Proper Way To Upgrade openSUSE 12.1 from KDE 4.7 to KDE 4.8 Release

**DMCorsa** · 31-Jan-2012, 07:26

I need some advice on the correct way to upgrade from the KDE 4.7 Upstream Release to the newly released KDE 4.8 Upstream.

In my repositories I had KDE 4.7 Upstream for Core, Extra and Playground. I disabled those and added the KDE 4.8 Upstream Release Repositories for Core, Extra and Playground.

When I go to do a software update I get a very large number of Dependency Errors. So, rather than take a chance and break my system by selecting the wrong option somewhere to resolve, I aborted the update.

Any advice on how to proceed and not end up with a broken system would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Running X86_64 if that makes any difference.

**caf4926** · 31-Jan-2012, 07:40

Remove any 4.7 repos if you have them!

Add the Repo/s for 4.8

Index of /repositories/KDE:/Release:/48/openSUSE_12.1

Index of /repositories/KDE:/Extra/KDE_Release_48_openSUSE_12.1

Use the switcher
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/Swi...48_switch.jpeg

**phanisvara** · 31-Jan-2012, 09:37

On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:16:05 +0530, caf4926
<caf4926@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
> Remove any 4.7 repos if you have them!
>
> Add the Repo/s for 4.8
>
> 'Index of /repositories/KDE:/Release:/48/openSUSE_12.1'
> (http://tinyurl.com/6mcqa75)
>
> 'Index of /repositories/KDE:/Extra/KDE_Release_48_openSUSE_12.1'
> (http://tinyurl.com/7khg8b5)
>
> Use the switcher
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/Swi...48_switch.jpeg
>
>

and since you are using applications / packages from KDE/Extra and
KDE/Unstable:/Playground, you'll have to permit the package switcher to
use packages from "excluded repositories," which refers to extra &
playground. (since you're asking to "switch to packages from this repo,"
yast considers the other repo.s as "excluded," and asks you for permission
to use them in every case.

--
phani.

**DMCorsa** · 31-Jan-2012, 15:10

Originally Posted by caf4926

Remove any 4.7 repos if you have them!

Add the Repo/s for 4.8

Index of /repositories/KDE:/Release:/48/openSUSE_12.1

Index of /repositories/KDE:/Extra/KDE_Release_48_openSUSE_12.1

Use the switcher
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/Swi...48_switch.jpeg

Thanks for the response. This is what I had tried. As soon as I hit to Switch Packages, I get all the dependecy errors. I have removed all the 4.7 repositories and get the same result.

Here is my current repository setup if it helps.

Code:

#  | Alias                                        | Name                                         | Enabled | Refresh
---+----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+---------+--------
 1 | GNOME_3.2_Stable                             | GNOME 3.2 Stable                             | Yes     | Yes    
 2 | GNOME_Apps_Factory                           | GNOME Apps Factory                           | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
 3 | KDE_4.8_Core_Packages                        | KDE 4.8 Core Packages                        | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
 4 | KDE_4.8_Extra_Gear_Packages                  | KDE 4.8 Extra Gear Packages                  | Yes     | Yes    
 5 | KDE_4.8_Playground_(Unstable)_Packages       | KDE 4.8 Playground (Unstable) Packages       | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
 6 | LibreOffice_Stable_for_openSUSE_12.1         | LibreOffice Stable for openSUSE 12.1         | Yes     | Yes    
 7 | Local_Repository_Directory                   | Local Repository Directory                   | Yes     | Yes    
 8 | NVIDIA_Proprietary_Drivers_for_openSUSE_12.1 | NVIDIA Proprietary Drivers for openSUSE 12.1 | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
 9 | Packman_-_Complete_for_openSUSE_12.1         | Packman - Complete for openSUSE 12.1         | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
10 | Updates-for-openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4           | Updates for openSUSE 12.1 12.1-1.4           | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
11 | VLC_VideoLan_for_openSUSE_12.1               | VLC VideoLan for openSUSE 12.1               | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
12 | google-chrome                                | google-chrome                                | Yes     | Yes    
13 | openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4                       | openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4                       | Yes     | No                                                                                                                                          
14 | openSUSE_12.1_OSS_Repository                 | openSUSE 12.1 OSS Repository                 | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
15 | openSUSE_12.1_Updates                        | openSUSE 12.1 Updates                        | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
16 | openSUSE_non-OSS_Repository                  | openSUSE non-OSS Repository                  | Yes     | Yes    
17 | repo-debug                                   | openSUSE-12.1-Debug                          | No      | Yes                                                                                                                                         
18 | repo-debug-update                            | openSUSE-12.1-Update-Debug                   | No      | Yes                                                                                                                                         
19 | repo-non-oss                                 | openSUSE-12.1-Non-Oss                        | Yes     | Yes    
20 | repo-oss                                     | openSUSE-12.1-Oss                            | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
21 | repo-source                                  | openSUSE-12.1-Source                         | No      | Yes                                                                                                                                         
22 | spideroak-stable                             | SpiderOak Stable Distribution                | Yes     | No

**caf4926** · 31-Jan-2012, 15:22

You shouldn't really use Playground IMO, not with the Release 48 repo
And the VLC repo is enough to bugge r up your system for good

Save the error to file with the expert option on the box and link us to it
You can paste it here
SUSE Paste

**DMCorsa** · 31-Jan-2012, 16:34

Originally Posted by caf4926

You shouldn't really use Playground IMO, not with the Release 48 repo
And the VLC repo is enough to bugge r up your system for good

Save the error to file with the expert option on the box and link us to it
You can paste it here
SUSE Paste

Ok, I also removed Playground for 4.8 and the VLC Reposittory (was only using that one for the libdvdcss2 anyway).

I pasted the text from the file here: SUSE Paste

Thanks for your help

**caf4926** · 31-Jan-2012, 22:09

The only ones I'm certain on are:

[ ] keep obsolete k3b-2.0.2-13.8.x86_64

[ ] deinstallation of qt4-qtscript-0.1.0-14.1.2.x86_64

Looks like you have installed a fair amount of stuff from unstable (git)*
I'm not prepared to guess this for you.

libdvdcss2 should be installed by following the multimedia guide
http://forums.opensuse.org/content/1...ion-guide.html

**DMCorsa** · 01-Feb-2012, 18:52

Originally Posted by caf4926

The only ones I'm certain on are:

[ ] keep obsolete k3b-2.0.2-13.8.x86_64

[ ] deinstallation of qt4-qtscript-0.1.0-14.1.2.x86_64

Looks like you have installed a fair amount of stuff from unstable (git)*
I'm not prepared to guess this for you.

libdvdcss2 should be installed by following the multimedia guide
http://forums.opensuse.org/content/1...ion-guide.html

Thank you for your help once again. I followed your advice and also carried the logic to remove the offending packages and got the system updated to KDE 4.8.0.

Thanks again.

**caf4926** · 01-Feb-2012, 21:54

Originally Posted by DMCorsa

Thank you for your help once again. I followed your advice and also carried the logic to remove the offending packages and got the system updated to KDE 4.8.0.

Thanks again.

Hope that continues to work well for you

**futureboy** · 09-May-2012, 11:12

I am very interested in upgrading from 4.7 to 4.8. My only concern is how it will affect Kontact and the whole PIM suite. That is the primary piece of software I use. I reverted to Kontact v4.4.11 because kmail2 was broken in 4.7.whatever. I want to take advantage of all the improved functionality of 4.8 (hopefully the lags have been smoothed out) but not lose the key piece of software that I require for my day to day operation.

Will I be able to upgrade to 4.8.x without affecting the KDEPIM suite?

Thanks!