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Old 11-05-2005, 02:54 AM   #1
Kamikazee
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Help upgrading to kde 3.4.2 or .3


n00b alert!

Alright, im having some apt problems and kde 3.4.2 is the stable (etch) repositories.
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free

However it wants to uninstall around 30 other packages ranging from k3b+skype to libraries.

There isnt a proper alioth mirror (that i can apt) for 3.4.2 (but it has .1 which im running).

can someone please help me upgrade or give me a solution.
 
Old 11-05-2005, 03:11 AM   #2
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I've just been there!

When this happens it is because there are dependencies on other files which you don't have access to as you are on the stable distribution. Youll encounter a lot of this.

Only one way out. Go bleeding edge. Add unstable, testing and experimental to your sources.

Frankly I've had little or no problems in doing this except once, a few days ago when KDE Control Centre would not respond to the admin password. This was fixed the next day with some new files.

One thing to note, when you go this way there are up to 70 updates every 2 days or so.

If you decide to do this here are the sources I use. They work. Add them to your /etc/apt/sources.list and then update. Update everything non-KDE first, then go KDE.

FWIIW I use Synaptic Package Manager for all this. It is easier than Aptitude.

Warning: Your mileage may vary. All I can say is that it worked very well for me and this is in fact why I have switched from Mandrake. I have some problems but none seem to be related to being on the bleeding edge. They were there from the start.

OK, all that over, here are my sources. Note there are lots of others, See the pinned post at the begining of the Debian Forum.

Apart fom the DVD sources I have:
Code:
deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable contrib main non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib

# Unstable
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ unstable main
# Unstable Sources
#deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ unstable main

# Testing
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free 
# Testing Sources
#deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free 


#wine
deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ binary/
#wine source
#deb-src http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ source/

#mplayer,acroread.various packages
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ experimental main

# Acroread, flashplayer-mozilla, Mencoder, Mplayer WINE and others
deb http://jeroen.coekaerts.be/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://jeroen.coekaerts.be/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

#java
deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/java/debian/ sarge non-free
# deb ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/java-linux/debian/ testing non-free

#Debian KDE3.4 Team updates
deb http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde-3.4.0/ ./
 
  


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