How to get rid of the KDE3 konqueror under KDE4

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Strange issue… installed kde4-konqueror caused I noticed that my
konqueror looked like the old kde3 one.
After the installation it doesn’t show up in the launcher menu when
searching for ‘konqueror’, didn’t show up under browsers either.
So I looked up where the file to start it was hiding in YaST software
management… it shows me
:/usr/share/applications/kde4/konqbrowser.desktop. Add that entry
manually to the launcher menu… and it still starts up the KDE3 version.

So I look up ‘konq’ in yast software management and uninstall
everything that it lets me uninstall (that’s everything besides
kdebase4-libkonq and libkonq5 as Dolphin requires both of them, and I
need a file manager).
So with nearly everything konqueror uninstall I look up konqueror in
the launcher menu and the KDE3 version still shows up… what gives? How
do I get rid of it as it seems to prevent me from using the KDE4 version
and even if it didn’t, I’ve no need for 2 konquerors.

This is what I currently have with the seemingly unremoveable KDE3
version of konqueror that I’d like to get rid of.

Code:

S | Name | Summary | Type
–±-----------------------------------±------------------------------------------------------±----------
| SubdiverSVN-konqueror | Konqueror extension for SubdiverSVN | package
| juicer-konqueror | Integration of the applejuice protocol into konqueror | package
| kde4-konqueror | KDE File Manager and Browser | package
| kde4-konqueror-plugins | Konqueror Related Addons | srcpackage
| kde4-konqueror-plugins | Konqueror Related Addons | package
| kde4-konqueror-plugins-debuginfo | Debug information for package kde4-konqueror-plugins | package
| kde4-konqueror-plugins-debugsource | Debug sources for package kde4-konqueror-plugins | package
| kde4-konqueror-plugins-lang | Languages for package kde4-konqueror-plugins | package
| kde4-konquest | Galactic strategy game | package
| kdeaddons3-konqueror | Konqueror Related Add-Ons | package
i | kdebase4-libkonq | KDE Konqueror Libraries | package
| libkonq-devel | KDE Konqueror Libraries: Build Environment | package
i | libkonq5 | KDE Konqueror Libraries | package
| libkonq5-32bit | KDE Konqueror Libraries | package
| mediainfo-konqueror | Konqueror extension for mediainfo-gui | package

Not too usefull without the links listed I guess… any command to make
them show up?
Code:

| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh

—±---------------------------±--------------------------------±--------±-------
1 | Factory_Community_1 | Factory Community | Yes | Yes
2 | Factory_Extra-apps | Factory Extra-apps | Yes | Yes
3 | Fluffy | Fluffy | No | Yes
4 | KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop_1 | KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop | Yes | Yes
5 | Test | Test | No | No
6 | YaST_autoclose_fix | YaST autoclose fix | Yes | Yes
7 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | No | No
8 | openSUSE_Desktop | openSUSE Desktop | Yes | Yes
9 | openSUSE_OSS_manual | openSUSE OSS manual | No | No
10 | repo | NVIDIA Repository | Yes | Yes
11 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.1-Debug | No | No
12 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.1-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes
13 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.1-Oss | Yes | Yes
14 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.1-Source | Yes | Yes
15 | repo-update | openSUSE-11.1-Update | Yes | Yes
16 | repo_1 | openSUSE BuildService - Mozilla | Yes | Yes
17 | repo_2 | Packman Repository | Yes | Yes

[edit]:
Always forget… using KDE 4.2 from the factory repository / openSUSE
11.1 x86_64.

–
‘Special effects’ (http://tiny.cc/Y0T) ← KDE 4.2 Showing off
More KDE → ’ PINK KDE’ (http://tiny.cc/v30h)
‘HQ Pink KDE’ (http://tiny.cc/R4P)

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Hope we’re on the same page here. I have

> dean@linux:~> rpm -qa |grep konqueror
> kde4-konqueror-plugins-lang-4.1.3-27.13
> kde4-konqueror-plugins-4.1.3-27.13
> kde4-konqueror-4.1.3-58.2
> kdeaddons3-konqueror-3.5.10-5.6
>

If I wanted to get rid of konqueror 3.5.10-5.6 (dependencies
notwithstanding), I could do

rpm -e kdeaddons3-konqueror

or use the yast software manager to do the same.

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Just fired up KDE4.2 (I still prefer KDE3) and opened a console. If I
launch konqueror from CLI, I get the KDE4 version. If I do

cd /opt/kde3/bin/
konqueror

then the KDE3 version launches (as expected).

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deano ferrari wrote:

>
> Hope we’re on the same page here. I have
>
>> dean@linux:~> rpm -qa |grep konqueror
>> kde4-konqueror-plugins-lang-4.1.3-27.13
>> kde4-konqueror-plugins-4.1.3-27.13
>> kde4-konqueror-4.1.3-58.2
>> kdeaddons3-konqueror-3.5.10-5.6
>>
>
> If I wanted to get rid of konqueror 3.5.10-5.6 (dependencies
> notwithstanding), I could do
>
> rpm -e kdeaddons3-konqueror
>
> or use the yast software manager to do the same.
>
>

But kdeaddons3-konqueror isn’t installed anyway according to YAST - at least
not on my system.

Oh bother! Now my task bar has vanished again. Ctrl-alt-del here we come.

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Graham P Davis wrote:

> deano ferrari wrote:
>
>>
>> Hope we’re on the same page here. I have
>>
>>> dean@linux:~> rpm -qa |grep konqueror
>>> kde4-konqueror-plugins-lang-4.1.3-27.13
>>> kde4-konqueror-plugins-4.1.3-27.13
>>> kde4-konqueror-4.1.3-58.2
>>> kdeaddons3-konqueror-3.5.10-5.6
>>>
>>
>> If I wanted to get rid of konqueror 3.5.10-5.6 (dependencies
>> notwithstanding), I could do
>>
>> rpm -e kdeaddons3-konqueror
>>
>> or use the yast software manager to do the same.
>>
>>
>
> But kdeaddons3-konqueror isn’t installed anyway according to YAST - at
least
> not on my system.
>
> Oh bother! Now my task bar has vanished again. Ctrl-alt-del here we come.
>

Here we are again after removing .kde4 and trying to get everything I needed
back in. Fingers crossed!

Anyway, I found that the KDE3 version of Konqueror is embedded in the KDE3
base system. That’s why YAST can’t find it on a search for “Konqueror”.

What I did was to go into YAST, select “patterns” and remove the KDE3 base
system! A bit drastic and a few things got lost along the roadside, such as
Amarok, but I’ll wait to see if I need any of it. I checked the “Kickoff
Application Launcher” and found that the KDE3 versions of Konqueror had
gone. I then tried un-installing and then re-installing the KDE4 version but
it didn’t get put in the menu.

It seemed the only way to get KDE4 Konqueror in KAL was to to it by hand.
The command for the KDE3 version was “kfmclient openProfile filemanagement”.
Using this same command launched the KDE4 version. I note that the command
for the super-user mode is “konqueror -profile filemanagement”. As far as I
can see these commands do the same thing - but someone more knowledgeable
about the arcane wonders of Linux commands than me may say different - and
the only thing making it suoer-user is that in the “advanced” tab, “run as a
different user” is ticked.

If you don’t want the fun and games I’ve had, I suspect that using “menu
edit” for KAL and adding Konqueror with the full route specifiedin the
command. I haven’t tried this myself. Didn’t think I’d have as much fun as
dumping KDE3. :wink:

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