the way to go. Actually, AFAI remember, RH 7.2 used gcc 2.9x 
and compiling KDE with that would be pretty easy.

That said, you have lots of other options too. If you only want RedHat, 
then I suggest you get RH 9 instead of 8. And you can download it (with 
a high speed connection) for free. But, if you like KDE, let me warn 
your that in RedHat 8 and 9, RedHat has changed KDE so much that it is 
not KDE anymore. So, you also have the option of using other distros, 
Mandrake 9.1, SuSE 8.2 , Debian Sid , Slackware 9 etc. And all of these 
are free.


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Aryan Ameri