Installing kde 4,what I need to install?

yuchankit · 12-16-2008, 05:53 AM

Apart from /current/testing/packages/kde4/kde , do I need to install /current/testing/packages/kde4/deps ?Or any other packages to install.

I'm currently intending to install slackware 12.2 and intend to run kde 4 in it.I have a 12.0,running kde 3.5.7 so I can bear any bugs in kde4.

Thank you.

SirPetrovich · 12-16-2008, 06:55 AM

i have the same type of question, i've got slack 12.1 and i'm trying to put kde 4.1 on it, but how do i go about doing this? i've tried to find stuff online about how but it's out of date. maybe i just need to look harder but i don't know what to do after i have dled the packages. where do i extract them to and start using 4.1? if i missed some thread about this please point me in the right direction lol thanks.

vbisis · 12-16-2008, 07:15 AM

easiest way would be:

-Download everything ( maybe except kdei ( better only the language you need )) in the testing/kde4 folder.
-run the remove-kde3.sh -script to remove your kde 3.x.x installation
-delete any .kde - folder in you home directory
-read README
-run the following command: upgradepkg --install-new deps/*.tgz extragear/*.tgz kde/*.tgz kde3-compat/*.tgz

you definitly have to install deps ( depencies ) and kde - folder.

kde3-compat is needed for running kde3-apps which is still quite useful imo.

Anyway, I just followed the README in testing - folder and it worked just perfectly.

@SirPetrovich: have a look at any Slackware mirror: there are precompiled tgzs with a README with installation instructions under testing/kde4
Just follow those instructions

yuchankit · 12-16-2008, 08:42 AM

No,I'm installing slackware 12.2 from fresh.

I'm not going to install KDE 3 from the installation cd.And I'm intending to install KDE 4 straight without removing KDE 3.Can I do this?

titopoquito · 12-16-2008, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yuchankit

No,I'm installing slackware 12.2 from fresh.

I'm not going to install KDE 3 from the installation cd.And I'm intending to install KDE 4 straight without removing KDE 3.Can I do this?

No need to install KDE 3 first. But you should run the remove-kde3.sh script anyway, because some packages from the "l" series need to be replaced.

yuchankit · 12-16-2008, 09:22 AM

l series,is it referring to language packages?
Is there anyway to download all the kde4 packages in one go?

For vbisis:Where is the README file?

Alien Bob · 12-16-2008, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yuchankit

l series,is it referring to language packages?
Is there anyway to download all the kde4 packages in one go?

For vbisis:Where is the README file?

The "l" series is "ell" for "libraries". The qt3 and qca packages in there have to be de-installed too.

The readme is in /testing/packages/KDE4/README.

The command to install all KDE$ related packages is inside that README too.

Eric

janhe · 12-16-2008, 05:05 PM

to download kde4 you can try something like:

Code:

wget -r -np -nH ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-current/testing/packages/kde4/

if the download gets interrupted (because your internet connection fails or something) you can resume by adding the "-c" option:

Code:

wget -c -r -np -nH ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-current/testing/packages/kde4/

The above commands download everything, including the complete kdei series. Probably you don't want this, so you can exclude them and download the one you need afterwards:

Code:

wget -r -np -nH -R "*l10n*" ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-current/testing/packages/kde4/

Code:

wget -c -r -np -nH -R "*l10n*" ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-current/testing/packages/kde4/

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please use a mirror near you!! Don't just copy these commands and abuse this poor French mirror (sauf quand vous êtes français (ou belge car Belnet n'est pas "up-to-date") ). Mirrors can be found at http://www.slackware.com/getslack/ .