"Right" way to update KDE

[Kurt Granroth]

On Wednesday 03 October 2001 06:21 am, Alan Dayley wrote:
> I have RH 7.1.  I need to update my KDE desktop to 2.2.1.  I did it once by
> installing the RPMs using the --force option but things got wierd.  Apps
> not starting completely, odd errors, other stuff.
>
> Anyway, I went back to the original KDE 2.1.1 but now my KMail archive, of
> which I made a backup, is not compatible with this previous version of
> KMail (DOH!).  So, I need to move forward.  But this time, I want to do it
> without the --force option on RPM so I am confident all the dependencies,
> etc. are correct.
>
> Anyone out there have some advice or know of a good HowTo?

Did you try the "-unofficial" RPMs?  The "official" 2.2.1 RPMs for RedHat are 
*NOT* for 7.1.. they are for the beta version "roswell" (or something 
similar).  A Redhat user made some packages for normal Redhat systems, 
though, so we put them on ftp.kde.org
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