Slack 13 + KDE 4.3?

Lufbery · 08-20-2009, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by rworkman

I initially thought 4.3.x would depend on PolicyKit too, but after building it both with and without PolicyKit installed, it seems to still be an optional dependency. Best I can tell, we don't really lose anything by not having PolicyKit.

That's what I thought too after reading the instructions for building KDE 4.

So, what are the core changes to Slackware that 4.3 requires?

Regards,

Michielvw · 08-20-2009, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by rworkman

I'm guessing it's the new desktop menu thingie - right-clicking on the desktop now requires one more click to get to the applications menu, whereas it only required one total click on 4.4.x. For whatever reason, lots of people are upset about that, which is fine (I'm not a huge fan either), but it's not *that* big a deal.

Perhaps this page has the solution for that. I admit I haven't tried it, but will do so after I get back from holiday (ie early next week-ish)

pwc101 · 08-20-2009, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Michielvw

Perhaps this page has the solution for that. I admit I haven't tried it, but will do so after I get back from holiday (ie early next week-ish)

If you turn the icons off on the desktop, you also get the old right-click functionality back. Though obviously you lose the icons too.

rworkman · 08-20-2009, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Lufbery

That's what I thought too after reading the instructions for building KDE 4.

So, what are the core changes to Slackware that 4.3 requires?

Best I can tell, none. :-)

con · 08-20-2009, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by rworkman

Best I can tell, none. :-)

You we're able to build 4.3 without any changes? I tried doing the same using the .SlackBuild files for 4.2.4 by changing version numbers and commenting out the zcat lines. No succes, first two packages built after upgrading some libs (think it was pim). But then I got stuck on this error findlibknotificationitem-1. Couldnt find a solution by googling. Aseigo mentions the problem on his blog here, did'nt help me at all... After that I gave up.

rworkman · 08-20-2009, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by con

You we're able to build 4.3 without any changes?

No, not without *any* changes, but without any *core* changes. Perhaps I read the question in a way that it wasn't written.

There are a few things that need version bumps (akonadi and soprano off the top of my head, but seems like there were one or two more).

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I tried doing the same using the .SlackBuild files for 4.2.4 by changing version numbers and commenting out the zcat lines. No succes, first two packages built after upgrading some libs (think it was pim). But then I got stuck on this error findlibknotificationitem-1. Couldnt find a solution by googling. Aseigo mentions the problem on his blog here, did'nt help me at all... After that I gave up.

kdelibs-experimental is new in 4.3.0, so you'll have to adapt one of the existing build scripts for it. oxygen-icons is also new, and there might have been one more.

wadsworth · 08-20-2009, 12:36 PM

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kdelibs-experimental is new in 4.3.0, so you'll have to adapt one of the existing build scripts for it. oxygen-icons is also new, and there might have been one more.

kdepim runtime is the other new one.

I haven't had success here yet, but I'm going to wait until the 13.0
release before really trying to build KDE 4.3 in earnest.
Anyway, 4.3 could show up in /testing soon. Or Robby might make packages available
(like he did when KDE 4.0 was in rc status...IIRC)

con · 08-20-2009, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by wadsworth

kdepim runtime is the other new one.
Anyway, 4.3 could show up in /testing soon. Or Robby might make packages available
(like he did when KDE 4.0 was in rc status...IIRC)

That's what I'm wishing too

Franklin · 08-20-2009, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by rworkman

Best I can tell, none. :-)

Well, that's an interesting statement ...

Bller · 08-22-2009, 12:17 PM

Is Konsole the only terminal app in slack right now? ( talking about the stable 12.2 ) cose the only thing i can find is another 2 terminal emulators that freeze my PC and make me restart it.

hitest · 08-22-2009, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Bller

Is Konsole the only terminal app in slack right now? ( talking about the stable 12.2 ) cose the only thing i can find is another 2 terminal emulators that freeze my PC and make me restart it.

I use Konsole in KDE and the X terminal emulator in XFce (in stable and in -current), they work fine for me.

Bller · 08-22-2009, 12:47 PM

Great , i use Konsole in KDE, didn`t try xfce yet, alldough i will. So there isn`t another terminal app besides Konsole in KDE right?

Franklin · 08-22-2009, 01:17 PM

There's always xterm and rxvt. Depends on what you mean by terminal "app" I suppose.

aterm is available from slackbuilds.org as well.

Bller · 08-22-2009, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Franklin

There's always xterm and rxvt. Depends on what you mean by terminal "app" I suppose.

aterm is available from slackbuilds.org as well.

Ah thanks, i was talking about other terminal applications like Konsole, if there were others in the default install.

mRgOBLIN · 08-22-2009, 06:00 PM

This question should be in it's own thread but here is a list anyway

xterm
rxvt
vte
terminal