Re: Xprint from source has killed my KDE

Bill Keegan wrote:

> Did as you suggested only I used 'rpm -i --force --allfiles' for all 
> packages returned by 'rpm -qa | grep kde'. No luck.

You should never use -i
-Uvh is always better.

Try to reinstall qt too, as kde depends on that and you may have managed to 
delete a file somehow.


> I'm sure this is related to xprint which is why I posted here and not 
> having used the rpm (it didn't work and now I know why) how can I 
> uninstall or the tar installation? Or what else could it be?

rpm -e <packagename>

Check if there is an official package for your distro, using RPMs for other 
distros tend to have bad effects.


  //Aho