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11-29-2005, 11:01 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Burke, VA
Distribution: RHEL, Slackware, Ubuntu, Fedora
Posts: 1,418
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KDE 3.5 is out! Quick 'n Dirty Upgrade
Should anyone be seething at the teeth to try out the new KDE 3.5, here is one way to upgrade and install it simply.
There are contributed KDE 3.5 Slackware Packages on most, if not all of the mirrors. Choose an appropriate mirror, and create a directory to download all the packages to.
Mirrors: http://download.kde.org/download.php
We'll use wget to grab all the packages.
This should grab all the packages for you. The mirror I used above was fast for me (~500kB/s), your milage may vary.
For the next step, you should probably exit X, although I performed it successfully while logged into fluxbox. I wouldn't recommend doing it while in KDE though.
Code:
su -
upgradepkg --install-new *.tgz
We use upgradepkg first to remove the old packages with the same names, and then installpkg to install any new ones that weren't installed previously. (Like I warned you, this is quick and dirty  )
Twiddle your thumbs while you're waiting for Hard Disk read/writes to finish, and then log into KDE 3.5 Enjoy
If I've missed anything drastic, let me know and I'll edit this post.
-- Shade
Last edited by Shade; 11-29-2005 at 11:34 PM.
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11-29-2005, 11:31 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2004
Distribution: slackware
Posts: 4,924
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Re: KDE 3.5 is out! Quick 'n Dirty Upgrade
Quote:
Originally posted by Shade
We use upgradepkg first to remove the old packages with the same names, and then installpkg to install any new ones that weren't installed previously.
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What's wrong with
Code:
# upgradepkg --install-new *.tgz
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Quicker, but not so dirty!
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11-29-2005, 11:33 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Burke, VA
Distribution: RHEL, Slackware, Ubuntu, Fedora
Posts: 1,418
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Nothing wrong with it
Just wasn't aware at the moment. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll change the post above.
-- Shade
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11-30-2005, 03:44 AM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Indonesia,Sidoarjo
Posts: 342
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wow that's nice....thanx for that howto and link 
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11-30-2005, 04:17 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Riga, LV
Distribution: Slackware/Gentoo
Posts: 26
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KDE is nice. Slackware 10.2 comes with KDE and no Gnome. But instead of gnome it would be nice to bundle enlightenment DR17 desktop manager (just a theoretical thought  ).
I had once downloaded all the sources for DR17, compiled and configured them as written in teh  , but it didnt work for me.
I recently googled web for elnlightenment DR17 slack packages but found none. Maby someone has dealt with DR17 on slack and can provide some good info on that.
Cheers!
:^)
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11-30-2005, 10:05 AM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2002
Location: Novi Sad, Vojvodina
Distribution: Slackware, FreeBSD
Posts: 386
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Quote:
Originally posted by lockout
[B]
I recently googled web for elnlightenment DR17 slack packages but found none. Maby someone has dealt with DR17 on slack and can provide some good info on that.
Cheers!
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You could try these.
Don't know if it works, I compile my own E17
http://sourceforge.net/projects/slacke17
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11-30-2005, 10:48 AM
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Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 173
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Enlightenment packages are available at http://linuxpackages.net/ but since the system is quite alpha many usability features are not present. That is not to say that it is not stable, for it generally is (some applications crash).
As for KDE 3.5..... I have never seen a major KDE release without some annoying and glaring bugs. Hopefully not this time. I'm planning on just waiting to 3.5.1 
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12-01-2005, 12:55 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Riga, LV
Distribution: Slackware/Gentoo
Posts: 26
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Quote:
Originally posted by coffeedrinker
Enlightenment packages are available at http://linuxpackages.net/ but since the system is quite alpha many usability features are not present.
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I allready checked that site - i didnt find any enl17 packages, maby because they are under another name than enligtenment (I guess so). It is one of my favorite sites [linuxpackages.net] for searching on slack packages (besides official slack site).
Yep!! This one is the ONE I was looking for - thanks! 
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12-01-2005, 11:59 AM
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Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 173
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At Linuxpackages type in "enlightenment" and select "any" for version.
By the way, I do compile my own as well. Let's you tweak the themes....
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12-03-2005, 01:39 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Burke, VA
Distribution: RHEL, Slackware, Ubuntu, Fedora
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deleted, was just a test.
Last edited by Shade; 12-09-2005 at 06:51 PM.
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12-05-2005, 03:38 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2005
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Distribution: Kubuntu
Posts: 3
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After I upgraded to 3.5, when I opened kpackage, there are no packages listed. How can I fix this? I often use kpackage to see if I have a certain program installed. When I go to Settings > Configure KPackage, everything is grayed out except Remote Host and RPM. Slackware is grayed out and it says "Slackware: installpkg not found."
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12-05-2005, 09:15 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Hyderabad, India
Distribution: Slackware 13, Ubuntu 12.04
Posts: 440
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Thanks shade, worked like a charm
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12-06-2005, 08:01 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2005
Posts: 21
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I'm having the same problem as misterwiddle above. After I upgraded to KDE 3.5 I noticed that Kpackage no longer listed anything as installed, new, upgraded, nothing. Anyway to "refresh" it and get the installed apps listed again?
After looking around a bit, it seems I've lost settings for other things too. i.e Xsane, kopete, etc.
Hmmm, might not have upgraded if I knew I was going to loose settings for things. Shouldn't it have just kept the settings for most things?
BTW, I upgraded by downloading all the *tgz file from a mirror, then ran upgradepkg --instal-new *.tgz
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12-09-2005, 04:52 AM
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Member
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: São Paulo - Brazil
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 138
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Hi guys..after upgrade to KDE 3.5 , you must logging by root to get kpackage working.
Thanks,
Ricardson
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12-09-2005, 05:00 AM
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Member
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: São Paulo - Brazil
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 138
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Or use kdesu like below:
kdesu kpackage
Thanks,
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