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Alex[RM-UK]

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Friday, May 27th 2005, 7:58am

KDE 3.2 to KDE 3.4 SuSE 9.1

Hi,

I have been trying to install KDE 3.4 now for 3 weeks! Because, there is no guide, no document no nothing on how to install it, not even on the KDE website it's self.

Yes I am a newbie at linux, but even I can figure out that people will need a guide on how to install it. I use konstruct (After about 3 hours of finding it on your site as it is well hidden) and it downloads a few things that take 10 mins max when it's suppose to be 600+ MB? I havn't got a internet connection that fast. It then spits out some un-helpful error about glib or something of the sort - so I update it and it says the same thing!

Can someone make a guide or tell me how to install it, because trying to install it for 3 weeks, with 2 SuSE re-installs because it got messed up and wouldn't even show the login window - just console is pretty stupid.

Tip: A well placed link on your main site with the caption 'HOW TO Install KDE' would be a very good idea.

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Friday, May 27th 2005, 12:44pm

Installing from source is usually for advanced users, even if Konstruct makes it easier than usual.

Installing KDE is usually done by installing the packages the nice packagers of your distribution compiled for you.

Most distributions even have automatic updaters, that can download and install newer versions themselves.

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Alex[RM-UK]

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Friday, May 27th 2005, 3:23pm

I have tried usign YaST to do the automatic update to KDE 3.4 following this tutorial:

http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/11504.html

But when I click apply to downlado and install updates, I get this error:

http://www.raptor-mods.co.uk/stuff/Dependency.jpg

What does this mean and how can I fix it?

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Friday, May 27th 2005, 5:16pm

I'd say that is a problem with the SuSE packages.

You should ask on some SuSE help site.

Quite likely one has to remove an older package or upgrade something else as well.

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