From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 5 15:39:42 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAACE1065674 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 15:39:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0304.google.com (rv-out-0304.google.com [209.85.198.215]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A5B38FC13 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 15:39:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0304.google.com with SMTP id b20so23704rvf.31 for ; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:39:42 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.114.254.1 with SMTP id b1mr169529wai.4.1225899582173; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:39:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <0016e64bddfe2035d0045af2fd17@google.com> Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:39:42 -0800 From: af300wsm@gmail.com To: Manolis Kiagias , af300wsm@gmail.com, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Re: How to upgrade to KDE4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:39:42 -0000 On Nov 5, 2008 8:24am, Manolis Kiagias 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