HOWTO for updating to KDE-3 on RedHat 7.2
Chris
ghostwriter429 at ev1.net
Mon Apr 15 03:37:31 BST 2002
On Sunday 14 April 2002 05:11 am, Chris wrote:
> This worked perfectly for me with 2 minor adaptations I logged in to gnome
> as root and used gnome rpm to uninstall kde 2
>
> On Sunday 07 April 2002 09:13 pm, Duncan Haldane wrote:
> > Hi,
> > with all the feedback from this list, I updated the HOWTO for
> > updating KDE on RedHat 7.2, I think all issues are now addressed.
> > Sorry for the length, but its good to archive it on this list.
> > Duncan
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Updated HOWTO for upgrading Red Hat 7.2 to use KDE3. v1.01
> > 2002-04-07
> >
> > I. Introduction.
> >
> > Do NOT rely on these instructions for installing KDE-2 on Red Hat
> > 7.1 or earlier. This is only for Red Hat 7.2
> >
> > This is a major update, and is not an official Red Hat update.
> > If you want to be supported, wait for the next Red Hat release which
> > will have KDE-3
> >
> > You can successfully update using the KDE-3 RedHat-7.2 rpms, which are
> > available at kde.org mirrors,
> >
> > As of 2002/04/07, there are some "unexpected" issues to deal with:
> > (i) You need an updated libxslt rpm from rawhide, that
> > should have also been supplied at kde.org, but wasn't.
> > (maybe this will soon be remedied?)
> > (ii) the updated hwdata rpm conficts with Xconfigurator
> > from RH7.2. This is not really a problem but can
> > be confusing. It's only needed it you install hotplug
> > usb support for kamera and kooka (digital camera and
> > scanner frontends for gphoto and sane).
> > (iii) If you need to support "legacy" kde2 applications not
> > yet ported to kde2, you will need to get and rebuild qt2 and
> > kde2-compat rpms from rawhide.
> >
> > These problems may eventually get fixed in the kde.org RPMS..
> > -------------------------------------
> > 2. Collecting the RPMS.
> > Download the rpms from the kde.org mirror:
> > They are in .../kde/stable/3.0/Red Hat/i386
> >
> > An updated libxslt-1.0.15 is needed to make kde3's help system work
> > correctly. Until it gets added to the rpms at kde.org,
> > go to a Red Hat "rawhide" mirror, like
> > http://mirrors.kernel.org/redhat/redhat/linux/rawhide/SRPMS/SRPMS
> > and download libxslt-1.0.15-1.src.rpm
> > You can also find qt2-*.src.rpm and kde2-compat*.src.rpm
> > there, if it turns out you need legacy kde2 support.
> >
> > You should also first upgrade rpm to rpm-4.0.4-7x.
> > This is a recent Official RedHat 7.2 update. You may need
> > to install other Official RedHat 7.2 updates as well.
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> > 3. preparing to upgrade KDE.
> >
> > collect the kde.org rpms into an empty directory, then
> > separate them into three groups, putting two of these into
> > subdirectories:
> >
> > group (A): qt rpms
> >
> > mkdir qt_rpms
> > mv qt*rpm qt_rpms
> >
> > group (B): kde rpms (except kooka, kamera, kdevelop,kdesdk)
> >
> > mkdir kde_rpms
> > mv k*rpm kde_rpms
> > mv [ar,ce,lisa,no]*rpm kde_rpms
> > mv kde_rpms/[koo,kam,kdev,kdesdk]* .
> >
> > group (C): the rest (these stay in the original directory)
> > (includes kooka, kamera, kdevelop,kdesdk)
> >
> > If you are not planning on compiling kde applications, now move all
> > *-devel* files from group (B) to group (C).
> >
> > mv kde_rpms/kde*devel*rpm .
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> > 4. Installing the required non-kde RPMS
> >
> > First install, from group (C) in the top directory,
> >
> > rpm -Uvh chkconfig* cups* ntsysv* libxml2-2*
> >
> > Now go to the qt-rpms subdirectory:
> >
> > cd qt_rpms
> > rpm -ivh qt-3.0.3-5.i386.rpm
> > rpm -ivh qt-Xt-3.03-5,i386.rpm
> >
> > Note the "rpm -ivh" not "-Uvh". This leaves the older qt-2.x
> > libraries in place. Some other applications may need them.
> > Next, upgrade any other qt components you have installed:
> >
> > rpm -Fvh qt-d* qt-s*
> >
> > This will update qt-devel, qt-designer, qt-static, if they were
> > previously installed.
> >
> > If you have database applications MySQL, ODBC, PostgreSQL installed,
> > you may want the new qt add-ons that go with these.
> >
> > rpm -Uvh qt-MySQL* (optional)
> > rpm -Uvh qt-ODBC* (optional)
> > rpm -Uvh qt-PostgreSQL* (optional)
> >
> > Don't worry if any of these fail. It just means you don't have the
> > correponding database application installed.
> >
> > If you plan to compile any kde applications, make sure qt-devel is
> > installed rpm -Uvh qt-devel*
> >
> > This is a good time to install the updated libxslt library, although this
> > could wait till after the installation is complete. If you don't have it,
> > get its source rpm from a rawhide mirror, as described above.
> >
> > rpm --rebuild libxslt-1.0.15-1.src.rpm
> > cp /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/libxslt*1.0.15-1* .
> > rpm -Uvh libxslt-1*
> >
> > ----------------------------------------
> > 5. Installing the new kde RPMS
> >
> > Now exit kde2, shut down X, and remove the kde-2.2 rpms.
> >
> > From a console, if kdm is running, shut down X with
> > telinit 3
> >
> > Make a list of currently installed kde-2.x rpms:
> >
> > rpm -qa | grep "^kde" | grep -v kde1 > list
> >
> > check the output file ("cat list") to make sure that nothing you want to
> > keep is unexpectedly included.
> >
> > If the list is OK, try to remove the old kde-2 installation
> >
> > rpm -e $(<list)
> >
> > I got some "... is needed by ..." dependency complaints from other
> > kde2 packages, and just (rpm -e)'d the packages that complained.
> > till "rpm -e $(<list)" worked. If the packages that are complaining
> > are kde2 applications that are not part of kde3, and you will still
> > need them after the update, don't remove them, and instead use
> >
> > rpm -e $(<list) --nodeps
> >
> > after removing all the other legacy kde packages you don't need.
> > We will make the remining legacy packages happy again after the
> > upgrade, by installing the kde2-compat library.
> >
> > Now go to the directory where you put the (B) group.
> >
> > cd ../kde-rpms
> >
> > Install kdebase, kdelibs plus anything else you want. This will
> > be the kde-3 distribution, except for kdevelop, kooka and kamera.
> > I installed the lot, but in principle you can/should now be more
> > selective. Move any packages you dont want to install to the parent
> > directory (mv <file> ..), and install the rest.
> >
> > rpm -Uvh *rpm
> >
> > If you are installing the kde*devel* files, they will need
> > qt-devel-3.0* to be installed. If there are any other unresolved
> > dependencies, they are supplied by RedHat 7.2 rpms that you haven't
> > yet installed. In my case, kdepim-pilot needed (I think) the RH7.2
> > pilot-link rpm (wich provides libpisock.so.4).
> > I don't need this app, and so moved kdepim-pilot up to the "A" group.
> > After that there were no more dependency problems, and kde3 installed OK.
> >
> > Now restart X and you should have kde3 working.
> > ( "telinit 5", or "startx" )
> >
> > ----------------------------------------
> > 6. Installing remaining KDE3 rpms:
> > Go back to the top directory which contains the (C) group.
> > Now install what you need from the remaining RPMS:
> >
> > 6.1 kdevelop, kdesdk (for programmers developing kde applications)
> > This requires that qt-devel, qt-designer and qt-static are installed.
> > rpm -Uvh qt-devel* kde*-devel* (if necessary)
> > rpm -Uvh qt-designer* qt-static* (if necessary)
> > rpm -Uvh kdevelop* kdesdk*
> >
> >
> > 6.2 kooka. (a scanner front end) This requires that sane-backends
> > is installed. There is a sane-backends update in RedHat updates for
> > RH7.2.
> > rpm -UVh libusb*
> > rpm -vh libkscane* kooka*
> >
> >
> > 6.3 kamera. A frontend for gphoto2.
> > rpm -Uvh libusb* (if needed)
> > rpm -Uvh gphoto2-2* kamera*
> >
> >
> > 6.4 hotplug support for autoloading usb support when you plug in
> > a usb device (supplied for use with scanners or usb digital cameras)
> > First install hwdata*. Unfortunately, this conflicts with
> > Xconfigurator, if it is installed. It is just an updated list of
> > hardware, so this is probably NOT a problem. Just "force" it.
> >
> > rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps hwdata*
> > rpm -Uvh usbutils* hotplug*
> >
> > If you are unhappy about having used "--force", now uninstall
> > Xconfigurator to remove the conflict:
> > rpm -e Xconfigurator XFree86-xf86cfg (optional)
> >
> > 6.5 Support for python-based kde apps:
> > If you need this:
> >
> > rpm -Uvh PyQt* sip* lib*python*
> >
> > ----------------------------------------
> > 7. adding legacy kde2 support.
> >
> > If you forced the removal of kde-2.x with --nodeps, you have some
> > legacy applications that still require the "legacy" kde-2 libraries.
> > You now need to install the kde2-compat library from rawhide,
> > rebuilt from source, unless it becomes available at kde.org
> >
> > From the rawhide mirror, get qt2*rpm , and kde2-compat*rpm.
> >
> > You will also need kdoc-2.2.2 to rebuild kde2-compat.
> > This is an official Red Hat update that was released with
> > the official kde-2.2.2 rpms as an "enhancement" for RedHat 7.2.
> >
> > First rebuild qt2:
> >
> > rpm --rebuild qt2*src.rpm
> > cp /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/qt2* .
> >
> > Now replace the qt-2.x package that you left installed, with
> > the qt2 package (exactly the same libraries!)
> >
> > rpm -e --nodeps qt-2.3.1
> > rpm -e --nodeps qt-Xt-2.3.1
> > rpm -Uvh qt2-2.3.1* qt2-Xt* qt2-devel*
> >
> > Now rebuild and install kde2-compat.
> > If kdoc-2.2.2 is not installed, install it first:
> >
> > rpm -Uvh kdoc-2.2.2* (if necessary)
> > rpm --rebuild kde2-compat*src.rpm
> > cp /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/kde2-compat* .
> > rpm -Uvh kde2-compat*
> > rpm -e kdoc
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > Enjoy kde3 on RedHat 7.2
> > duncan_haldane at users.sourceforge.net
> >
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