I was thinking of installing the new kde 3.5.0 version. I have both installed slapt-get and swaret. But when I do a list of slapt-get I do not get the kde 3.5.0 package as an option, if I do an update with swaret I again do not get an option of updating kde. My third option was to download from linuxpackages.com and the use pkgtool to install.

1)Am I doing something wrong with slapt-get and swaret so donn't get an option to upgrade kde?

2)What exactly should I download from linuxpackages? How do I properly install it? My guess is to shut X down and login as root and just run installpkg kde-package.tgz.

TIA

What slackware branch do you use? Stable or Current? Stable generally gets patches while new packages are put into current. Try changing the VERSION option in swaret.conf file and then do:

and see if you get the updated KDE packages. I haven't used slapt-get so can't tell you about it.

Tux,

slapt and swaret normally are configured to download patches and upgraded packages from the main slackware repository.

to this point slackware.com hasn't made a 3.5 KDE yet, so that is why you haven't seen it.

you can use the package from linuxpackages.net but you should read the comments and maybe email the packager to see if you need to uninstall any old packages or if you need to add any new packages. there is many ways you can compile KDE, and they may not have done it the way Patrick did.

UPDATE: slackware-current does have KDE 3.5.1
But not sure what version of gcc was used to compile it.

Maybe then I should wait for KDE 3.5.0 to enter the main slackware repository?

i would give it a shot, i'm thinking of doing it now that i know it is there.

download the kde/ directory cd into it and:
upgradepkg *.tgz

at least that is what i'm going to do, i will put on a bike helmet and shin guards first though.

Update:
I downloaded the kde/ directory from current
upgraded everything, KDE won't start, so i'm downgrading now.

I use a third-party utility called kslackcheck to help me update Slackware. This utility only informs the user of which packages are newer and if the user desires, the utility will download the packages. The utility does not install anything and the user is expected to use the standard Slackware package tools to install or update the packages. Safe, but convenient.

Slapt-get has all those options.

Or slackpkg which is included with the distro.

Of course: slapt-get, slackpkg and swaret do have the options kslackcheck has, and many more.

But I too like this neat KDE tool, as it has one advantage: It does the changelog check a lot quicker than all the other tools. Within seconds you know if there's something new, while the command line tools take ages to come up with a similar list (Why???).

And: kslackcheck makes it easier than the CL tools to select packages for upgrade and to download them. As this is where kslackcheck ends, it's not a replacement for the tools mentioned or kpackage, but a very nice addon. I recommend it, at least if you use KDE. gargamel