2008/5/30 Mark Haney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Beso wrote: > >> 2008/5/29 Hemmann, Volker Armin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> On Donnerstag, 29. Mai 2008, Mark Haney wrote: >>> >>> Do I NEED kde-meta-4.0 installed? The HOWTO says otherwise. I'd prefer >>>> to have a chance to fall back on to 3.5.9 if I need to. >>>> >>> you can have kde-meta-4.0.4 and kde3.5.9 installed at the same time. I >>> do... >>> -- >>> [email protected] mailing list >>> >>> >>> you aren't forced to have it installed but since the deps aren't fully >> ok >> nowadays the kdebase-meta-4.0.4 is good to be installed. and since it's a >> slotted install (as almost all gentoo major bump versions or even minor in >> some cases as python, gcc, java, autotools and autoconf for example) they >> are likely to not interfere with each others. you'll just have to make a >> copy of your .kde folder. the first time you'll login the system will >> create >> a .kde3.5, a .kde4 and a .kde symlink in your home directory. the first is >> the config for the 3.5 enviroment, the second for the kde4 one and the >> symlink points to the last environment you've used and after login is >> pointing to the in use environment. if you haven't started yet kde4 and >> find >> a .kde4 folder in your home directory then move it elsewhere and retry a >> login after installing the kdebase-meta-4.0.4. this is the minimum >> required >> package along with kdebase-startkde-4.0.4 to be able to use kde4. if you >> don't like it then just remove the kde4 slot packages and you'll stay with >> kde3.5. just remember that a qt rebuild needs a kdelibs rebuild: the qt4 >> needs also the kdelibs-3.5.x rebuild to have the qt4 apps still working >> in >> the correct way (lastfm would display only broken stuff without kdelibs >> rebuild after a qt4 upgrade/rebuild), while the qt3 doesn't need a >> kdelibs-4.0.4 rebuild, but only a kdelibs-3.5.x one. i'd also advice you >> to >> leave the 4.0.4 branch and test the 4.1 beta one (seems to be better in >> terms of quality and usability than 4.0.4 one). >> >> > Hey, I'll all for testing 4.1, but how do I get it? I don't see it in > portage? >
there's a thread on the forum about installing the 4.1 beta 1 on gentoo. i think that in the next weeks the rc might hit portage in the second half of june. -- dott. ing. beso
