I’m running opensuse 11.1. What’s the best way to install KDE 4.2?
add these repos:
Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.1
Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Extra-Apps/openSUSE_11.1
Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Community/openSUSE_11.1_KDE4_Factory_Desktop
Index of /repositories/KDE:/Qt44/openSUSE_11.1
Make sure you disable any other kde4 build service repo’s you may have added previously*
Now open Yast - Software Management
filter by repo
select each of the newly added repo’s in turn (start with Desktop then QT)
from the ‘Packages’ tab (top of screen) select update all in this list unconditionally.
Ignore dependency issues until you have marked each repo. If the dependency issues remain - report them here or work through them. You can save them to file from the error box.
(N.B. I advise that auto login is disabled )
Try this page. The repos are grouped together. Scroll to the Factory group. But don’t add the plain Factory repo. Add the ones labeled 11.1 Factory. There are 4 (to be sure you get everything): Desktop, QT packages, Extra Applications and Community.
Once you have added them, delete the old kde repos you may have. Next, under Software Management, set the filter for repos. Pick each of these new repos, one at a time, and right-click on any installed package in the right-side pane. Select All-in-this-List and then Update-if-newer-package-available.
Of course, some people just add the repos and do a zypper dup. I did it the first way and got no dependency problems.
Instead of going through all these steps I just used the newly posted link to complete the one click install for KDE 4.2 worked like a charm as well. Here is the link. Yast will auto open and run through the install for you.
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.1/KDE4-BASIS.ymp
Cheers,
DP
I have installed 11.1 - kde 4.2RC from a live CD. I changed my repos to factory from unstable (I assume this is what I should be doing).
When I try to update I get a ton of dependancy issues (168 ish). Is there a way to do this from the command line (or GUI) and automatically agree to what ever changes it needs to do?
I am coming from the Debian / Kubuntu world and am used to just saying “Y” once to apt and letting it do its thing.
This is not my main box so I am not too conserned if it breaks.
I got the dependency problem at first, too. Using my normal method of applying 6 fixes at once, I don’t know which actually worked.
My dependency issues went away when 1) I corrected my choice of repos from just “factory” to the factory repos for 11.1, and 2) I added the QT repo listed with the 11.1 factory repos.
I was a big fan of 1-click installs, especially since I am unlikely to make a mistake using them (Even I can’t click a link “wrong”). But, the last few times I used 1-click, it didn’t work for me, particularly with kde. I am glad to hear it worked for you. Maybe I’ll give 1-click a try again.
caf4926 wrote:
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> ‘Index of /repositories/KDE:/Qt44/openSUSE_11.1’
> (http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Qt44/openSUSE_11.1/)
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Can you use the QT45 repo instead? There is a fix in QT4.5 to correct a
problem with Okular and PDF files printing. QT4.4 does not have the fix.
Thanks for any help
OpenSUSE 11.1 KDE 4.1.3,
Intel DX48BT2 Core 2 Dual E7200. 4 GB DDR III
GeForce 8400 GS, 320GB Disc (2)
Russ
I haven’t been able to get 4.2 running with Qt 4.5 in x86_64, and from surfing the web, it seems I’m not the only one.
I’ve seen info from users though with 32-bit installs that KDE 4.2 runs fine with Qt4.5.
Take this with a grain of salt, though…
Cheers,
KV
I understand you can use QT45
Try it and see, it’s no big deal to switch back if necessary.
I do seem to recall geoffro saying he was using it, but I may be wrong.
Well… that completely boned my system… oh well… time to start over…
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.1/KDE4-BASIS.ymp
That should be a one click install. I hope
NOT a good idea quite a few users have had big problems doing this better to manually add the repos as Prexy described
/Geoff
agreed. OneClick’s are not my favourite either.
There seems to too many with limited knowledge trying out build service. No offence but it’s true.
- OldGaf wrote, On 01/29/2009 04:46 PM:
> Well… that completely boned my system… oh well… time to start
> over…
That’s not expected <G>
Define “boned”. After I updated through Yast, Plasma crashed immediately. I did a “zypper dup”, which fixed it.
Uwe
Define “boned”
Something you do with a piece of meat - (I’ll leave that to your imagination)
But I guess it’s like borked - but is that actually a word? I always assume terminology like this to mean - ‘It’s busted’ ‘Not Working’
Though a little more detail, and to go back to our earlier comment - ‘Meat on the bone’, would be helpful.
One click didn’t work too well for me on a laptop. I tried that because I couldn’t find the link to the page of repos. :shame:
I then went to work finding the right repos and installing via a yast. I got a ton of dependency problems that had me scratching my head, since that didn’t happen the day before on my desktop. What really confuses me is the difference with zypper.
I left the repos as they were and did zypper ref and zypper up. There were no dependency issues! I did have to zypper up twice to get everything, which I did as a precaution. But once I did that, all is well.
I tried that because I couldn’t find the link to the page of repos.
for future ref:
Index of /repositories
Thanks for the one-click install link Dale. I tried it out on my laptop and it worked great. I got a few dependency errors for some non-essential programs, so I just didn’t install them. But everything else works fine and kde 4.2 looks awesome.
On 01/29/2009 caf4926 wrote:
> Something you do with a piece of meat - (I’ll leave that to your
> imagination)
If you knew that I learned a lot of English from adult movies, you wouldn’t have left that to my imagination <G>
> But I guess it’s like borked - but is that actually a
> word? I always assume terminology like this to mean - ‘It’s busted’
> ‘Not Working’
Yeah, I got that, but it lacks specifics. It is pretty close to “The Internet is broke” 
Uwe