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On Saturday 24 June 2006 19:21, James wrote: |
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> Are these simple steps going to work? |
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> If not please edit. I do not care about |
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> extra compile time. I need a simple straightforward method |
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> to nuke(&&unistall all of KDE) and install via kde-meta |
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> First:# |
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> <nuke all occurances of kde> |
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> cd /var/db/pkg && emerge -Cva kde-base/* |
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Good. |
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> Second: |
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> <Ensure all the old kde kruft is gone 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 |
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> # cd /var/db/pkg && emerge -Cva kde-base/*-3.{2,3,4}* |
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This removes *nothing* that the first step didn't already remove. |
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> # env-update && source /etc/profile && etc-update && update-eix && |
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> # eupdatedb |
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This is still pointless. It does no harm and it changes nothing. |
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> Third: |
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> <clean up broken links> |
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> # revdep-rebuild -p |
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> # revdep-rebuild |
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> # emerge --sync |
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> # env-update && source /etc/profile && etc-update |
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Still pointless at this time. |
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> Fourth: |
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> <install kde-meta> |
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> # emerge -uavDNp kde-meta |
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Good. |
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> <if blocking occurs, unmerge blocking packages and return to First> |
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> # emerge -uavDN kde-meta |
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Nothing will block if you followed the first step. |
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> Did I miss anything? Did I get anything out of order? |
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> Everyting went well, I just had lots of blocking packages when |
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> I did not expect too....? |
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The revdep-rebuild is good *after* emerging kde-meta. It will recompile third |
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party applications such as amarok against the new version of kde-meta. I |
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posted the simple steps at the bottom of my previous mail. |
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Bo Andresen |
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