[ale] Redhat 6.0 and KDE

[Vernard Martin]

> There are a lot of statements I would like to make about Redhat right now, but
> I won't.  For all I know, it's something I did wrong.

*chuckle* 

> My real question is this:  Has anyone seen  a document, or have any ideas about
> how to  completely remove Redhat's KDE so that I can install the official KDE
> version?  I thought about just removing all the KDE RPM's, but I'm afraid of
> what the consequences might be. (Would this get everything?)  It doesn't look
> like there is anyway to upgrade over what is already there without leaving a
> bunch of junk laying around all over the place.  Besides, any KDE RPM's I try to
> install insist that KDE isn't there anyway. *sigh*

You instincts are correct, you can use the rpm command to just remove all the
default kde related libraries and then install your own. There has been plenty
of discussion on just this topic on the Redhat lists and in the newsgroups.
Basically, it appears that Redhat included an unstable beta with their
distribution. If you install the KDE 1.1.1 version, it seems to be much more
stable.

> Alternately, can anyone recommend a more KDE friendly distribution?  Caldera?
> Debian?  Any, good or bad expereinced to report?  In 1995, I have used only
> Slackware and Redhat, and I am a little apprehensive about trying another
> distribution.

Mandrake 6.0 is a version of Redhat 6.0 that already has the corrected version
of KDE that you want. Its available inexpensively from cheapbytes.com

hope this helps

V
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Darkness has a hunger that's insatiable   Vernard Martin (vernard at cc.gatech.edu)
Lightness has a call that's hard to hear  http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~vernard/