Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 22:36:39 +0100 From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net> To: Mark Hummel <mhumm@ispchannel.com>, FSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to go from KDE 1.X to 2.01? Message-ID: <00121622363902.00495@web1.tninet.se> In-Reply-To: <3A3B1F28.D50D53C6@ispchannel.com> References: <3A3B1F28.D50D53C6@ispchannel.com>
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On Saturday 16 December 2000 08:52, Mark Hummel wrote: > I would like to upgrade KDE from 1.x to 2.0.1. so I can check out > KOffice and Konqueror. What's the easiest way for a newbie to do > this? I don't know how to CVsup yet, but I'm learning. > > Mark > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message well......... 1. you MUST cvsup first :-) I installed /usr/ports/net/cvsup-bin and then used this sup file *default host=cvsup.fi.FreeBSD.org <---- I'm in sweden but this is quicker *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4 <--- I'm running 4.2-Stable *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress ports-all tag=. cvsup supfile 2. pkg_version -c will provide you with a script showing what is out of date. pkg_version on its own shows an * where multiple versions exist check this carefully pkg_info -rR packagename is handy. 3. pib /usr/ports/sysutils/pib is quite handy for showing the requirements / dependencies 4. pkg_delete kde and it's out of date friends... watch out for out of date friends that are required by other packages :-(. 5. install qt22 first make QT_GIF_AVAILABLE=yes install clean if you want gif support. 6. then install kde (close on 20 hours total on my 233mhz pentium) 7. Don't blame me if it is a disaster ...it worked for me. 8. I am pretty happy with KDE2.0........but I have to confess I still use Excel...particulalrly for graphing. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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