Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 17:38:42 +0000 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: update kde Message-ID: <200511051738.44213.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <103350BD-B338-42EA-B0E2-2BA4BAFC00A4@redry.net> References: <5B80465E-1AC8-4819-A304-69529C82DA52@redry.net> <200511051713.59193.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> <103350BD-B338-42EA-B0E2-2BA4BAFC00A4@redry.net>
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On Saturday 05 November 2005 17:27, eoghan wrote: > On 5 Nov 2005, at 17:13, RW wrote: > > On Saturday 05 November 2005 16:16, eoghan wrote: > >> Hello > >> Im just looking for some advice. Ive updated my ports since kde has > >> gone to 3.4.3. Im currently using 3.4.2. I want to upgrade. But Im > >> not sure if I do this will I loose all my current settings - like > >> desktop items etc. Also, do I do a pkg_remove kde3 and then pkg_add - > >> r kde3? I dont want to try anything just yet in case I mess things > >> up... > > > > You shouldn't lose any settings unless someone has screwed up (I > > usually > > hold-off major upgrades for a week or so to catch immediate bug- > > fixes). > > > > There are instructions here: > > > > http://freebsd.kde.org/instructions.php > > > > Note that you will need to set PACKAGESITE to a source of the new > > packages > > otherwise you will simply reinstall to old version. I used to use the > > fruitsalad servers, although I build KDE from ports these days. > > Id use the port. But I have to remove kde3 first right? Well, you were talking about using pkg_add which installs binary packages, rather than building a port. In either case, using portupgrade avoids manual deletion.
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