auto-upgrading KDE - comp.windows.x.kde

I'm running KDE 3.1.4-5 on Fedora Core 1 at the moment. I've installed a bunch of updates for my base system and other software using a combination of apt and Synaptic (a front-end for apt), and was wondering if it'd be possible to upgrade to KDE 3.2.x the same way? If so, what would be a good repository to use? What about any dependancies?

Paul Fedorenko wrote: > If so, what would be a good repository to use? What about any dependancies? http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/ I had no probs with it. cu, Markus -- http://www.markus-keppeler.de/ GnuPG-Keys available

Paul Fedorenko wrote: > I'm running KDE 3.1.4-5 on Fedora Core 1 at the moment. I've installed a > bunch of updates for my base system and other software using a combination > of apt and Synaptic (a front-end for apt), and was wondering if it'd be > possible to upgrade to KDE 3.2.x the same way? > > If so, what would be a good repository to use? What about any dependancies? Be careful I did exactly this last night and found I got KDE 3.2. installed just fine but it klled Gnome and also some apps and applets.

Markus Keppeler wrote: > Paul Fedorenko wrote: >> If so, what would be a good repository to use? What about any >> dependancies? > > http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/ Any chance you could help out with the following? I get it regardless of which repository I use, or something similar, at any rate. The following packages have unmet dependencies: kde: PreDepends: themer (>= 0:1.50) but it is not installable kdebase: Depends: libsensors.so.1 but it is not installable PreDepends: themer (>= 0:1.50) but it is not installable kdelibs: Depends: /etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu but it is not installable Depends: hicolor-icon-theme but it is not installable Depends: libjasper-1.701.so.1 but it is not installable Depends: redhat-menus (>= 1.4) but 0.40-1 is to be installed qt: PreDepends: themer (>= 0:1.50) but it is not installable E: Broken packages I get the unmet dependencies, but what about the "is not installable" part? I was under the impression that apt was supposed to take care of that sort of thing automatically. Do I need to add more servers to the list for a complete collection?

Just one other newbie thing... Where can I get an explanation of what the various directories on the servers mean? For example: ftp://apt.unl.edu/apt/kde-redhat contains directories called 1, 1.92, 2, 3.0, etc. Are these Red Hat version numbers? I mean, they go as high as 9. But I can't see running KDE 3.2 on RedHat 1. At first I thought they were KDE version numbers, but they go too high, and all the directories contain pretty much the same files. So which one would someone running Fedora 1 use? I guess once I get that straight, and figure out why apt/synaptic refuse to install, I'll be good to go.

Paul Fedorenko wrote: > ftp://apt.unl.edu/apt/kde-redhat contains directories called 1, 1.92, 2, > 3.0, etc. > > Are these Red Hat version numbers? I mean, they go as high as 9. But I > can't see running KDE 3.2 on RedHat 1. At first I thought they were KDE > version numbers, but they go too high, and all the directories contain > pretty much the same files. So which one would someone running Fedora 1 > use? It seems that the numbers are a mix of Redhat and Fedora -versions. 1,1.92,2 are Fedora Core X (1.92 is a testing release of Core 2), 7.3,8,9 seems to be Redhat X. 3? Fedora Core 3? ;) I don't know. For FC1 the directory called "1" should be your choice. cu, Markus *sorry for bad english* -- http://www.markus-keppeler.de/ GnuPG-Keys available

Paul Fedorenko wrote: > Markus Keppeler wrote: > >> Paul Fedorenko wrote: >>> If so, what would be a good repository to use? What about any >>> dependancies? >> >> http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/ > > Any chance you could help out with the following? I get it regardless of > which repository I use, or something similar, at any rate. > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > kde: PreDepends: themer (>= 0:1.50) but it is not installable Your apt/yum is misconfigured, so it can't properly find the required dependancies. Compare your setup against the template posted on http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/ -- Rex

Markus Keppeler wrote: > Paul Fedorenko wrote: >> ftp://apt.unl.edu/apt/kde-redhat contains directories called 1, 1.92, 2, >> 3.0, etc. >> >> Are these Red Hat version numbers? I mean, they go as high as 9. But I >> can't see running KDE 3.2 on RedHat 1. At first I thought they were KDE >> version numbers, but they go too high, and all the directories contain >> pretty much the same files. So which one would someone running Fedora 1 >> use? > > It seems that the numbers are a mix of Redhat and Fedora -versions. > 1,1.92,2 are Fedora Core X (1.92 is a testing release of Core 2), > 7.3,8,9 seems to be Redhat X. > > 3? Fedora Core 3? ;) I don't know. No, RH Enterprise 3 -- Rex

On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 14:20:12 -0500, Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> wrote: >Your apt/yum is misconfigured, so it can't properly find the required >dependancies. > >Compare your setup against the template posted on >http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/ I originally copied that into my apt directory, but edited out all the entries that seemed to be related to Red Hat Enterprise. There was only one line that seemed to be specific to Fedora, and the URL's broken. Maybe I'll try again with the full file and see if it makes a difference.

> Your apt/yum is misconfigured, so it can't properly find the required > dependancies. > > Compare your setup against the template posted on > http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/ I just wanted to say thanks for the tip. I went through my apt source list and made sure all the links pointed to directories that were applicable to my install, and the program downloaded all the files that I picked. Once the download was finished, a new problem seems to have popped up. I keep getting the following message: unknown signature /var/cache/apt/archives/filename.rpm where filename.rpm is whatever package apt is complaining about at the time. As far as I've been able to find out, it means I don't have the right GPG keys for the servers I'm downloading from. Or something like that, I think. How would I go about installing them? I'm using apt.kde-redhat.org, if that helps any. I can't find anything about keys on the FTP site. So... Thanks to everyone for their help so far. I'm really starting to like this method of updating. It beats downloading and installing individual RPMs and worrying about dependancies.

Paul Fedorenko wrote: > I think I may have found the key... > > Nope... same problem... > > Sorry about all these posts. I'm just finding this a bit frustrating, is > all. Goto http://sf.net/projects/kde-redhat/ Download the key from the "Files" section, and import into rpm via: rpm --import <gpg-key-file> -- Rex

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 07:28:21 -0500, Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> wrote: >> I think I may have found the key... >> >> Nope... same problem... >> >> Sorry about all these posts. I'm just finding this a bit frustrating, is >> all. > >Goto >http://sf.net/projects/kde-redhat/ > >Download the key from the "Files" section, and import into rpm via: >rpm --import <gpg-key-file> That's exactly the key I thought I'd found. When I tried importing it originally, I got an error telling me the file didn't exist. I'll try it again later today, but I fear I'll be stuck using KDE 3.1 forever <grin>

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > ftp://apt.unl.edu/apt/kde-redhat contains directories called 1, 1.92, 2, > 3.0, etc. > > Are these Red Hat version numbers? I mean, they go as high as 9. But I > can't see running KDE 3.2 on RedHat 1. 7.3, 8.0, and 9 are Red Hat; 1 and 2 are Fedora Core. Apt should be configured to use the one for your release. - -- mark allen adams, jr. artoodeetoo (at) gmail (dot) com fix the email address to reply -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA7FL7nkcACrrIBtgRAtPhAJ98Wx1QFZFOdrZXzwIMgX5L+QmshgCfeV9P YM0DUqDd3r/65b6qLTJrLag= =P3YO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----