Updating from KDE 3.0 to KDE 3.1
how do I update to the new version of KDE can anyone help me out?????? :P :P :shock: :shock:
Also why does the stupid Xserver crash??? I have had to reinstall like 3 times... :shock: :shock: :shock:
And does anyone have a good file backup program or an Idea how to do it easily...?
apt-get / dpkg instructions for upgrade problems
As far as a KDE upgrade first as root in an X terminal (ie: konsole, xterm, etc.) do an:
apt-get update
then do:
apt-get dist-upgrade
at this point apt-get should want to upgrade (get) probably at least 60 or 70 packages, maybe even more, now is where the fun begins, (actually the mess begins). When you say 'Y' to the upgrade, apt-get will first downlaod the necessary packages, and then begin to install them, apt-get (actually dpkg) will error out because of xxxx file is also in package Y. So make note of the packages that have caused the errors, and now do this:
cd /var/cache/apt/archives
now do an ls and copy the file names from the error list and add an asterix to the end of the package name and look for the actual file name, you'll need that to continue. Example if kdelibs4 gives an error do this:
ls kdelibs4*
and you should see something like:
kdelibs4_4%3a3.1.1-0woody1_i386.deb
then use the following command:
dpkg --force-overwrite -i kdelibs4_4%3a3.1.1-0woody1_i386.deb
Note: you can include more than one filename, just separate the filenames with spaces. Also make sure you use the latest version if you have several versions of a package in your archives directory.
When dpkg is finished, run apt-get dist-upgrade again which should proceed a bit further and error out again, repeat until apt-get dist-upgrade finishes with no errors. I cannot tell you which packages will give errors on your system.
Note: The reason I like to do this process from konsole or another x-term (instead of a console) is I use the mouse to copy and paste filenames, then you have them spelled correctly and don't have to do as much typing.
HTH
rock