Leslie Turriff composed on 2018-04-20 21:35 (UTC-0500):
I decided to switch back from KDE3 to Trinity, but I ran into a problem while attempting the install. It seems that, while KDE3 uses libIexMath-2_1, Trinity wants libIexMath-2_2.....
Trouble like this is a common problem due to Trinity for openSUSE requiring packages that are ever provided by Packman. IIRC, one solution is to use
rpm -e --nodeps
to remove the currently installed libI* packages, then try to install the Trinity packages. Here's what libI* packages are currently available for 42.3 when I search on a KDE3 installation:
# zypper se -s -C libI | libIDL-2-0-32bit | package | 0.8.14-24.3 | x86_64 | OSS | libIL1 | package | 1.7.8-10.1 | x86_64 | OSS | libIccXML2 | package | 0.9.8-5.1 | x86_64 | OSS | libIex-2_1-11-32bit | package | 2.1.0-7.3 | x86_64 | OSS | libIex-2_2-23 | package | 2.2.1-3.1 | x86_64 | Packman | libIexMath-2_1-11-32bit | package | 2.1.0-7.3 | x86_64 | OSS | libIexMath-2_2-23 | package | 2.2.1-3.1 | x86_64 | Packman | libIlmImf-Imf_2_1-21-32bit | package | 2.1.0-10.3.1 | x86_64 | Update | libIlmImf-Imf_2_1-21-32bit | package | 2.1.0-9.5 | x86_64 | OSS | libIlmThread-2_1-11-32bit | package | 2.1.0-7.3 | x86_64 | OSS | libIlmThread-2_2-23 | package | 2.2.1-3.1 | x86_64 | Packman | libImath-2_1-11-32bit | package | 2.1.0-7.3 | x86_64 | OSS | libImath-2_2-23 | package | 2.2.1-3.1 | x86_64 | Packman | libIrrlicht1_8 | package | 1.8.4-1.2 | x86_64 | OSS i | libICE6 | package | 1.0.9-7.1 | x86_64 | OSS i | libICE6-32bit | package | 1.0.9-7.1 | x86_64 | OSS i | libIDL-2-0 | package | 0.8.14-24.3 | x86_64 | OSS i | libIex-2_1-11 | package | 2.1.0-7.3 | x86_64 | OSS i | libIex-2_2-12 | package | 2.2.0-4.3 | x86_64 | (System Packages) i | libIexMath-2_1-11 | package | 2.1.0-7.3 | x86_64 | OSS i | libIexMath-2_2-12 | package | 2.2.0-4.3 | x86_64 | (System Packages) i | libIlmImf-2_2-22 | package | 2.2.0-37.2 | x86_64 | (System Packages) i | libIlmImf-Imf_2_1-21 | package | 2.1.0-10.3.1 | x86_64 | Update i | libIlmThread-2_1-11 | package | 2.1.0-7.3 | x86_64 | OSS i | libIlmThread-2_2-12 | package | 2.2.0-4.3 | x86_64 | (System Packages) i | libImath-2_1-11 | package | 2.1.0-7.3 | x86_64 | OSS i | libImath-2_2-12 | package | 2.2.0-4.3 | x86_64 | (System Packages) i | libImlib2-1 | package | 1.4.5-21.3 | x86_64 | OSS v | libIlmImf-Imf_2_1-21 | package | 2.1.0-9.5 | x86_64 | OSS
Those that are currently installed and reported as (System Packages) are packages from Packman that are no longer available.
# zypper se -s -i -C libI i | libICE6 | package | 1.0.9-7.1 | x86_64 | OSS i | libIex-2_1-11 | package | 2.1.0-7.3 | x86_64 | OSS i | libIex-2_2-12 | package | 2.2.0-4.3 | x86_64 | (System Packages) i | libIexMath-2_2-12 | package | 2.2.0-4.3 | x86_64 | (System Packages) i | libIlmImf-Imf_2_1-21 | package | 2.1.0-9.5 | x86_64 | OSS i | libIlmThread-2_1-11 | package | 2.1.0-7.3 | x86_64 | OSS i | libIlmThread-2_2-12 | package | 2.2.0-4.3 | x86_64 | (System Packages) i | libImath-2_2-12 | package | 2.2.0-4.3 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
This list is from a 42.3 TDE installation.