KDE 2.1.1 on Debian

[Bully_Crist]

this may sound stupid, but... I haven't got the foggiest idea how to install it...I tried using the servers suggested at kde.org, but they don't seem to be alive... help?

also, I seem to have a 1.x.x version on here...will I need to scrap all those packages, too?

[DaMasta]

apt-get install task-kde or is it apt-get install kde. I can't remember but it is one of those. This is assuming you have deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable contrib non-free main in your /etc/apt/sources.list.

[[GoRN]]

iirc kde 1.x is in /opt/kde the 2.X is /usr/kde

so you can leave the old put remove it from your path (or just rename it like 'kdeold' in /opt)

and for the packages try ftp.kde.org

works for me.

what packages you need depeneds on what you want.

i just want konqueror so i needed
qt-2.3.0.tar.gz
kdelibs-2.1.1.tar.gz
kdebase-2.1.1.tar.gz

installed in that order

i did it from source heres some instructions from memory

qt-2.3.0:
first untar the program:
tar zxvf qt-2.3.0.tar.gz
then you want to cd there
cd qt-2.3.0
if it *****es about QTDIR do
export QTDIR=$PWD
now do ./configure -enable-mt -gif -system-jpeg -system-png

if the enable-mt fails just delete that part it, it's not needed but faster (IMHO)

now do
make
and it will scroll a lot of stuff to the screen, don't worry about unless it failes (you'll know it if it does) then post here the last 10 lines or so.

now to install as root:
mv /usr/lib/qt /usr/lib/qtold
mv qt-2.3.0 /usr/lib/qt

now we need kdelibs
tar zxvf kdelibs-2.1.1.tar.gz
cd kdelibs-2.1.1
./configure --enable-mt --with-gnu-ld
make
(more scrolling info)
now we don't mv the dir but we do:
make install
(more scrolling info)

now the libs are installed before you make install you may want to mv /opt/kde /opt/kdeold.

now kdebase:
tar zxvf kdebase-2.1.1.tar.gz
./configure --enable-mt --with-gnu-ld
make
make install

the other packages are about the same

./configure --help will give you more options to play with
your binaries will be put in /usr/kde or /usr/local/kde (my /usr/local is a sym link to /usr so it's all the same for me)

the tar zxvf would be yxvf if it's tar.bz2 files

x == expand
v == verbose (show each file thats extracted while it's extracted)
f == file to extract (whatever.tar.gz)
z == gziped
y == bzip2ed
it's its a plain .tar do tar xvf

good luck

[ 06 April 2001: Message edited by: [GoRN] ]

[TC]

Absolutely do not do the above!!

If you are running potato don't use unstable, go to this site and read the instructions:
http://kde.tdyc.com/

PS - do an:
apt-get update
then do an:
apt-get upgrade

before you do anything from the above site. You want your distro updated first. Very important!

;)

TC

[TC]

Here's a good Debian site:
http://www.debianhelp.org/

[mychl]

Thought this might help anyone else in whose doing the whole KDE thing....