KDE 4.3

[sabbyman]

Hi Guys,

The official version of KDE 4.3 is almost out. I can't wait any longer. Its eating me up. I need the new features

How do I upgrade from 4.2.4. Hopefully this will help other noobs about this too.

Also, for the benefit for those will be using the official version in August, can you guys also state how to upgrade when the official one actually comes out.

Thanks Guys,

[mmarif4u]

RC3 is released and is in factory repos.

This link provide easy update features through 1 click installer.
Once factory repos added, next time update will update the kde to latest one when released. Can use terminal to update the system with zypper up, once released.

KDE/KDE4 - openSUSE

Release announcement:

KDE - KDE 4.3 RC3 Release Announcement

[sabbyman]

Thanks greatly for this info. I've setup an RSS feed to the KDE site so I can have more info quicker.

What is the hard way of doing it. I really would like to get myself off of the one click installers because they tend to add redundant repositories sometimes.

> I need the new features

just as a matter of personal interest, i wonder what features have
been added..

have they yet added stability, reliability, documentation and a
feature set equal to or exceeding (say) KDE3.5.x ?

--
brassy

[caf4926]

@sabbyman
Did I help you with kde42 recently?
To update to 4.3RC3 you need these repo's

Desktop
Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.1

Community
Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Community/openSUSE_11.1_KDE4_Factory_Desktop

You need to disable any kde repo's you have already (eg; kde 42' repo's)

Then in software management - filter by repo - select the new Desktop kde4 Factory and from the 'Package' menu along the top of Yast select Update all in this list Unconditionally.
Do the same in Community kde4 Factory
Accept

Can I say, look out for defunct packages. Ones which have dropped the kde4 prefix. eg; kde4-dolphin, kde4-amarok. Those packages still exist but only for older kde4 versions.

If you filter by repo's and select the 'System', scroll thru. Look for RED packages. Use the versions tab to check it.

[mmarif4u]

You can add factory repo, and then just do zypper up in terminal.

Factory repo here.

Hope this helps.

EDIT: Caf won...

[sabbyman]

Originally Posted by caf4926

@sabbyman
Did I help you with kde42 recently?
To update to 4.3RC3 you need these repo's

Desktop
Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.1

Community
Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Community/openSUSE_11.1_KDE4_Factory_Desktop

You need to disable any kde repo's you have already (eg; kde 42' repo's)

Then in software management - filter by repo - select the new Desktop kde4 Factory and from the 'Package' menu along the top of Yast select Update all in this list Unconditionally.
Do the same in Community kde4 Factory
Accept

Can I say, look out for defunct packages. Ones which have dropped the kde4 prefix. eg; kde4-dolphin, kde4-amarok. Those packages still exist but only for older kde4 versions.

If you filter by repo's and select the 'System', scroll thru. Look for RED packages. Use the versions tab to check it.

My Sincerest apologies for the repeat. I must look a bit closer as to these sort of things. Next time I will look twice before posting

Well, I've tried disabling all my repositories except for the NVIDIA, update and then added the two factory repos that you specified. I selected all to be uncondionally updated but got dependancy errors. Nothing supports the desktop 4.2.98 stuff for some reason

[sabbyman]

nothing I do still doesn't work. even the one click doesn't work. Am I missing something?

output of zypper lr

# | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh
---+------------------------------------+------------------------------------+---------+--------
1 | 11.1 - Main Repository (OSS) | 11.1 - Main Repository (OSS) | No | Yes
2 | 11.1 - VideoLan | 11.1 - VideoLan | No | No
3 | NVIDIA Repository | NVIDIA Repository | No | Yes
4 | Packman | Packman repository (openSUSE_11.1) | No | Yes
5 | X11GL | X11GL | No | Yes
6 | devel:tools:building | devel:tools:building | No | No
7 | openSUSE-NonOSS-Add-on_11.1-0 | openSUSE-NonOSS-Add-on 11.1-0 | No | No
8 | openSUSE_11.1 | openSUSE_11.1 | No | No
9 | openSUSE_11.1_1 | openSUSE_11.1 | Yes | Yes
10 | openSUSE_11.1_KDE4_Factory_Desktop | openSUSE_11.1_KDE4_Factory_Desktop | Yes | Yes
11 | openSUSE_11.1_KDE_42 | openSUSE_11.1_KDE_42 | No | No
12 | openSUSE_11.1_KDE_42_1 | openSUSE_11.1_KDE_42 | No | No
13 | repo-update | openSUSE-11.1-Update | No | Yes

[caf4926]

Please do

zypper lr --details

I can see already your repos need work!

[sabbyman]

#  | Alias                              | Name                               | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                                                | Service
---+------------------------------------+------------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1  | 11.1 - Main Repository (OSS)       | 11.1 - Main Repository (OSS)       | No      | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1/repo/oss/                                           |
2  | 11.1 - VideoLan                    | 11.1 - VideoLan                    | No      | No      |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/SuSE/11.1/                                           |
3  | NVIDIA Repository                  | NVIDIA Repository                  | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.1                                                           |
4  | Packman                            | Packman repository (openSUSE_11.1) | No      | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/                                            |
5  | X11:XGL                            | X11:XGL                            | No      | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_11.1_KDE4_Factory/                     |
6  | devel:tools:building               | devel:tools:building               | No      | No      |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/tools:/building/openSUSE_11.1/                    |
7  | openSUSE-NonOSS-Add-on_11.1-0      | openSUSE-NonOSS-Add-on 11.1-0      | No      | No      |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1/repo/non-oss/                                       |
8  | openSUSE_11.1                      | openSUSE_11.1                      | No      | No      |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/42/openSUSE_11.1/                                   |
9  | openSUSE_11.1_1                    | openSUSE_11.1                      | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.1/               |
10 | openSUSE_11.1_KDE4_Factory_Desktop | openSUSE_11.1_KDE4_Factory_Desktop | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Community/openSUSE_11.1_KDE4_Factory_Desktop/ |
11 | openSUSE_11.1_KDE_42               | openSUSE_11.1_KDE_42               | No      | No      |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Community/openSUSE_11.1_KDE_42/               |
12 | openSUSE_11.1_KDE_42_1             | openSUSE_11.1_KDE_42               | No      | No      |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Playground/openSUSE_11.1_KDE_42/              |
13 | repo-update                        | openSUSE-11.1-Update               | Yes     | Yes     |   20     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/

sorry for annoying you caf