upgrading or fixing kde

David Bear David.Bear at asu.edu
Thu Feb 24 17:55:32 UTC 2005


On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 10:11:38PM -0600, 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.

Okay. Is there and 'upgrade' for RHEL 3 to RHEL 4? I don't mean a
purchase -- I mean, is there a CD I can put in, then say -- DO IT --
and the upgrade is smart enough to replace everything it needs, but
leave configuration files where they are?


> 
> ksnapshot is included in the kdegraphics rpm.  Install that with
> up2date.
> 
> -- 
> Ed Wilts, RHCE
> Mounds View, MN, USA
> mailto:ewilts at ewilts.org
> Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program

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