i found KDE3.2.3 rpm's for mandrake and downloaded them(about 250). there where no instructions or readme file.
so i did :
rpm -ivh *.rpm
and there where some lines going down the shell. so now i'm wondering if it is installed, shall i configure it and how to start the new KDE?

(i'm new to linux. i tried to install KDE3.4 through help-tool 'konsturct' but eventually i gave op. i solved many problems but i still got some errors which i couldn't resolve, so i figured i need different gcc but then i saw what gcc installation would be like, a hell, so i gave op..)

Isn't KDE 3.2.3 the default on Mandrake 10.1? If so, just grab it using urpmi from the CD's

Migulic

Yeah, 10.1 has KDE3.2.3 by default. Use either urpmi or rpmdrake to install. (One should almost *never* do a raw "rpm" command in Mandrake -- it will work, but that way lies dependency hell. Urpmi takes care of that for you. )

i have mandrake 9.0 ( i'm about to get 10.1. )
what is urpmi?
i tried to run command but it cannot be found..
i ran this:
rpm -ivh *.rpm - in the directory where i downloaded rpm's.
does it mean that kde3.2.3 is installed somewhere, i think it is because i have about 400-500
less MB storage...

URPMI is the Mandrake (now Mandriva) package management tool. It probably said "command not found" because you tried to run the command as a user, while it should be done as root.

I would suggest that you upgrade your system to 10.1 through the internet. First, run RPMDrake from the Mandrake Control Center and uncheck all your old sources (eg. CDs). Then follow the instructions/sources at EasyURPMI. Just choose 10.1 official and only the main and updates sources. Select the mirror closest to you and then enter the command it will tell you to into a terminal window as root.

Then type in (also as root):

then, after it's finished:

It will take a long time depending on the speed of your computer/internet connection. After you're done, do

choose the one up top, kernel 2.6.8 (I think it's either number 1, 2 or 3)

When it's done, simply reboot and you'll have a Mandrakelinux 10.1 installation with all your settings and data preserved. Good luck!

Migulic

thanks migulic for detailed instructions,
i didn't know that i could upgrade mandrake just like that !!
i think i'll try it latter(i'm having a break from linux software installation) and see what happens..
your instructions sound very convinced and certain like it would work 90%..
i'll be back latter with a positive or negative outcome..
(the main reason i do kde3.2.3 installation is because i'm hopping it would solve a irritating
problem: because i have a LCD screen a message 'input not supported' floating on my screen
so i'm hopping that new kde will remove this s* )

Just be sure you back up your system before doing the upgrade. 9.x to 10.1 is a big step, and there are so many changes it *could* foul up your system. Your best bet might be to do a complete, fresh install of 10.1 from CD.

..i did command at easyurpmi and packages where downloaded( 1 hour-i have spedy net)
but some packages were not proper signature so i cancel them. when downloading was over
it said 'preparing installation' and then came message that, i can't remember, something was wrong
than i ran:
urpmi update -a
but after some time came 'Installation failed' because a bunch of packages were missing like this:
Installation failed:
ldetect-lst >= 0.1.23-1mdk is needed by drakxtools-backend-10.1-27.5.101mdk
kdelibs == 3.0.3-30mdk is needed by kdelibs-devel-3.0.3-30mdk
librpm-4.0.4.so is needed by perl-RPM-0.40-3mdk
...etc.

i constantly ran into 'missing packages' problem when i try to install something..
shouldn't update figure it out what packages are needed and then somehow find them??

i tried to run updating again to download those packages where there was unproper signature
but i can't because 'medium "updates" already exists'

what is the next step i could do?

Did you deselect your old sources (eg. CDs)?
If not, you will run into conflicts with package versions.

Migulic

PS: Here you can find some more detailed instructions on upgrading Mandrake: http://forum.mandrakeclub.com/viewto...hlight=upgrade

.i unchecked cdroms and the amount of missing packages went to 2, then i did something, and number of missing packages were
1. then i run urpmi --auto --auto-select and number of missing packages is still 1. then i run
urpmi kernel and the missing package is still this one:
libstdc++3.3 >= 3.3.4 is needed by OpenOffice.org-1.1.3-2mdk
than i downloaded the package libstdc++5-3.3.1-2mdk.i586.rpm and ran it with urpmi from console.
and then i realize that other packages(like 200 ) and ok i did it, but afterwords i found that the same package
is still missing and than i ran again libstdc++... but know is some kind of problem it cannont be installed.
then i reboot it and my startx wont work, but i had solution i run upgrade from cd's and could see my
kde..so is there any solution to the problem?? if not then i just have to wait the cd's to arrive..

remove OpenOffice.org before upgrading should fix it

thanks, god idea!
i've already installed 10.1 official, but i might install 9.0 on another partition and just
check if it will work to upgrade..

You're welcome.

BTW, you mean good idea?

Migulic

..yes GOOD idea, it was spell error, in denmark good=god..