Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 18:50:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: Thomas Wuerfl <thomaswuerfl@gmx.de> Cc: <gsfgf@softhome.net>, FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: KDE3 [pkg_info? setenv?] Message-ID: <20020415184739.L19433-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <200204160035.52573.thomaswuerfl@gmx.de>
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On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Thomas Wuerfl wrote: > Am Montag, 15. April 2002 23:58 schrieb Jeff Jeter: > > Does anyone know when KDE3 will be in ports or a good guide to doing the update manually? > Hi Jeff, this should work: > 1. # pkg_info > 2. remove all kde/qt packages Is that generally a good idea, *lightbulb goes on* to see what needs to be pkg_del'ed from ones FreeBSD box before upgrading? > 3. # setenv PACKAGESITE http://freebsd.kde.org/packages/3.0_1/All/ How do I find out which ${PACKAGESITE} the usual "pkg_add" uses? > 4. # pkg_add -r kdebase-3.0.tgz > 4a. # pkg_add -r 'packages that you like/need' > 5. wait, wait, wait.... ;-) > Some things are still broken. Escpecially kdm is hard to get to work. If you should succeed, please let me know how you did. :-) > Regards, > Tom Is kdm to kde what xdm is to (errr) just a plain, default XFree install? Does gnome use gdm? Or am I talking out my butt-dm...? :) -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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