kde 3.2 upgrade?

ross8425 · 09-22-2004, 05:24 PM

right now i just got debian 3.0 installed. i managed to get kde 2.2 up and working, however i am really new to linux, and i could not figure out how to upgrade to 3.2, or 3.3 whatever the newest one is. i went to the kde homepage, but alas i was unable to come up with anything

can someone help me ?

leonscape · 09-22-2004, 06:21 PM

You could upgrade to Debian Unstable, and KDE 3.3 is available there, or you can use one of the backports if you wish to remain in stable.

Moloko · 09-22-2004, 06:40 PM

Check out http://www.backports.org/ for updated packages. Mind that Sarge will become stable and replace Woody in a matter of months. Upgrading to Sarge will give you a lot of nice apps and KDE 3.2.3.

ross8425 · 09-22-2004, 07:38 PM

sorry to be a newb, but can i use that apt-get install command to get sarge? if so, what is it. lol like i said, im really a newb, but i dont want to learn on some distro like redhat. i had a complete walkthrough to get me up and running. thanks!!

leonscape · 09-22-2004, 08:48 PM

To upgrade to sarge, make yourself root, and edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list

Change the net settings from stable to testing.

as an example heres what I'd set

Code:

deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib

deb ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free

# mplayer source
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main

save it. and then do apt-get update. then apt-get dist-upgrade.

You now have Sarge. IF you wanted sid( unstable ) replace testing with unstable. as simple as that.

For more on apt-get see the APT HOWTO.

ross8425 · 09-23-2004, 01:41 AM

damn. i did everything you said, and it worked fine, then i rebooted and now all i see is LI

and it wont boot into anything :/

Moloko · 09-23-2004, 02:42 AM

LILO is your bootmanager, you get LI but no LO. Boot the first installation floppy or the cd and enter: rescue root=/dev/hda5 (change accordingly to the install partition). This should boot your system after which you can reconfigure LILO.

http://home.att.net/~lilo-boot/faq_er.htm#li_only

Btw, Debian had three versions of itself, stable, testing and unstable. Woody is currently stable, Sarge is testing, Sid is unstable. This means that testing and unstable are under development and contain newer packages. New software goes into unstable and after a short while into testing. Testing is designated to become the new stable version. Sarge will become stable soon and a new testing version will emerge. Sid will be allways remain unstable.

ross8425 · 09-23-2004, 12:43 PM

awesome!

got debian running again, using kde 3.2, and some other stuff

thanks for the help!

one more thing: is it worth getting a kernel upgrade? im running 2.2 right now, and i know 2.6.x is out, so should i maybe go to 2.4 or something? thanks for all your help!

leonscape · 09-23-2004, 02:32 PM

I'd recommended one of the 2.6 kernels. As they are pre-emptable, and use ALSA by default. 2.4 is also good. Install one of each, and try them out.