[Kde-nonlinux] Please help : accidental installation of kdelibs 2.2.2_1 on top of kde3.0_1

[Bharma Ji]

Thanks for the quick response. My problem is that KDE3.0_1 was not installed
using pkg_add. I built it directly from sources - largely because KDE 3
comes in bz2 format while freebsd 4.6.2 supports only tgz files.
So I really cannot do pkg_add -f kde3.
I am now wondering if there is a place which lists all the files in a
KDE3.0installation. I can then compare that with my installation and
install the
missing files.

On 10/17/05, Dave Feustel <dfeustel at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> On Monday 17 October 2005 18:26, Bharma Ji wrote:
> > I am using KDE3.0_1 running on FreeBSD 4.6.2 (installed after a great
> deal
> > of effort).
> > I then installed cervisia 1.4.1_1 from
> > ftp11.us.freebsd.org <http://ftp11.us.freebsd.org><
> http://ftp11.us.freebsd.org>using pkg_add.
> > Unfortunately cervisia also installed
> > kdelibs2.2.2_1
> > Now I am unable to start KDE desktop. I get an error 'Unable to start
> > ksmserver. Check your installation'.
> > I then uninstaled cervisia and kdelibs2.2.2_1 using pkg_delete,
> > Now I get even more errors saying 'Unable to find kdeinit and ksmserver.
> > Check your installation'
> > Search of the filesystem shows that kdeinit has disappeared
> > What is the fastest way to get out of this. I am hard pressed for time
> and
> > did not expect cervisia to silently mess up the kde installation.
> >
> > I am willing to look at different ways so that I can at least get the
> > desktop started
> > Thanks for any answers
>
> I had a similar, although much less serious problem on openbsd.
> After I deleted the packages that screwed up my system, I did a
> pkg_add -f of the damaged package to restore the missing files
> (libraries). The -f option tells the openbsd pkg_add program to add
> the package no matter what conflicts are discovered. I don't know
> whether the freebsd pkg_add has that option.
>
> --
> Tired of having to defend against Malware?
> You know: trojans, viruses, SPYWARE, ADWARE,
> KEYLOGGERS, rootkits, worms and popups.
> Then Switch to OpenBSD with a KDE desktop!!!
>
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