uninstalling KDE 3.5 after installing Trinity

newbiesforever · 06-29-2011, 10:20 PM

On my other Linux installation, every time I try installing KDE Trinity, I can't remove KDE 3.5 without making it impossible to start KDE. Can anyone give me some tips on how to safely uninstall KDE 3.5 after Trinity is installed? I uninstalled 3.5 by uninstalling all the components one-by-one in Synaptic.

John VV · 06-30-2011, 05:58 PM

what operating system is this ?

I thought that RHEL5,SELD10 were the only ones left that are supported and running kde3

newbiesforever · 06-30-2011, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by John VV

what operating system is this ?

I thought that RHEL5,SELD10 were the only ones left that are supported and running kde3

Probably, but I am running MEPIS 8. I never switched to KDE 4, and won't.

backwoodsman · 07-01-2011, 06:28 PM

Just an idea.. You might try installing some other desktop, like LXDE, then uninstall KDE3, then install Trinity. Who knows, it might work.

Cage47 · 07-01-2011, 08:56 PM

As long as you keep kdm installed you should still be able to boot into trinity. But I think trinity has it's own kdm also. So take a look.