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[Richard K Ssekibuule]

When --nodeps becomes becomes your friend on a large app like kde, then 
you're
in problems!
I have installed kde a couple of times with apt, rpm and tar files on SuSE.
The number of crashes (in some applications) and failed dependencies have
been a big disappoint to me.
I would advice Alfred to upgrade particular applications he's interested in
rather than the whole base system.
Even for single applications, please use tar files to avoid unexpected
problems. Am assuming you don't want to see the kde crash handler greeting 
you when you're busy!
My best regards,
Richard. 

On Tuesday 14 June 2005 10:11, Hervey Allen wrote:
> Mark Tinka wrote:
> > No. The --nodeps switch tells the 'rpm' command to ignore
> > dependency errors/conflicts and go on to install the
> > package, regardless.
> >
> > I haven't tried installing an entire application this
> > way, but if the order does become a problem, you can
> > install the required packages by hand. 
>
> Mark's response is technically correct. 
>
> But, with >100 rpms I'll bet you end up using --nodeps ;-) 
>
> rpm is not the best package management system around. 
>
> In addition, you can get stuck with circular dependency
> issues with rpm. For example: 
>
> package1 requires package2 to install.
> package2 requires package1 to install. 
>
> Now --nodeps becomes your firend :-) 
>
> Good luck! 
>
> Sincerely,
> 	- Hervey 
>
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