KDE 3.1 upgrade

Coldfirex · 02-28-2003, 05:24 PM

I have a "full install" of slackware 8.1. I would like to upgrade to kde 3.1. Does anyone know of a link that outlines this pretty specifically?
Thanks

Aussie · 02-28-2003, 08:22 PM

1) Download the slackware 8.1 kde packages from your local kde mirror.
2) Using pkgtool uninstall all the old kde/qt packages.
3) Using pkgtool install all the new kde packages.

Henry · 03-01-2003, 06:32 PM

no, u can also just update it, for slackware, u just upgrade the .tgz package, but also keep in mind u need some other stuff like libart*

C++freak · 03-01-2003, 07:04 PM

How hard is it to compile it and have installed alongside kde3.0.1?

Aussie · 03-01-2003, 07:22 PM

It's not that hard to compile, you can even use the slackware build scripts. Not much point having 3.0 and 3.1 installed side by side though.

C++freak · 03-01-2003, 07:32 PM

so, should I grab the slack packs instead of the source and put them all in /tmp/kde3.1/ and run installpkg on every one in the same order I would compile them in?

EDIT: or, seeing as I have the source, could I just remove kde3.0 with pkgtool and install from source?

Aussie · 03-01-2003, 11:07 PM

Either way. I still recomend removing the old packages first though.

OT: C++, can you remove all the useless system info from your sig please, we don't really care to have to scroll past a load of useless info everytime we want to read the next post.

Coldfirex · 03-02-2003, 01:16 AM

Thanks Aussie! Everything went great and it solved some of kde's stability probs for me.

Has anyone tried out xfree86 4.3 yet? Would it be worth upgrading if I dont have an ati card (since there were a lot of changes for them) and I run this on a laptop?