Problems upgrading to KDE3

man rpm

rpm -i <- install
rpm -U <- upgrade or install if not present
rpm -F <- upgrade only if previous version present

Matt wrote:
>
> I know this topic has come up I'm using SuSE Personal 7.3, and I'm
> trying to upgrade to KDE 3. I downloaded all the packages from SuSE's
> LINUKS thing, and I installed most of them by opening up Konsole and
> typing /rpm -ivh "package location", /but it failed a few of them due to
> pre-existing files or dependencies on other files (but I'm guessing that
> the latter may be due to the former). I checked the archives, but they
> got me nowhere. Help.
>
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