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ckwall
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 Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2002 11:03 pm Post subject: Can I update KDE without overwriting any thing else? |
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I would like to update to KDE version 3.0.4 from my current version. I am affraid that i will have to reconfigure a bunch of stuff. Am I able to just do an emerge kde and let it update? Or will this overwrite everything just as if I had just started from a fresh install?
I also remember from another problem that I had posted in the forum, someone told me to change the value of a line in a file that made it so that if I emerged any program it would overwrite all of my settings. I would like to change that back, but I dont know where to find that anymore.
Please help.
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you can safely upgrade by emerge -u kde, I've done it and all my parameters were saved. I think the file you seek for is /etc/make.globals and the line is CONFIG_PROTECT. add "/etc /usr/kde/3/share/config" to get your files protected in these directories. I can't remeber if an env variable exists... I remember it was written in the gentoo install guide... juste avec a look. export CONFIG_PROTECT=0 or something like this.
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ckwall
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Thank you very much, I will give this a try.
That is the file that I was looking for.
emerge -u... what is the u switch? I have never used that one before. |
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EzInKy
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Another great command is:
#man emerge
Some real good stuff there! |
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ckwall
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| Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 3:28 am Post subject: |
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| what does that do? |
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ckwall
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| Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 3:32 am Post subject: |
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| nevermind.... Im retarted (man emerge) |
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ckwall
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I did an emerge - u KDE and it failed. It seems that there is a problem with the new version and something else. (whatever. i was reading that in another forum on why it failed. I dont want to discuss the failure) after the failure, i had no users. I could not su -, the promp in terminal said something to the effect of this computer has no name. Ultimately out of frustration, I rebooted the computer. now I can only get as far as the Xfree86 login prompt, and of course there are no apparent users. whatever I try fails.
What have I done, and what can I do? |
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