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Hi all, I was working in Fedora core 8 with KDE version 3.5 Recently i have seen FC 11 which has KDE version 4 which looks great and i started ...
  1. 07-16-2009 #1
    cbalu
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    Updating KDE under FC8

    Hi all,

    I was working in Fedora core 8 with KDE version 3.5

    Recently i have seen FC 11 which has KDE version 4 which looks great and i started loving the look and feel. Now can i update only the KDE part in my FC 8 without updating the kernel

    Note: I don't want to install FC 11 in my system i just want to update only KDE part of my FC 8

    Thanks,
    BalaC
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  2. 07-16-2009 #2
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    hi...
    i aint no expert...

    but learnt from this forum recently that the fc8 mirrors are closed in jan 09.....

    so y cant u jus shift to 11...wats the problem..??
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    Yep as hawk87 said, Fedora 8 is out of support now. Why wouldn't you just upgrade your entire system, it doesn't cost anything!
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    I can't upgrade the kernel as i notice in newer FC11 some of my programs or not working ( i mean my own code). Also i can't update my code to support FC11 as the code is used by some of my collegues and modifying the code may take more time as there are more number of *.c files out there.

    May be i am out of luck

    In case if i want to upgrade FC8 to FC11 is it possible or else i need to backup my data and then reinstall FC11

    Anyway, thank you guys for your answers

    Thanks,
    BalaC
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  5. 07-16-2009 #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by cbalu View Post
    i need to backup my data and then reinstall FC11
    Welcome to the forums!

    Yes, that's what you need to do unless you are willing to stick with your FC8 system the way it is now, and not expect to update it any further.
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    You could also download KDE-4.x as tar balls and compile it from the ground up. Which might take a long, long time.
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