Re: KDE/Qt Status in Debian dists

1999-04-08 Thread Mike Carter
Date sent: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 05:11:27 -0400 From: Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copies to: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: KDE/Qt Status in Debian dists > Just b

Re: KDE/Qt Status in Debian dists

1999-04-07 Thread Joop Stakenborg
On Wed, 07 Apr 1999, J.H.M. Dassen wrote: > On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 05:11:27 -0400, Sean wrote: > > Just bypass the whole package manager, download the source, compile and > > install. > > Bypassing the package manager is usually a bad idea, unless you compile the > source to install outside the p

Re: KDE/Qt Status in Debian dists

1999-04-07 Thread Sean
J.H.M. Dassen wrote: > On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 05:11:27 -0400, Sean wrote: > > Just bypass the whole package manager, download the source, compile and > > install. > > Bypassing the package manager is usually a bad idea, unless you compile the > source to install outside the package manager contro

Re: KDE/Qt Status in Debian dists

1999-04-07 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 00:45:31 +, Terry Hancock wrote: > On the Hamm CDs, the "Qt" library required by KDE is not included for > licensing reasons. > However, the Troll Tech website claims the newer versions of Qt are "free" > software, Qt 2.0 will be licensed under the QPL 1.0, which is a

Re: KDE/Qt Status in Debian dists

1999-04-07 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 05:11:27 -0400, Sean wrote: > Just bypass the whole package manager, download the source, compile and > install. Bypassing the package manager is usually a bad idea, unless you compile the source to install outside the package manager controlled directories, e.g. by --prefi

Re: KDE/Qt Status in Debian dists

1999-04-07 Thread Sean
Just bypass the whole package manager, download the source, compile and install. This way when you decide to upgrade you won't have to worry about qt-kde getting broken unless some of their support libraries change. And even if that does happen, it would just mean that you would need to recompile

KDE/Qt Status in Debian dists

1999-04-07 Thread Terry Hancock
Hi, I've installed the "Hamm" (=2.0) distribution of Debian Linux from CD, and I intended from the start to install KDE as quickly as I could, but Debian has since gone to "Slink" (=2.1). On the Hamm CDs, the "Qt" library required by KDE is not included for licensing reasons. However, the Troll Te