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Title: KDE: Problems during update

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KDE: Problems during update

Symptom:

You have installed an older KDE version and would like to upgrade to a newer version, e.g. KDE 1.0 . However you get an error message saying, that KDE cannot be installed since certain dependencies are not fulfilled.

Cause:

KDE version 1.0 comes with very new libraries, among others these are the libraries contained in the package klibs:

If you try to update the klibs package (with rpm), this package cannot be installed since the dependencies with respect to all other KDE programs that need these libraries cannot be fulfilled.It is possible to install the package with the option --nodeps of rpm. However you must take care, that all other packages that need the old libraries get updated, too. This method is not very save. KDE is a collection of packages that must fit together, for this reason the procedure below is recommended instead.

Solution:

  1. In a first step, uninstall all KDE packages :
         rpm -e packageName
    
    If you don't know, which KDE packages you've installed, the following command will help you :
         rpm -qa | grep -E ^k.*
    

    ATTENTION !! Not all of the packages returned by that command are KDE packages. So PLEASE DON'T uninstall all packages contained in that list ;-)

  2. When using KDE versions make sure, that qt version 1.33 was installed :
         rpm -q qtlib
    

  3. Now install the new KDE packages with rpm -i packageName

    Please note that a certain order of the packages must be respected :

    1) ksupp:
    Installs basic KDE functionality
    2) klibs:
    Installs KDE libraries. ksupp is required.
    3) kbase:
    Installs KDE windowmanager functionality and some applications. ksupp and klibs are required.
    4) All other KDE packages in arbitray oder.

    The desktop and program settings that you've made for an older KDE will still be valid after the upgrade, since this information is stored in the homedirectory under ~/.kde/....

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Keywords: KDE, LIB, BIBLIOTHEK, SOFTWARE, INSTALL

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Categories: X Applications , Applications

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