KDE 3.2.3 for Fedora Core 2

[gonzalo76]

HowTo upgrade KDE 3.2.2 to version 3.2.3 on Fedora Core 2

IMPORTANT: Please make sure that you login through GNOME, XFce, CDE or through a window manager for X (http://xwinman.org/) like Window Maker before upgrading KDE. This is needed for a proper installation of KDE.

1. Create a folder called kde-3.2.3
$ mkdir kde-3.2.3

2. Download to that folder the followings packages from any of these mirrors (http://download.kde.org/download.php?url=stable/3.2.3/RedHat/Fedora2/i386/)

arts-1.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
kdeaccessibility-3.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
kdeaddons-3.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
kdeaddons-atlantikdesigner-3.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
kdeadmin-3.2.3-0.2.i386.rpm
kdeartwork-3.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
kdeartwork-icons-3.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
kdebase-3.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
kdebindings-3.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
kdeedu-3.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
kdegames-3.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
kdegraphics-3.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
kdelibs-3.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
kdemultimedia-3.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
kdenetwork-3.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
kdepim-3.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
kdetoys-3.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
kdeutils-3.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
quanta-3.2.3-0.1.i386.rpm
taglib-1.0-0.1.i386.rpm

If you need it, download Language packages (all versions and architectures) from any of these mirrors (http://download.kde.org/download.php?url=stable/3.2.3/RedHat/Fedora2/noarch/)
In my case, kde-i18n-Spanish-3.2.3-0.1.noarch.rpm

3. Open a Terminal and become root:
$ su -

4. Go to the kde-3.2.3 folder directory:
# cd /kde-3.2.3

5. Install the packages with:
# rpm -Uvh *.rpm
The '-Uvh' command is used to upgrade a package to next higher version. If earlier version is not installed it will simply install it.
The RPM command is smart enough to figure out the order by itself, so you don't need to know the exact order of the packages' installation.
If the latest version of a package is already there then u will get error like: 'xxx.rpm cannot be installed.'

Note:
You can use '-Fvh' for upgrading your KDE. See About Freshening for more info.

Installation log:

[root@pc-gonzalo kde-3.2.3]# rpm -Uvh *.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:arts ########################################### [ 5%]
2:kdelibs ########################################### [ 10%]
3:kdebase ########################################### [ 14%]
4:kdepim ########################################### [ 19%]
5:kdegames ########################################### [ 24%]
6:kdeartwork ########################################### [ 29%]
7:kdegraphics ########################################### [ 33%]
8:kdenetwork ########################################### [ 38%]
9:kdeutils ########################################### [ 43%]
10:quanta ########################################### [ 48%]
11:taglib ########################################### [ 52%]
12:kdemultimedia ########################################### [ 57%]
13:kdeaddons ########################################### [ 62%]
14:kdeaccessibility ########################################### [ 67%]
15:kdeaddons-atlantikdesig##################################### #### [ 71%]
16:kdeadmin ########################################### [ 76%]
17:kdeartwork-icons ########################################### [ 81%]
18:kdebindings ########################################### [ 86%]
19:kdeedu ########################################### [ 90%]
20:kde-i18n-Spanish ########################################### [ 95%]
21:kdetoys ########################################### [100%]
[root@pc-gonzalo kde-3.2.3]#

6. Log out from your current session and log in into K Desktop Enviroment.

ENJOY KDE
KDE ROCKS!!!

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About Freshening

Freshening a package is similar to upgrading:

# rpm -Fvh foo-1.2-1.i386.rpm
foo ####################################

RPM's freshen option checks the versions of the packages specified on the command line against the versions of packages that have already been installed on your system. When a newer version of an already-installed package is processed by RPM's freshen option, it will be upgraded to the newer version. However, RPM's freshen option will not install a package if no previously-installed package of the same name exists.
So, the command for upgrading KDE should be:
# rpm -Fvh *.rpm
-------------------------------
Official KDE Website:
http://kde.org/

Unofficial KDE Websites:
http://www.kde-apps.org/ - A directory of KDE applications.
http://www.kde-look.org/ - This site contains "themes" or "skins" for KDE.
http://kde-forum.org/ - Get help from other KDE users.
http://wiki.kdenews.org/ - The KDECommunity Wiki Site

Hope you found this mini howto useful, it worked fine for me and without any dependency warning :D

Good Luck !!

[ewdi]

work flawlessly :) thx

[LeeHA]

I updated KDE via YUM is this, is was a very easy update but will that give me problems?

[crackers]

Generally, updating via any RPM-based method (apt, yum, command-line) shouldn't have any issues. However, you do have to be careful about managing dependencies. I would imagine that this update won't give you too many problems... :D

[yur1022]

I got KDE 3.2.3 for FC2 and RHEL3 from "KDE for Red Hat Linux" via Apt/Synaptic.

http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net

Very easy. No problems have I experienced.

By the way, I had to remove ~/.config in order to be able to manually edit the KDE memu.

yur

[gonzalo76]

By the way, I had to remove ~/.config in order to be able to manually edit the KDE memu.

yur

Actually, the file that modifies is /.config/menus/applications-kmenuedit.menu, so you could also edit this file by hand, it's not too dificult.

[yur1022]

Thanks for the note. It looks like an XML code or some sort. It is very intuitive. By the way, I also found that .desktop files created thru menu editing go to ~/.local/share/applications/.

yur

[sayeeth]

I d/led all de files into a kde3.2.3 folder...logged out of kde...logged into Failsafe Terminal...updated de packages...logged back into KDE...everything worked like a charm!! Thanx gonzalo!! :D

[foolish]

Just a suggestion: Install kde from Core first, follow instructions given above and then use:

rpm -Fvh *.rpm


This way you will only upgrade the parts you already have installed, and not install all -devel files and such. Keep the bloat down.