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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