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How To: Linux: Upgrading KDE to 3.4
Description: Upgrade to KDE 3.4 from previous versions. (SuSE Linux Only)

These are the instructions to upgrade SuSE 9.1 or 8.2,9.0 and 9.2 default KDE to KDE 3.4

Another guide can be found at the official Novell website
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/11504.html and replace the 9.2 with 8.2,9.0,9.1

The ftp server is ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/
and pick which version you have the versions that are officially supported are 8.2,9.0,9.1,9.2.

The official ftp servers are as followed contain the base updates
8.2 - ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_8.2/
9.0 - ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_9.0/
9.1 - ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_9.1/
9.2 - ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_9.2/

First you have to configure the settings in YaST.

To do this you have to follow these steps

First Launch YaST
Select "Change Source of Installation"
Select "FTP" or "HTTP" from the "Add" pop-up
And fill in the name of the server the ones that I recommend are the ones above as these are the official servers that contain the official KDE 3.4 rpms.

Server Name: mirror.mcs.anl.gov (*)
Directory on Server:
/pub/suse.com/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_9.1/yast-source
Confirm / OK
Click "Finish"

Now you'll be back in YaST's Control Center.

Select YaST Install and Remove Software.
Select "Package Groups" from the "Filter" pop-up.
Choose the "zzz all" group (last in the list)
From the Package menu select:
"All in this List -> Update if newer version available".
Select "Search" from the "Filter" pop-up.
Search for "cyrus-sasl"
From the list of packages found, select for installation
all except cyrus-sasl-devel.

Once the installation has completed, log out and back in.

When logged in you will be greeted with the KDE 3.4 startup screen.

Congratulations you have just upgraded to KDE 3.4!