Installing KDE 3.2 on SuSE 9.0
 

Hey Gang:

Hey anyone want to give me a blow by blow description on how to install KDE 3.2 on SuSE 9.0? It seems like they are trying make it as hard as possible, and by they I mean everyone who provides the packages. I don't know what order to to install them in, which ones to install, whether to use Yast2 or whether to use Konsole; all I know is I don't want to do irreparable harm to an OS that is working fine with KDE 3.1.4. Like I always say, I am not a computer idiot, but I am new to Linux so I do need some major hand holding but not the type that you would give to your mother who is still trying to grasp the fundamentals of "point and click," icons, and computer solitaire. :D

Cheers :Pengy:

This is the way I got it up and running 2 different machines and the only problem I could find was that libmusicbrainz was missing to get Juk up and running but that was quite easily fixed.

In konsole

su
then
rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force *.rpm

Pretty sure this is not the best way of doing it but worked for me.

Just forgot to add that I did this after downloading all 90 rpm's in the KDE 3.2 directory

Thank you, I figured "--force" would be a requisite of any installation :-)

Cheers

Did not work
 

This is what I got when I tried your suggestion:

matthewasmith79@linux:~/KDE 3.2> rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force *.rpm
error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
matthewasmith79@linux:~/KDE 3.2>


any suggestions?

I saved all the packages in my home directory, is that the problem?

Cheers

:confused:

Have you tried doing the installing in runlevel 3? (init 3)
The exclusive lock problem seems to be caused by a running KDE environment.

Another (better?) way to install KDE3.2 is to run
yast2 --install *.rpm


It should be no problem that you have your files in the home directory

Philipp

hmmm, will running the yast command from Konsole initiate the graphical interphase? Also, how to you run at level 3? I used to be able to do it on Red Hat way back when I tried Linux (4 years ago?) but the ability has since left me lol.

cheers

I guess you shouldn't install KDE from within KDE.

I downloaded all the files for KDE 3.2 and set kpackage to include the directory where I put them (I was running kpackage under XFce, any window manager will do, I suppose). I then checked all the packages which were listed as being newer (meaning older versions were installed) plus all packages listed to be new (no previously installed version) which I thought would be useful. Kpackage has a test option, so you can simulate the entire installation process and will be notified about any problems. There were some; I had to uninstall some kdebase3-SuSE file (name is not necessarily correct, but it was similar), and K3B, and I also had to install two or three items from my SuSE DVD, but then finally kpackage gave the go ahead and it worked fine.

Robin

to get to runlevel 3 just type
init 3
as root in the console
in this mode the yast command won´t initiate the graphical interface

Re: Did not work
 

You need to be logged in as root in order to install the packages via the rpm command. (Actually, you need to log in as root to install an rpm in whatever way you choose).

Therefore, before you run the "rpm" command that someone gave earlier in this thread, you need to type in the following command (from any directory):

Then, press enter. At this point, you will be prompted for the root password, which you subsequently enter. Then, you will be able to run the above rpm command(s). (At least, it worked for me).

Re: Re: Did not work
 

Oh, and additionally, I had to remove anything related to k3b and koffice before i could install KDE 3.2. Curiously enough, I didn't have to use --force.

hi folks,

I've just installed KDE 3.2 onto a SuSE 9.0 system from the April 2004 coverdisk of 'Linux Format' (UK-based magazine). There were a few pitfalls to be avoided which are detailed in the readme included on the disc (specific to SuSE installations) and which I'll copy here -

In addition to the above, I had a small issue with k3b, which I just ignored and all still seems to work OK regardless.

Overall, KDE 3.2 seems very nice - some annoying bugs have been fixed at last (i.e. the inability to unmount and eject CD-ROMs, even when they are not in use..), and the whole shebang looks great, with nice shadowed fonts for icons a la Win XP. It also seems more responsive. On the downside, some of the tight SuSE integration has been lost, and JuK seems broken (damn!)..

Hope this helps..