KDE4.3.2 Release 6th Oct - Page 3

oldcpu · #21 (**permalink**) 09-Oct-2009, 16:30

I updated the KDE-4.3.1 on my 64-bit openSUSE-11.1 (on my Dell Studio 1537 laptop) to KDE-4.3.2 by changing the repositories to the repos

Code:

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/43/openSUSE_11.1/

and disabling any other KDE/desktop repos (in fact they were already either deleted or disabled - I keep my repos at a minimum).

I'm no expert in updating KDE to an unofficial KDE version. In fact I swore off the entire idea of updating KDE (to unofficial versions) for years ... although my Linux knowledge now is a bit better than it was some years back when KDE updates gave me major troubles.

I did not do an "unconditional update" after updating the repos. That may be the best approach, but "unconditional" causes me some heart burn philosophically. So instead I selected "Update if Newer Version Available". I figured I could always do an "unconditional update" next if the "update if newer version available" approach fails. That also may be why I ran into a couple of dependency conflicts. To resolve the dependency conflicts I ended up uninstalling libtag-extras0 and un-installing PolicyKit-KDE-lang-11.1 ... From what I can see, it turns out those two apps were likely replaced with some other apps that do the same, but have slightly different names.

Thus far KDE-4.3.2 on my Dell Studio 1537 laptop appear to be running ok. Its too early to say if it will be less stable or more stable. I'll have to run the laptop some more , but I'm hopeful it will be more stable.