Re: Re: getting Debian from Knoppix

Nicholas Vettese <nvettese-2OTvEaLNWj9BKiiiFIbW0gC/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.knoppix
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KDE 3.2 went into unstable, but it conflicted with openoffice.org-i18n 
files.  I had to do a force overwrite of the kdelibs-data file to get it 
working.  So far KDE 3.2 is working fine on my machine along with 
openoffice.org.

Nick


David Baron wrote:

>dist-upgrade problems involvind KDE, etc., have been solved for a while 
>already. I was simply reporting horror-stories from other list postings.
>
>It is still best to try "apt-get -s dist-upgrade" and take a look at what will 
>happen first. If nothing seems messed up, then go ahead without the "-s".
>
>Installing a kernel-image is not at all difficult (I had problems with 4.24 
>but that package was in fact broken). Look at my and other postings 
>concerning this.
>
>On Thursday 19 February 2004 01:58, snookertb wrote:
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>
>>>P.S. Warning: DO NOT do dist-upgrades now and be careful about any
>>>upgrades touching KDE. KDE-sarge is messed up and you may end up missing
>>>most of it. Read all of the items on the upgrade list before proceeding.
>>>      
>>>
>>I am just experimenting and did 'apt-get dist-upgrade' and there appears
>>to be no ill effects. The system still works well. I didn't pay close
>>attention to what got upgraded, I just wanted to see what would happen.
>>About 20 packages got upgraded.
>>
>>I am going to try a kernel upgrade next and see what happens.
>>
>>If it blows up, I'll just reload.
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