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Re: Upgrading to KDE 3.1 in Sid



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On Wednesday 02 April 2003 09:57, Aryan Ameri wrote:
> Hi there:
>
> I am currently running Karolina's KDE 3.1 RC5 Packages for sid (compiled
> with gcc 2.95) on my system, which is a mixture of sarge/sid. After
> hearing so much, about the disadvantages of keeping a mix system, and
> now that KDE 3.1.1 is in sid, I decided to upgrade completely to sid.
> But apt-get dist-upgrade wants to remove 292 packages, including all
> KDE packages.
>
> Is there any way upgrade instead of remove/install? Because I really
> can't afford to lose all my KDE settings. Is there alteast, some way to
> save all these application settings (like Konqueror and KMail) and then
> restore them?
>
Your personal KDE settings are stored in $HOME/.kde, so you don't loose them 
if you're upgrading. You may experience though that the one or the other app 
from karolina may not be available in sid though.

Ralf

> Cheers
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>
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>  *are condemned to reinvent it, poorly */
>                                          -Henry Spencer
> Aryan Ameri

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