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you'll some of the packages from current for kde to work properly. i kept that in mind when i replied.
It is my understanding from reading this thread, although I could be wrong, that the KDE 4.3.1 packages would work on slackware 13.0 and that only KDE 4.3.2 would require an upgrade to slackware-current.
Is this correct?
It is my understanding from reading this thread, although I could be wrong, that the KDE 4.3.1 packages would work on slackware 13.0 and that only KDE 4.3.2 would require an upgrade to slackware-current.
Is this correct?
That's my understanding to. I'm currently running 4.3.1 on a "stock" 13.0.
It is my understanding from reading this thread, although I could be wrong, that the KDE 4.3.1 packages would work on slackware 13.0 and that only KDE 4.3.2 would require an upgrade to slackware-current.
Is this correct?
A few of -current packages as mentioned earlier in this thread are essential for making 4.3.1 work.
Make it 4.3.2, typo.
I didn't notice you just want to use 4.3.1 packages and assumed you would want to upgrade to 4.3.2 instead, hence I suggested -current upgrade. My mistake.
This will install packages that I don't have now in my working KDE 4.2.4
Any reason for this? Are there any packages needed by KDE 4.3.1 that were not needed in 4.2.4?
Sorry for nagging, but I'm not the "full install" type of user.
It makes no sense to me to install things I'll never use.
Distribution: slackware64 13.37 and -current, Dragonfly BSD
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The scenario the posters are discussing may be safe at the moment but just to warn anyone browsing this thread - mixing Slackware -current packages with the stable release is not recommended and may cause serious problems. You have been warned
This will install packages that I don't have now in my working KDE 4.2.4
Any reason for this? Are there any packages needed by KDE 4.3.1 that were not needed in 4.2.4?
Sorry for nagging, but I'm not the "full install" type of user.
It makes no sense to me to install things I'll never use.
Yes, there are some "new" packages, that didn't exist on 4.2.4.
It's easy enough to compare the list of what you have installed, what comes with 13.0, and what's in the new set. Then you can decide which of the "new" packages you want to install.
I ended up replacing what I had currently installed, plus ALL the "new" ones.
I found that the 4.3.2 is enough of an improvement that it is worth the extra effort to install the necessary packages from -current. I am not (hereto-far) committed to staying with -current but I found that upgrading a few packages from the early part of the changelog and additionally the 4.3.2 packages from the announcement made for a significantly better system. Particularly KMail and Konqueror that were periodically crashing with 4.3.1. Aside from a few annoyances, 4.3.1 did run well on -stable.
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