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Old 09-03-2004, 04:53 PM   #1
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KDE install 3.3...how?


hi guys.

want to upgrade my suse 9.1 from KDE 3.2 desktop to 3.3. KDE does provide
the RPMs for suse here
ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/kde/stable/3.3/SuSE/ix86/9.1/

but I dont know which one to download? Do I have to download all of them?
Sorry, but im a novice @ linux.

One more thing, I have linux installed on a 2nd HS, and whenever I want to
boot into it I use a floppy w/ GRUB on it. The thing is I cant make a copy
of the floppy, xp does not see the files, cuz I guess its a different file
system, and for some reason from the kde desktop, it wont let me copy the
files from the floppy to my desktop so I can burn them on a CD. whats the
disk copy command for linux? and how can I make another boot floppy? from
the install disk some how?

thanks.

ps. is there a way from me to switch between KDE and GNOME in suse 9.1?
 
Old 09-03-2004, 05:30 PM   #2
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Code:
dd if=/boot/grub/stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
dd if=/boot/grub/stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1
make a new boot floppy with these commands in a term window..........
just put the floppy in the drive.....you don't need to mount it..........

if stage 1 and 2 are not in /boot/grub
just edit the lines to where stage 1 and 2 actually are.........IE

dd if=/grub/stage1 etc.........

Last edited by 320mb; 09-03-2004 at 05:33 PM.
 
Old 09-04-2004, 04:21 AM   #3
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For kde and upgrading find the server (ftp) that has the files and use a wildcard for wget to snag all the files. Here's an example of how I would upgrade my kde using the link you just posted all from a shell.

$ mkdir kde && cd kde

$ wget ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/kde/stable/3.3/SuSE/ix86/9.1/*.rpm

That should pull all the rpm's into the kde directory, then as root do:

$ rpm -ivh *.rpm

I will garuntee you get dependency issues so you'll have to satisfy them. Good luck with that.
 
  


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