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08-14-2003, 02:33 AM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Distribution: Mepis Linux 2004
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Installing KDE via RPM > Dependecy hell
Okay I downloaded kde (this stuff
arts-1.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
arts-devel-1.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdeaddons-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdeadmin-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdeartwork-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdebase-3.1.3-0.9x.2.i386.rpm
kdebase-devel-3.1.3-0.9x.2.i386.rpm
kdebindings-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdebindings-devel-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdeedu-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdeedu-devel-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdegames-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdegames-devel-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdegraphics-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdegraphics-devel-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdelibs-3.1.3-0.9x.4.i386.rpm
kdelibs-devel-3.1.3-0.9x.4.i386.rpm
kdemultimedia-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdemultimedia-devel-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdenetwork-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdenetwork-devel-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdepim-3.1.3-0.9x.3.i386.rpm
kdepim-devel-3.1.3-0.9x.3.i386.rpm
kdesdk-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdesdk-devel-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdetoys-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdeutils-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
kdeutils-devel-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
qt-3.1.2-0.9x.2.i386.rpm
qt-designer-3.1.2-0.9x.2.i386.rpm
qt-devel-3.1.2-0.9x.2.i386.rpm
qt-MySQL-3.1.2-0.9x.2.i386.rpm
qt-ODBC-3.1.2-0.9x.2.i386.rpm
qt-PostgreSQL-3.1.2-0.9x.2.i386.rpm
quanta-3.1.3-0.9x.1.i386.rpm
So heres what I typed in the directory with all those ^^ files.
Doesn't seem to work... i still get depency hell..
How can I make it so the stuff will install, depency or not (cause I think if it installs all that stuff, all depencies will be solved anyways)
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08-14-2003, 02:52 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417
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you downlaoded kde? why not just install it from your distro cd's... it's all on there... use the package manager to install them all in one go.
(or ... DON'T use KDE.. as it's horrible)
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08-14-2003, 04:03 AM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Distribution: Mepis Linux 2004
Posts: 547
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Any more suggestions? Theres a complication where I can't do as the above guy suggested ;p
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08-14-2003, 04:14 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Salt Lake City, UT - USA
Distribution: Gentoo ; LFS ; Kubuntu ; CentOS ; Raspbian
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What kind of complication, that's really the easiest way...
And why don't you look into possibly using Synaptic/apt for your dependencies? That'll usually do a mighty fine job for those things...
As for solving the added dependencies without --force option (if it's a cyclic dependency that's one thing, but if it's asking for a package that isn't there you've gotta get that package...) just satisfy them. Download the additional packages, if there's a 'hitch' on not doing the standard way, that's probably gonna be the way to go (that or apt/Synaptic).
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08-14-2003, 04:16 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Salt Lake City, UT - USA
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Furthermore, at closer glance, you don't need ALL that stuff there, if all your want is bare essential. Afterwards you can add the 'add-on' packs.
Check KDE.org for more info on what is absolutely necessary, and then go from there.
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08-14-2003, 09:20 AM
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Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: Halifax, WY, UK
Distribution: Slackware 9
Posts: 167
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08-14-2003, 02:03 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Upstate
Distribution: Debian, Mint, Mythbuntu
Posts: 1,249
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There is a project specifically for installing unmodified KDE onto RedHat:
http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/
They give very good documentation on how to do it using apt. You just install apt for RPM, edit you sources.list file as described, then use apt-get as described to install everything at once. Dependencies are taken care of automatically. I've used it myself on RedHat 9 and it is great. 
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08-14-2003, 02:40 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Distribution: Gentoo 2004.2: Who needs exmmpkg when you have emerge?
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to install an rpm, even if it wants alot of files, go to console and type "rpm -i --force name_of_your_file.rpm" (no quotes).
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08-27-2003, 06:29 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2003
Posts: 2
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i managed it with
rpm -Uv --replacepkgs --replacefiles *.rpm
or u optionalle use -i instead of -U ....
but i read something that u first should install kdepackages and then the libs and q3 etc...
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08-27-2003, 01:55 PM
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Member
Registered: Apr 2003
Distribution: ANY
Posts: 339
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Doesnt slackware have their own version of apt ?.......
I would get it if possible.......it makes life so much easier
also just to let you know I compiled kde from source and it was much easier than with rpms......
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08-27-2003, 02:48 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Salt Lake City, UT - USA
Distribution: Gentoo ; LFS ; Kubuntu ; CentOS ; Raspbian
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Quote:
Originally posted by LavaDevil94
to install an rpm, even if it wants alot of files, go to console and type "rpm -i --force name_of_your_file.rpm" (no quotes).
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That's not always a great idea depending on the error. If you don't have something installed, you (usually) won't be able to run the application you are installing, and might even overwrite something that is working...
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