how to upgrade from KDE 3.3.2 to 4.3 - help please?
 

Hi all. I have been running Gnome as my desktop with Deb testing, but wanted to try KDE. I rebooted and chose KDE at the log-on screen but the version it used is 3.3.2.

I have checked in synaptic and the latest installed version of everthing KDE and KDM is 4.3.3 ... so why does my computer boot up with only 3.3.2? I have tried apt-get upgrade kdm but it doesn't seem to do anything and now I'm stuck! (bit of a newbie you see).

Any offers?

TIA

First, change to unstable. Then

Thanks for replying. However, if I follow your directions, won't that upgrade everything to unstable? I don't really want that as last time i did it just about everything crashed or behaved really badly. I had to reformat the hard disk and re-install stable. I only just got brave enough to try testing!

Can't I just upgrade kdm if I have testing?

You should read this.

HTH

rbochan - thanks for chipping in. Not much use to me though. Would be quite interesting if it wasn't a load of gooblygook to a newbie ...

Anything in words of one syllable (or maybe two)?

Just do following to upgrade teh kde-base, then change back to sarge:
If you wish to upgrade all packages relating to KDE (e.g.Kontact):

How-To Install KDE 3.4

EDIT: And while we are at it... How-To Install Gnome 2.10

If you're a newbie, you shouldn't be using Etch or Sid - use Sarge.

Basically... it's busted... and is going to be busted for a little while. How long, I can't say - could be a day or 3, could be a few weeks - that's the chances you take when you run a devel/testing release.

If you're new, use Sarge.
If you are willing to get your hands dirty and have things break, use testing or unstable(along with the apt-listbugs and reportbug packages).

KDE 3.4.2 custom install problem
 

hi,
i tried installing kde3.4.2 using konstruct after downloading all the tar balls and a host of libx libraries ,cyrus package and finally it(Konstruct) created a folder kde3.4.2 with all the usual stuff. i changed the .bashrc to include the ~/kde3.4.2/bin and some other suggested in the konstruct readme but when i startkde it says unable to connect to xinit .could not use "DISPLAY" and kde shutdowns.can someone put fundaes on this . I am using debian with 2.6.12 kernel compiled for my comp.

Wow - what a lot of helpful advice. Thanks one and all. I think I'll just wait until the development work is done.

As to which version, I am using sarge on one machine, which is the one that I (we) use for real stuff and needs to be reliable, and the other I am using etch where I just play about. Although I am a bit of a newbie to linux, I have 20 years of serious use of windows - just that the language is a bit strange at first in linux. The last time I had to get my hands under the hood as it were was using DOS, but its fun to be doing that again.

I figure the best way to learn linux is to experiment with everything as long as you don't mind things breaking once in a while. Luckily I am retired and have a bit of time to mess about with these things. I have recently "graduated" from ubuntu/kubuntu because I thought it was too restrictive - brother, debian is a grown-up's distro all right!

I do try not to waste your good folks time by trying to puzzle out my own gaps in knowledge but sometimes I have to admit defeat. Hope I don't call on you unnecessarily - I admire the lengths "those that know" will go to help "those who don't". Keep up the good work and thanks again.