Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:39:42 -0800 From: af300wsm@gmail.com To: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com>, af300wsm@gmail.com, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Re: How to upgrade to KDE4 Message-ID: <0016e64bddfe2035d0045af2fd17@google.com>
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On Nov 5, 2008 8:24am, Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> wrote: > af300wsm@gmail.com wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm using FreeBSD 6.2-p11 (yes, I've got to update). A couple days ago I updated my ports tree and went to update kde 3.5.6. At first I did a portupgrade on the KDE meta-port but, ironically, the only thing that updated was the meta-port (I did a portupgrade -r too). I should also say that I first looked in /usr/ports/UPDATING and there weren't any particular instructions (that I could find) for updating KDE. I opened the file in vim and searched for "kde" and "KDE." On both searches, nothing regarding the specific update of 3.5.x to 4.x was mentioned. > > > > I'm having some problems updating the kdebase package now (since the meta-port didn't update the whole thing, I'm updating individually to 3.5.10). It's having some compile time issues, something about an identifier not existing in a particular namespace or some-such error, I've got to look into it further. However, since I'm going through this loathsome process anyway, would it be advisable to just do a "deinstall" of the kde system and cd to /usr/ports/x11/kde (I think that's where it is) and install 4.x (if that's even how to do it)? I would really prefer to run 4.x. > > > > Thanks for any help, > > Andy > > > > > The Handbook has been recently updated with instructions on installing / running KDE4: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html > > > > It is also possible to keep both versions installed (since KDE4 installs in a different directory). > > If you decide to go along this path, I would advise you to set your PATH so that /usr/local/kde4/bin is before /usr/local/bin (when running KDE4). This will prevent inadvertently running kde3.x executables in 4.x. > > > > There has been some discussion on the list concerning the usability of KDE4. FWIW, it worked for me but I am not a KDE person anyway (and have only used 3.X a couple of times) and don't need most of the features of such a desktop. YMMV. > That is fantastic, thanks. Andy
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