problem installing kde

[Christian Rudolph]

Tal,

Thank you for the reply.  You are most kind.
I am a longtime Solaris user, but
new to Linux, so I am still finding my
way around.  I appreciate your help.

I did as you suggested, and removed old kde packages with:
rpm -e *kde

It completed, however, the session hung, requiring a restart
of the X server, creating a new problem.

I receive an error message during init which tells me that Linux
find crucial files needed, like kdeinit.

I have a command line login (without X).
I tried running the command:
rpm -ivh  *rpm
which throws an error telling me:
"FileXYZ: Message file not found: Success".
and that's all.  It stops there.

I don't know what to make of it.

I don't know how to fix up the system so that
I can either install KDE 3.0, or the previous 2.2.2.

I have original media for RH 7.2
Should I try to reinstall 2.2.2 or keep trying with 3.0?
If 3.0, then how?

TIA,
-Christian




Amir Tal wrote:
> 
> On Saturday 13 April 2002 03:16, Christian Rudolph wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > Forgive the newbie question, but I have searched for an answer on
> > kde.org, and have not found one as yet.
> > I currently run KDE 2.2.2 on RedHat 7.2(Enigma) with all relevant
> > updates.
> > I have download all of the RPMs into a single directory under my
> > home directory.  I have followed the instructions on the web site
> > for adding packages (as root), and receive conflict warnings while
> > attempting to install qt packages.
> >
> >
> > [root at delicje kde3]#  rpm -ivh qt-devel-3.0.3-5.i386.rpm
> > Preparing...                ###########################################
> > [100%]
> > file /etc/profile.d/qt.csh from install of qt-devel-3.0.3-5 conflicts
> > with file from package qt-devel-2.3.1-5
> > file /etc/profile.d/qt.sh from install of qt-devel-3.0.3-5 conflicts
> > with file from package qt-devel-2.3.1-5
> > file /usr/bin/findtr from install of qt-devel-3.0.3-5 conflicts with
> > file from package qt-devel-2.3.1-5
> > file /usr/bin/moc from install of qt-devel-3.0.3-5 conflicts with file
> > from package qt-devel-2.3.1-5
> > file /usr/bin/qt20fix from install of qt-devel-3.0.3-5 conflicts with
> > file from package qt-devel-2.3.1-5
> > file /usr/bin/qtrename140 from install of qt-devel-3.0.3-5 conflicts
> > with file from package qt-devel-2.3.1-5
> > file /usr/bin/uic from install of qt-devel-3.0.3-5 conflicts with file
> > from package qt-devel-2.3.1-5
> >
> > Must I remove existing KDE 2.2.2 packages before installing 3.0?
> > If so, how?
> 
> remove your old kde packages by rpm -e *kde or use the upgrade feature.
> i did rpm -Uvh --force(for replacing old file) --nodeps , and it workied fine.
> that was done without uninstalling 2.2.2 .
> i am also using Enigma.
> 
> tal.
> 
> >
> > Any advice or suggestions would be helpful.
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > -Christian
> >
> >
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