upgrading or fixing kde

Shannon McMackin mcmackin at earthlink.net
Thu Feb 24 12:45:06 UTC 2005


Ed Wilts wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 08:40:29PM -0700, David Bear wrote:
> 
>>I'm using enterprise workstation v3. It was installed in my dell that
>>I just purhased. When I notice the kde version is rather old and
>>missing certain components. How might I go about upgrading to a new
>>kde or adding components that are missing? I'm looking specifically
>>for ksnapshot right now.
> 
> 
> You probably won't get a new version of KDE without upgrading to RHEL 4
> - too many things change in terms of binary compatibility for Red Hat to
> release a full KDE update for RHEL 3.
> 
> ksnapshot is included in the kdegraphics rpm.  Install that with
> up2date.
> 
Konstruct was a project that allowed you to set up a separate instance 
of KDE if you wanted the latest version.  Much like Garnome did for 
Gnome, it wouldn't step on your existing implementation.

Shannon McMackin, RHCE
Front Royal, VA




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