Broke my KDE...

alexc · 04-21-2004, 12:43 AM

Hey,

OK, so I know just enough about Linux to hurt myself.....

I installed Slack' with KDE

Which seemed to be 3.1

Then I downloaded the 'kdebase-3.2.1-i486-1' from slackware.com

and I ran pkgtool and tried to update it, which I think did something. But Im not really sure.

So I quit KDE and went to the CMD line.

Then I ran pcktool again and tried to install kdebase-3.2.1-i486-1 again.

But now startx doesnt work. - Sorry dont have messages to hand.

Then using pcktool I removed the kdebase-3.2.1-i486-1 package.
Which I think did something as it deleted my /home/Desktop directory, which had the kdebase-3.2.1-i486 package in it.

And now I seem to have no KDE at all. But I'm not sure....

So my question is:

How do reinstall KDE?
Can I do it from the CD?

Should I just reformat and install slack again?
If so, what is the procedure for, or best way to, update to the latest KDE?

This is just a test maching so theres no worry about losing data. But I'd like to know I can fix it up if needed.

Thanks, alexc.

Waldi · 04-21-2004, 04:50 AM

Install kdebase from slack CD again, then use swaret (changing to "current") to upgrade installed packages. As far as I know, upgrading KDE to 3.2.1 using Slack packages requires upgrading X to 4.4.0, otherwise it won't work.

alexc · 04-21-2004, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Waldi
Install kdebase from slack CD again, then use swaret (changing to "current") to upgrade installed packages. As far as I know, upgrading KDE to 3.2.1 using Slack packages requires upgrading X to 4.4.0, otherwise it won't work.

aha, I thought of that

But how do install stuff from the CD?

I dont know how to mount the CD from the CLI.

I went to mnt/cdrom but it was empty, so I guess it wasnt mounted.

Any pointers?

thank, alexc

Marsanghas · 04-21-2004, 08:33 AM

do a removepkg kdebase

do a mount /mnt/cdrom (which will be the place where your cdrom will be mounted (as mentioned in your /etc/fstab))

cd /mnt/cdrom/slackware/kde

and installpkg the kdebase package again

now all should be fine again and you can start looking at swaret :-)

It looks like you just updated kdebase ... you should update all kde* pkgs and arts and qt and maybe some more...

and upgrading with swaret will take care of that for you.

look around... you'll find plenty of info on it

good luck

Marsanghas · 04-21-2004, 08:37 AM

Oh ... another thing...
If you don't want to go current... you could always use swaret to update everything within 9.1 and then you could get the new kde 3.2.x packages (and arts and qt etc etc ) from kde.org (they have slackware 9.1 tgz packages) , put those in 1 directory and do a upgradepkg *.tgz or use pkgtool from that directory.

That way you have the stable Slackware and the latest KDE

Have fun !

-> edit

I see they don't have precompiled 3.2.2 packages for slack on kde.org yet... but they do have them for 3.2.1 though : http://www.kde.org/info/3.2.1.php

neondonkey · 04-21-2004, 02:15 PM

like everyone else said, you can't just install kdebase, but you don't need to add all the kde packages, or update X for that matter. the main files you need to upgrade are kdebase, kdelibs, arts-1.2.1, and qt-3.3.1. the rest are optional.

alexc · 04-21-2004, 07:05 PM

Cool. Excellent info. Thanks everyone.

I'll give it a go later when I get home.

I didnt realise I needed more than KDEBase. But now I do :-)

So I'll mount the CD, reinstall KDEbase from there, and then the easiest thing to do is use SWARET.

If I want to get the packages myself and do it, is there a list or howto anywhere? On the Slackware site a search for KDE packages brings back loads of stuff and I'm not sure what I need. Is there any info on this, or is it just experience and trial and error?

As an aside - This is why I like Slackware. - Its encourages me to do stuff the 'hardway'. Then I learn to appreciate the easy way. Not sure why Slack' makes me feel better, all I know is I never liked Mandrake or Redhar/Fedora. Too superficial I think. Slackware is nice and honest :-)

Thanks, alexc.

alexc · 04-25-2004, 05:00 AM

Hmmm.

Finally got around to looking at this...

I mounted the cd and reinstall kdebase.

But when I run startx I now get kdestart not found.

However I did notice swaret in the extras dir of the CD. so I've installed that and I'll try to use to update. Seems like a good idea :-)

alexc.

Marsanghas · 04-25-2004, 06:31 AM

Hmm... try this :

Code:

which kdestart

and tell us what the output is

And try this command :

Code:

echo $PATH

is there an /opt/kde/bin in there?

alexc · 04-25-2004, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MarsDude
Hmm... try this :

Code:

which kdestart

and tell us what the output is

And try this command :

Code:

echo $PATH

is there an /opt/kde/bin in there?

Hello,

Too late.

I've upgraded to KDE 3.2 with SWARET, and now its all working again.
I couldnt get swaret working from the CD (didnt seem to be getting a package list to install stuff), but this hint over at the swaret forums helped me out:
http://forum.swaret.org/viewtopic.php?t=839

Thanks for the help anyway.

alexc.

Marsanghas · 04-26-2004, 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by alexc
Hello,

Too late.

I've upgraded to KDE 3.2 with SWARET, and now its all working again.
I couldnt get swaret working from the CD (didnt seem to be getting a package list to install stuff), but this hint over at the swaret forums helped me out:
http://forum.swaret.org/viewtopic.php?t=839

Thanks for the help anyway.

alexc.

You're welcome... Have fun with 3.2 !

MarsDude