Proper Way To Upgrade openSUSE 12.1 from KDE 4.7 to KDE 4.8 Release

DMCorsa · January 31, 2012, 3:26pm

I need some advice on the correct way to upgrade from the KDE 4.7 Upstream Release to the newly released KDE 4.8 Upstream.

In my repositories I had KDE 4.7 Upstream for Core, Extra and Playground. I disabled those and added the KDE 4.8 Upstream Release Repositories for Core, Extra and Playground.

When I go to do a software update I get a very large number of Dependency Errors. So, rather than take a chance and break my system by selecting the wrong option somewhere to resolve, I aborted the update.

Any advice on how to proceed and not end up with a broken system would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Running X86_64 if that makes any difference.

caf4926 · January 31, 2012, 3:40pm

Remove any 4.7 repos if you have them!

Add the Repo/s for 4.8

Index of /repositories/KDE:/Release:/48/openSUSE_12.1

Index of /repositories/KDE:/Extra/KDE_Release_48_openSUSE_12.1

Use the switcher
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/Switcher%20Pics/kde48_switch.jpeg

phanisvara · January 31, 2012, 5:37pm

On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:16:05 +0530, caf4926
<caf4926@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
> Remove any 4.7 repos if you have them!
>
> Add the Repo/s for 4.8
>
> ‘Index of /repositories/KDE:/Release:/48/openSUSE_12.1’
> (http://tinyurl.com/6mcqa75)
>
> ‘Index of /repositories/KDE:/Extra/KDE_Release_48_openSUSE_12.1’
> (http://tinyurl.com/7khg8b5)
>
> Use the switcher
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/Switcher%20Pics/kde48_switch.jpeg
>
>

and since you are using applications / packages from KDE/Extra and
KDE/Unstable:/Playground, you’ll have to permit the package switcher to
use packages from “excluded repositories,” which refers to extra &
playground. (since you’re asking to “switch to packages from this repo,”
yast considers the other repo.s as “excluded,” and asks you for permission
to use them in every case.

–
phani.

DMCorsa · January 31, 2012, 11:10pm

Thanks for the response. This is what I had tried. As soon as I hit to Switch Packages, I get all the dependecy errors. I have removed all the 4.7 repositories and get the same result.

Here is my current repository setup if it helps.

#  | Alias                                        | Name                                         | Enabled | Refresh
---+----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+---------+--------
 1 | GNOME_3.2_Stable                             | GNOME 3.2 Stable                             | Yes     | Yes    
 2 | GNOME_Apps_Factory                           | GNOME Apps Factory                           | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
 3 | KDE_4.8_Core_Packages                        | KDE 4.8 Core Packages                        | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
 4 | KDE_4.8_Extra_Gear_Packages                  | KDE 4.8 Extra Gear Packages                  | Yes     | Yes    
 5 | KDE_4.8_Playground_(Unstable)_Packages       | KDE 4.8 Playground (Unstable) Packages       | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
 6 | LibreOffice_Stable_for_openSUSE_12.1         | LibreOffice Stable for openSUSE 12.1         | Yes     | Yes    
 7 | Local_Repository_Directory                   | Local Repository Directory                   | Yes     | Yes    
 8 | NVIDIA_Proprietary_Drivers_for_openSUSE_12.1 | NVIDIA Proprietary Drivers for openSUSE 12.1 | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
 9 | Packman_-_Complete_for_openSUSE_12.1         | Packman - Complete for openSUSE 12.1         | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
10 | Updates-for-openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4           | Updates for openSUSE 12.1 12.1-1.4           | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
11 | VLC_VideoLan_for_openSUSE_12.1               | VLC VideoLan for openSUSE 12.1               | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
12 | google-chrome                                | google-chrome                                | Yes     | Yes    
13 | openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4                       | openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4                       | Yes     | No                                                                                                                                          
14 | openSUSE_12.1_OSS_Repository                 | openSUSE 12.1 OSS Repository                 | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
15 | openSUSE_12.1_Updates                        | openSUSE 12.1 Updates                        | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
16 | openSUSE_non-OSS_Repository                  | openSUSE non-OSS Repository                  | Yes     | Yes    
17 | repo-debug                                   | openSUSE-12.1-Debug                          | No      | Yes                                                                                                                                         
18 | repo-debug-update                            | openSUSE-12.1-Update-Debug                   | No      | Yes                                                                                                                                         
19 | repo-non-oss                                 | openSUSE-12.1-Non-Oss                        | Yes     | Yes    
20 | repo-oss                                     | openSUSE-12.1-Oss                            | Yes     | Yes                                                                                                                                         
21 | repo-source                                  | openSUSE-12.1-Source                         | No      | Yes                                                                                                                                         
22 | spideroak-stable                             | SpiderOak Stable Distribution                | Yes     | No

caf4926 · January 31, 2012, 11:22pm

You shouldn’t really use Playground IMO, not with the Release 48 repo
And the VLC repo is enough to bugge r up your system for good

Save the error to file with the expert option on the box and link us to it
You can paste it here
SUSE Paste

DMCorsa · February 1, 2012, 12:34am

Ok, I also removed Playground for 4.8 and the VLC Reposittory (was only using that one for the libdvdcss2 anyway).

I pasted the text from the file here: SUSE Paste

Thanks for your help

caf4926 · February 1, 2012, 6:09am

The only ones I’m certain on are:

] keep obsolete k3b-2.0.2-13.8.x86_64

] deinstallation of qt4-qtscript-0.1.0-14.1.2.x86_64

Looks like you have installed a fair amount of stuff from unstable (git)*
I’m not prepared to guess this for you.

libdvdcss2 should be installed by following the multimedia guide
http://forums.opensuse.org/content/107-re-multi-media-restricted-format-installation-guide.html

DMCorsa · February 2, 2012, 2:52am

Thank you for your help once again. I followed your advice and also carried the logic to remove the offending packages and got the system updated to KDE 4.8.0.

Thanks again.

caf4926 · February 2, 2012, 5:54am

Hope that continues to work well for you

futureboy · May 9, 2012, 8:12pm

I am very interested in upgrading from 4.7 to 4.8. My only concern is how it will affect Kontact and the whole PIM suite. That is the primary piece of software I use. I reverted to Kontact v4.4.11 because kmail2 was broken in 4.7.whatever. I want to take advantage of all the improved functionality of 4.8 (hopefully the lags have been smoothed out) but not lose the key piece of software that I require for my day to day operation.

Will I be able to upgrade to 4.8.x without affecting the KDEPIM suite?

Thanks!

futureboy · May 14, 2012, 3:38am

Upgrade successful! I locked the packages that pertained to Kontact and accepted some of the risks and my computer has never run better. Thank you to everyone that contributed to these KDE packages.