Updating to KDE 4.7.3 in Slackware 13.37
Hello everyone.
Hopefully the answer to this question isn't painfully obvious, but it feels like it should be. I just installed slackware about a week ago. I'm trying to use alienbob's instructions for updating to KDE 4.7.3, but after using the rsync command to download all the repositories, nothing seems to happen. The next step is to cd to 4.7.3, but that doesn't exist anywhere in my directories. So.... what's the obvious step I'm missing? I suspect there's something I'm supposed to update in my repositories/mirrors beforehand, but not sure. Thanks. |
Well, what was the exact rsync command you issued? Did it take long enough to complete as to indicate it really worked and stuff was downloaded?
Try going into the directory you issued the command from and do "find . -name *.t?z" and see if it brings any results If you don't remember the directory you issue the command from, try doing "find / -name 4.7.3 2> /dev/null" and see if it finds the directory for you On a side note, for some reason I tend to prefer using wget to download this kind of stuff... In this case, you would do Code:
wget -r --no-parent http://alien.slackbook.org/ktown/4.7.3/x86/ |
The command I'm using is
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rsync -av rsync://alien.slackbook.org/alien/ktown/4.7.3 Quote:
Before I try 'wget', do I really need to exit X in order to just download the data? That makes sense for updates but I didn't think it was necessary when downloading. |
You're missing the . (period) at the end of that rsync command, which tells it to sync it to the current directory.
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Right now, I'm downloading successfully using wget in place of rsync. I'm still in KDE so hopefully this isn't going to blow anything up. If it does, I guess a reinstall is in my near future. |
You can download from kde without worries, just exit X right before installing (the upgradepkg commands)
I would make sure to have another window manager working before doing the install in case you have to debug something (although not likely you'll need, i'm currently using kde 4.7.3 under slack 13.37 without problems) Try issuing startxfce from the command line just to be safe that you have a backup plan (off course, kde must not be running at the same time) |
Outstanding, beder.
Using 'wget' works like a charm. Posting from the upgraded system right now. Thanks for the help. |
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# rsync -av rsync://alien.slackbook.org/alien/ktown/4.7.3 . Eric |
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