newbie: need to install KDE3 from SuSe distro on Debian

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Tuesday, May 20th 2003, 8:55pm

Hi.
I recently happen to obtain the SuSe (8.0) distro and now would like to install KDE 3 on my Debian (woody)... Frankly, I have no idea how to install and configure it.

Any comments are welcome.

Thanks in advance,
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Kal

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Wednesday, May 21st 2003, 12:59am

welcome to debian

first, since your using woody i dont think you'll find the latest KDE packages in the official debian repository. instead you'll need to follow the directions from the source, the kde website.

add this to your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://download.kde.org/stable/3.1.2/Debian stable main

then do the command: apt-get update
then apt-get install kdebase, and the other kde packages.

packages list is found here: http://kde.org/documentation/faq/install.html#id2907952

have fun!

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shadows

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Wednesday, May 21st 2003, 10:12am

Thank you, Kal.
Still, I dont have, well... a good internet, and wonder whether it is possible to install KDE from rpm taken from SuSe distro. Can I tune the apt to upgrade from a CD pack?

Thank you once again.
Regards,
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anda_skoa

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Wednesday, May 21st 2003, 10:25am

Well, apt-get can use CDs, but they have to be prepapred for that (correct directory structure)

And you would need Debian Packages.
SuSE packages are way to different, especialy the dependency information.
It would very likey break your Woody system.

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_

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shadows

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Wednesday, May 21st 2003, 3:17pm

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Original von anda_skoa

Well, apt-get can use CDs, but they have to be prepapred for that (correct directory structure)

And you would need Debian Packages.
SuSE packages are way to different, especialy the dependency information.
It would very likey break your Woody system.

Cheers,
_

Actually it did already... :wink:

Thank you anyway.

shadows

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Rinse

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Wednesday, May 21st 2003, 3:46pm

There are a lot of linux-sites that offer cheap custumized Linux cd's.
You can request such a site to create a kde debian cd for you.

Check if there is a site for your country.

Rinse

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