KDE3 for RedHat 7.2

When u start the installation of linux, boot the computer with linux bootable CD and then type "TEXT" and then enter it.

Then further Choose custom installation, when it will be asked and after that for a wile you will be asked packages of linuxto be installed.

If you have already installed RH7.2, without KDE, then insert the CD, mount it and install the KDE RPM's as "rpm -ivh "
If there are any dependencies, it will point out and you can install them as well.

Hi,
you can use the packge manager software(in kde, if already installed an older version) or in GnoRPM(i think this is the name, and must have gno installed already). Don't use the check dependancies option and install them all

Hi,
First you need to download KDE3 packages. You may download from the following site.
http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/pub/archives/linux/X/kde/stable/3.0/RedHat/i386/

You may need the following rpms or more ....

alternatives-0.93.80-6cl.noarch.rpm
arts-2.2-11.i386.rpm
arts-2.2.2-2.i386.rpm
arts-devel-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm
chkconfig-1.2.24-1.i386.rpm
cups-1.1.14-10.i386.rpm
cups-libs-1.1.14-10.i386.rpm
kdeaddons-kate-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdeaddons-kicker-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdeaddons-konqueror-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdeaddons-noatun-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdeadmin-3.0.0-2.i386.rpm
kdeartwork-3.0.0-3.i386.rpm
kdebase-3.0.0-2.i386.rpm
kdebindings-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdebindings-kmozilla-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdegames-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdegraphics-2.2-1.i386.rpm
kdegraphics-2.2.2-1.i386.rpm
kdelibs-2.2.2-2.i386.rpm
kdelibs-3.0.0-4.i386.rpm
kdemultimedia-arts-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdemultimedia-devel-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdemultimedia-kfile-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdemultimedia-libs-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdenetwork-devel-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdenetwork-libs-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdetoys-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kfile-pdf-3.0.0-3.i386.rpm
kfloppy-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
koffice-1.1.1-4.i386.rpm
kview-3.0.0-3.i386.rpm
libqt3-3.0.2-2mdk.i586.rpm
noatun-3.0.0-1.ppc.rpm
PyQt-3.1-1.i386.rpm
PyQt-devel-3.1-1.i386.rpm
PyQt-examples-3.1-1.i386.rpm
qt2-2.3.1-2.i386.rpm
qt2-Xt-2.3.1-2.i386.rpm
qt-3.0.3-5.i386.rpm
qt-designer-2.3.1-5.i386.rpm
qt-devel-3.0.3-5.i386.rpm
qt-static-3.0.3-5.i386.rpm
qt-Xt-3.0.3-5.i386.rpm

To remove the old packages and install the new ones, run:
cd /where/you/download

Download KDE3 packages from
http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/pub/archives/linux/X/kde/stable/3.0/RedHat/i386/

alternatives-0.93.80-6cl.noarch.rpm
arts-2.2-11.i386.rpm
arts-2.2.2-2.i386.rpm
arts-devel-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm
chkconfig-1.2.24-1.i386.rpm
cups-1.1.14-10.i386.rpm
cups-libs-1.1.14-10.i386.rpm
kdeaddons-kate-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdeaddons-kicker-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdeaddons-konqueror-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdeaddons-noatun-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdeadmin-3.0.0-2.i386.rpm
kdeartwork-3.0.0-3.i386.rpm
kdebase-3.0.0-2.i386.rpm
kdebindings-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdebindings-kmozilla-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdegames-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdegraphics-2.2-1.i386.rpm
kdegraphics-2.2.2-1.i386.rpm
kdelibs-2.2.2-2.i386.rpm
kdelibs-3.0.0-4.i386.rpm
kdemultimedia-arts-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdemultimedia-devel-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdemultimedia-kfile-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdemultimedia-libs-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdenetwork-devel-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdenetwork-libs-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kdetoys-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
kfile-pdf-3.0.0-3.i386.rpm
kfloppy-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
koffice-1.1.1-4.i386.rpm
kview-3.0.0-3.i386.rpm
libqt3-3.0.2-2mdk.i586.rpm
noatun-3.0.0-1.ppc.rpm
PyQt-3.1-1.i386.rpm
PyQt-devel-3.1-1.i386.rpm
PyQt-examples-3.1-1.i386.rpm
qt2-2.3.1-2.i386.rpm
qt2-Xt-2.3.1-2.i386.rpm
qt-3.0.3-5.i386.rpm
qt-designer-2.3.1-5.i386.rpm
qt-devel-3.0.3-5.i386.rpm
qt-static-3.0.3-5.i386.rpm
qt-Xt-3.0.3-5.i386.rpm

To remove the old packages and install the new ones, run:
cd /where/you/downloaded/the/KDE3/RPMS
rpm -e `rpm -qa |egrep ^kde`
rpm -ivh --force *.rpm

or you may use th "gnorpm" utility after running the x-server. Remove the old rpms before installing the new ones. Ignore the dependency errors.

Its not the most fun but very much so possible since I did it :)

What you need to do is remove all kde packages and THEN install all of the KDE3 stuff. Dont worry about the libraries and any dependencies, there is a KDE2 compatibilty library to fix that. It ended up taking a while. I really wish I would have made a script to do this so I could replicate this much more easily, but I did not.

I grabbed the enitire KDE3 RPM list from ftp.redhat.com BTW. And used GNOME + gnorpm to get ridof KDE2.2.2.