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Subject: Re: KDE3 [pkg_info? setenv?]
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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...?  :)

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