Installing KDE 3.2 via apt-get

[David A. Bandel]

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On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 21:27:26 -0600
Michael Hipp <Michael at hipp.com> wrote:

> David A. Bandel wrote:
> 
> > you've still got 1.0.2 installed? 1.1.0 is _much_ better
> 
> I've been using 1.1.0 for quite some time now. But I never bothered to
> 
> uninstall 1.0.2 since RH spread it all over creation in /usr and I had
> 
> no idea what might break if I removed it, so I just installed OOo
> 1.1.0 in /opt where it belongs.
> 
> >>koffice-1.2.1-7
> > 
> > w/ OO, why do you need this?
> 
> Because it comes in RH9 and there is no particular reason not to have
> it around in case it is ever needed. Kwrite is occasionally useful.
> 
>   > you need to:
> > cd /var/cache/apt/archives
> > dpkg -i --force-all kde_blah_blah.deb etc.
> > 
> > then upgrade OO.
> 
> I guess I forgot to say that this is a Red Hat 9 system; it does not 
> appear that I have dpkg. And why would '--force-all' work here when it
> 
> doesn't work within apt-get?

apt-get is a front-end to dpkg.  I don't know on RH systems how like
apt-get is to apt-get on Debian.  I can tell you that:
1.  --force-yes in apt-get != --force-all in dpkg
2.  because it's a front end, there's a _lot_ of functionality missing

dpkg is the low-level tool and can completely break your system if you
use some options and have incompatibilities.  dselect is more forgiving
(as is apt-get) and won't let you deliberately toast your system.  Of
course with unstable the could happen accidentally.

dpkg is the sledge hammer, apt-get is the carrot.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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