Hi I tried installing KDE3 on woody in a "proper" and hopefully reporoducable way. Here goes:
1. Add the KDE3/woody source to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://people.debian.org/~schoepf/kde3/woody ./ 2. Add an unstable (sid) source to sources.list. Only a source for main is needed for the purpose of installing KDE. # This should be enough: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main # in case you need some other things.. #deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free # And the same goes for non-US, and deb-src sources of the same things, if # you want 3. create /etc/apt/preferences . Actually I had to work around some limitations, and therefore I got some non-optimal settings (more details in the notes)., Here is my /etc/apt/preferences: Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 490 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 480 As you can see, I've given woody (stable) packages priority that is slightly *lower* than the default (500), and sid (unstable). This is intended to give the kde3 source a priority that is higher than stable. The downside is that any additional unofficil sources may suddenly get a priority that is higher than default as well. Some gotchas: any syntax errors there will be silently ignored. If you make changes, have a look at the list of packages to be installed in the next stage and make sure you did things right. Back to the instructions: 4. apt-get update apt-get install -t unstable qt3-mt apt-get install kdebase kdeutils kdepim kdegames koffice kdetoys [can anybody correct the last line?] Notes: 1. the unofficial KDE3 sources don't seem to come with a Release file. IMHO they should include such a file with 'Archive: [un]stable' and 'Origin: kde3' (or whatever, but not Debian, and the same to all archives). This will make pinning much easier: I could simply give the origin "kde3" a higher priority. 2. placing qt3 in the woody source would have been much help. Maybe add it as a different "component" (like 'main' and 'contrib' in the standard debian archives) And in the end of this post, I wish to thank the people who had helped building those packages, , create sources, and answer questions (including my personal nags) on #debian-kde . Thanks folks -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir
