[arch-general] kde-unstable install - Round 2 - There is a BUG here...

[ludovic coues]

look at package directory, and try to see if there is any leftover
after have removed kde.
There should be none, be there should be no bug too.

2009/6/18, David C. Rankin <drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com>:
> On Wednesday 17 June 2009 19:13:54 David Rosenstrauch wrote:
>> On Wed, June 17, 2009 7:49 pm, David C. Rankin wrote:
>> > DR, List
>> >
>> > 	Here is the situation after the difficulty I had installing
>> > kde-unstable
>> > on
>> > the x86_64 box where I finally just installed with '-f', I have the
>> > exact
>> > setup on an i686 box where I am trying to install kde-unstable, but this
>> > time
>> > finding a way to do it without resorting to the '-f' option. On the box,
>> > I have kdemod3 installed and configured and I have never specifically
>> > installed
>> > kde4 from anywhere (I guess I got it by default with the Arch install).
>> >
>> > 	So far, all packages for kde-unstable have been downloaded to the i686
>> > box
>> > when I tried to install kde-unstable with 'pacman -Sy kde
>> > kde-extragear'.
>> > There were 20000+ lines of conflicts of the following type:
>>
>> Egads!  How many times do I have to say it?!?!?
>>
>> 1) First UNINSTALL any existing KDE packages.
>> i.e., repeat:  pacman -Rs kde-<whatever>
>>
>> 2) Then, install KDE from unstable.
>> i.e., pacman -S kde
>>
>> Sheesh!  :-)
>>
>> DR
>
> Err umm, DR, umm:
>
> 	Did you miss this part, or are we somehow not communicating?
>
> [18:02 supersff:/home/david] # pacman -Rs kde k3b k9copy kdiff3
> kde not found, searching for group...
> :: group kde:
>     kdebase-runtime  kdelibs  kdemultimedia
>     Remove whole content? [Y/n]
>
> 	then
>
> [18:21 supersff:/home/david] # pacman -Q | grep kde | grep -v kdemod3
> <nothing>
>
> pacman -Rs kdemod3-complete basket compizconfig-backend-kconfig filelight
> ksensors qcad
>
> 	then I even confirmed with:
>
> pacman -Q -s | grep kde
> <nothing>
>
> 	Then and only then did I
>
> pacman -S kde
>
> 	and it still blew up with 20000+ conflicts
>
> 	What else could I have done??
>
>
>
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