Package dependecy errors when installing KDE 3.1.1 in RH8
 

Running RH8 I d/led KDE 3.1.1, all packages. site said I needed qt3.1.2 which there were rpms for in the KDE3.1.1 dir on the ftp site so I d/led those followed instuctions installing arts rpm using the rpm manager in gnome, worked fine, went to install the qt rpms but it gave me dependency error saying that I needed QT 3.1.2 to be installed??? What the..??? it is QT 3.1.2??? so I D/Led the tar.bz2 file from the QT site <something>troll.com or troll<something>.com followed the instructions exactly. rebooted comp just to be sure. went to install kdelibs rpm said I needed qt >= 3.1.2 and kdelibs = 3.0.3... What the shmeg is going on here??? I'm totally lost.

When installing from RPMs (KDE from RPMs) you need QT from RPM, too. The right order is:
qt
arts
kdelibs
kdebase
You can get source QT RPM from ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.1....8x.1.src.rpm, remember that it's source, so you need to rebuild it. It's not enough to install. You can read more about *.src.rpm files here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ce+rpm+install

This is a classic case of why I hate rpms.

Krykie, that was wierd. I just barely learned about SRPMS and how to install them at about the same time you were posting your message Mara.(NVIDIA kernel Driver is an SRPM) Anyhow, thanks gonna try that now. I'll let you know how it goes.

Okey Dokey. I type 'rpmbuild --rebuild qt-3.1.2-0.8x.1.src.rpm' into the root console. AND I GET MORE FAILED DEPENDECY ERRORS!!!! Now it's saying that I need mysql-devel, postgresql-devel, and unixODBC-devel for qt-3.1.2-0.8x.1 Where do I get those?!?

From one of your installtion cds or from Redhat FTP sites, I guess. I think they're on 2nd cd.

I just downloaded KDE myself from KDE.ORG. The files you are looking for are there.

I too had quite an evening last night trying to upgrade my KDE to 3.1.1 ( hint: there are no readmes or install files with the rpms ). I finally figured some of the order like Mara stated. However, when I went to install the kdebase, it said there were conflicts with apps LISA, and KDEUTILS-LAPTOP. Not sure if I should just remove the original kdebase package, or not. Anyone is welcome to help out.

This really should be a little easier to do (at least throw in a readme or install file). I'm a little suprised RedHat does not have these available on their site yet.

Remove the apps, but make sure you have the RPMs to install them again in case of problems with KDE 3.1.1.

Just for clarification: do you mean to remove the KDEBASE package, or the LISA & KDEUTILS-LAPTOP package(s)?

Found packages (on 3rd CD) but when I try to install the mysql-devel package it tells me I need mysql ver 3.23.52-3 but it is already installed...?!

Make sure it is:
rpm -qa mysql
If you can find it on the list use RPM with --nodeps option.

I forgot to post my results: after removing the 2 conflicting packages (checked on the RH site to see what the packages are for), I was able to install all the needed files, and now have KDE 3.1.1 on my system. KDE does run slow on older systems, but the selections and choices you can configure in there are numerous.

to kierl: any -devel package you install, you will also need the regular package to go with it. I personally don't have them since I am not doing any development on my system.

Okay... prob found, I think... for some strange reason, probably thanks to RHN Up2Date, I'm running mysql ver 3.23.54a-4... gonna try finding the dev package for that ver...

Okey Dokey... Cannot find mysql-devel packages...? Any Ideas?

If you *REALLY* can't find it (it's strange, the packaga should be somewhere), try to install the old one, from console, with --nodeps switch:
rpm -i package --nodeps