How the hell do you nstall KDE3!!! or rpms in general!!!

[Goosemaster]

I am running SUSE 7.3 and can't figure out how to get it to work.

I keep getting file dependencies for A LOT of files.


Anyone done this before?

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

if you're getting dependancy complaints, then you know how to install them, you just need to do some looking. to find rpm's to satisfy KDE's requirements, look at rpmfind.net

btw, rpm dependancies suck! 😉

 

[Goosemaster]

Thanks......Now let me go install my rpms...I feel just awful saying that😕

 

[Goosemaster]

I didn't find any of the one I was looking for🙁

For reference, I am trying to install KDE3 base.

I try to install the libraries first, to no avail

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

<< I didn't find any of the one I was looking for🙁

For reference, I am trying to install KDE3 base.

I try to install the libraries first, to no avail >>


dont know what to tell ya, other than you inspired me to create a thread on the subject 😛

 

[TonyRic]

You will need to install the arts rpm's first (NOT the devel ones), then the kdelibs rpm's then the kde base.

After those are done, you can install the rest in no particular order (as I remember).

 

[EmperorRob]

You should be able to satisfy all the dependencies of the RPMs that came with your distro with the other RPMs on your install CDs.

Most of the time 1 RPM depency can give you many file dependency problems. Just knock them out 1 RPM at a time.

 

[Tiger]

I just installed KDE3 on Mandy 8.2. from 13 different RPM's. I used this order.

QTlibs
kdelibs
libarts
kdebase
arts

Any order you want after that but make sure your not installing any dev libs.

 

[manly]

In this thread I listed the package requirements for Mandrake 8.2.

They should be similar (and closely named) for SuSE 7.x

 

[IcePhoenix]

manly, Tiger, thanks. Your instructions were better then most when helping out a Linux newbie. I got KDE 3 installed perfectly in 5 minutes. If any of you have experiance getting Unreal Tournament to work under Mandrake 8.2, let me know. Thanks again.

 

[EHobaX]

Hey Ice,

You may want to check this out UTLinux FAQ.
You might want to edit your UnrealTournament.ini file and put it to software rendering to get around the libGL.\

[Engine.Engine]
GameRenderDevice=SDLSoftDrv.SDLSoftwareRenderDevice
WindowedRenderDevice=SDLSoftDrv.SDLSoftwareRenderDevice
RenderDevice=SDLSoftDrv.SDLSoftwareRenderDevice


That was you can at least know if it works.

 

[IcePhoenix]

EHobaX thanks, but I already changed them to this. When I first installed MDK 8.2, it worked. Each successive time, no luck. I don't mean the hijack anything here, but here is the error message:

Unreal engine initialized
Bound to SDLDrv.so
Joystick [0] : Unknown Joystick
SDLClient initialized.
Bound to Render.so
Lighting subsystem initialized
Rendering initialized
LoadMap: Entry
Bound to Fire.so
Case-insensitive search: Botpack -> ..\System\BotPack.u
Bound to IpDrv.so
appError called:
Bad name index -5/2201
Executing UObject::StaticShutdownAfterError
Executing USDLClient::ShutdownAfterError
Signal: SIGIOT [iot trap]
Aborting.
Exiting.
Name subsystem shut down

I don't care about what mode, I just want to play it. Software is fine for me 🙁 You can only play DOOM 2 so long.

 

[manly]

Btw, I'm seeing a common misconception about rpm. While it's not a user-friendly tool, it's actually smart enough to get the job done.

Instead of ordering the packages you install, just download them all into a directory and install them all at once, i.e.

# rpm -Uvh kde-dl/*.rpm

rpm will resolve all dependencies, and if they are met, it will install all the packages in series.

 

[NorthenLove]

<< I am running SUSE 7.3 and can't figure out how to get it to work.

I keep getting file dependencies for A LOT of files.


Anyone done this before? >>



From what I have heard you just download them all from SuSE's ftp or one of the many other ftp's sites they have and dump them in directory and use yast1 to install them.

P.S. Here's a warning make sure that you don't download or install the KDE 2 compatbilty rpm that they have there !! Another good place to ask for help would be alt..os.linux suse newsgroup as well.