Is KDE 4.7.3 available via the stable release? If not, does anyone have the release date or alternative?
The page giving you all the info you need to have about KDE is here:
KDE repositories - openSUSE
The repos considered stable you can visit them here:
Stable aka. KDS (KDE SC 4.7)
you will notice that the description of the content is not sufficiently updated. Indicated as 4.7.2 in reality the status is 4.7.4.
Please hold in mind that in these versions (as in 12.1) AFAIK Kmail 2.0 is still broken.
Thanks for the response; however, how would you install the distro repos? Not sure how to connect the dots.
AFAICS there’s no 4.7.3 in the repos anymore. Currently stable has 4.7.4-3.11.4 and Release/47 has 4.7.4-4.22.4.
To add a repo use Yast>Repositories>Add>URL>type the url shown in the repo list stakanov linked above. If using the Release/47 add the core and extra repos.
Of course you can do this via command line with zypper, I usually prefer yast.
You can find a page with the proposed update procedures here:
SDB:KDE upgrade - openSUSE
Please note that there are precise repos that have to be deactivated before doing it. I would make sure “comunity contributions” is not active anymore. I would first deactivate updated apps and extra and do the core update. I then would update the rest. Gave with me good and stable results.
Here is what I get:
Office:/home/phil # zypper update
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
The following package updates will NOT be installed:
akonadi akonadi-runtime akregator amarok ark bluedevil bluedevil-lang
bootsplash-branding-openSUSE branding-openSUSE choqok cln digikam digikam-doc
digikam-lang dolphin dragonplayer gfxboot gfxboot-branding-openSUSE
ggz-client-libs gimp-branding-openSUSE gstreamer-0_10
gstreamer-0_10-plugin-esd gstreamer-0_10-plugin-gnomevfs
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base gwenview k3b
kaddressbook kaffeine kate kcalc kcharselect kcm_gtk kcolorchooser
kde4-filesystem kde4-kgreeter-plugins kdeartwork4-wallpapers
kdeartwork4-wallpapers-weather kdebase4-libkonq kdebase4-nsplugin
kdebase4-openSUSE kdebase4-runtime kdebase4-runtime-branding-openSUSE
kdebase4-session kdebase4-workspace kdebase4-workspace-branding-openSUSE
kdebase4-workspace-ksysguardd kdebase4-workspace-liboxygenstyle
kdegames4-carddecks-default kdegames4-carddecks-other kdelibs4
kdelibs4-branding-openSUSE kdelibs4-core kdenetwork4-filesharing kdepasswd
kdepim4 kdepim4-runtime kdepim4-wizards kdepimlibs4 kdialog kdm
kdm-branding-openSUSE kdnssd keditbookmarks kfind kgamma kget kgpg
kio_audiocd kio_iso kio_kamera kio_sysinfo kio_sysinfo-branding-openSUSE
kipi-plugins kipi-plugins-acquireimage kipi-plugins-geolocation
kipi-plugins-lang kmag kmahjongg kmail kmines kmix kmousetool knotes kompare
konqueror konqueror-plugins konsole kontact konversation konversation-lang
kopete korganizer kpat krdc kreversi krfb kruler kscd ksnapshot
ksplashx-branding-openSUSE ksshaskpass ksudoku ktorrent kvkbd kwalletmanager
kwebkitpart kwin kwrite lensfun-data libakonadi4 libakonadiprotocolinternals1
libbluedevil1 libggz2 libgrantlee_core0 libgstapp-0_10-0
libgstinterfaces-0_10-0 libgstreamer-0_10-0 libiodbc3 libkcddb4
libkcompactdisc4 libkdcraw20 libkde4 libkdecore4 libkdeedu4-data libkdegames4
libkdepim4 libkdepimlibs4 libkeduvocdocument4 libkexiv2-10 libkface1
libkgeomap1 libkipi8 libkonq5 libksane0 libksuseinstall1 libktexteditor
libktorrent3 liblastfm0 liblensfun0 libmarblewidget12 libmsn0_3 libmygpo-qt1
libopencv2_3 libphonon4 libpolkit-qt-1-1 libprison0 libqalculate5
libqimageblitz4 libquicktime0 libqzeitgeist0 libraptor2-0 librasqal3
libredland0 libsoprano4 libstrigi0 libtag-extras1 libwavpack1 libxine1
libxine1-gnome-vfs libxine1-pulse linphone marble marble-data mjpegtools
moodbar NetworkManager-kde4-libs NetworkManager-openvpn-kde4
NetworkManager-pptp-kde4 NetworkManager-vpnc-kde4 okular oxygen-gtk
oxygen-icon-theme oxygen-icon-theme-large phonon-backend-gstreamer-0_10
plasma-addons plasma-addons-akonadi plasma-addons-lancelot
plasma-addons-marble plasmoid-folderview plasmoid-networkmanagement
plasmoid-quickaccess polkit-kde-agent-1 polkit-kde-kcmmodules-1 python-kde4
python-kdebase4 python-pyudev shared-desktop-ontologies skanlite soprano
soprano-backend-redland soprano-backend-virtuoso soundkonverter sox strigi
susegreeter-branding-openSUSE sweeper synaptiks update-desktop-files
virtuoso-drivers virtuoso-server wallpaper-branding-openSUSE
yast2-qt-branding-openSUSE
Nothing to do.
Office:/home/phil #
Office:/home/phil # zypper lr
| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh
—±------------------------±------------------------±--------±-------
1 | KDE:Extra | KDE:Extra | Yes | Yes
2 | Packman Repository | Packman Repository | Yes | Yes
3 | libdvdcss repository | libdvdcss repository | Yes | Yes
4 | nVidia Graphics Drivers | nVidia Graphics Drivers | Yes | Yes
5 | openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4 | openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4 | Yes | No
6 | openSUSE_12.1 | openSUSE_12.1 | Yes | Yes
7 | repo-debug | openSUSE-12.1-Debug | No | Yes
8 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-12.1-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes
9 | repo-oss | openSUSE-12.1-Oss | Yes | Yes
10 | repo-source | openSUSE-12.1-Source | No | Yes
Office:/home/phil # ^C
Office:/home/phil #
Just a remark (while I am having a look), could you please always post tables and terminal output in “code” tags, because it makes it so much more readable. Thank you. (You find them in the “advanced functions” of the posting windows. http://forums.opensuse.org/content/33-posting-code-tags-guide.html
Not for being “viced” but I know already people will tell you in future and because it speeds things up. Thanks.
Well, yes, it is logic. You tell him to do the update from the original distribution DVD, and of course there is nothing to do. You need to tell him from where you want to do the update. So I would give for comodity a short name like in the howto. Which gives (provided you call it like them KDS):
zypper dup **--from KDS**
While in your case, the command would be (if the highlighted one is the added 4.74 repo):
zypper dup --from **openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4 **
Your computer is as dump as a post, it will only do EXACTLY what you will tell him. 
Thanks for the information and assistance. Now running KDE 4.7.4. The 4.7.4 repo was openSUSE_12.1.