[bt-devel] KDE 3.0 / Mandrake 8.2

[Joachim Ansorg]

Ah, this clears things up.
Thank you for this, I thought KDE 3 was installed by default. Is there any 
other distribution with KDE3 shipping ?

Joachim

> On Thursday 09 May 2002 02:50 am, Joachim Ansorg wrote:
> > I'm using SuSE 8.0 with KDE3 final here - it works pretty well, stable
> > and fast.
> >
> > But isn't it a good idea to provide Mandrake packages for others who want
> > to use 1.2?
>
> Just trust me on this one. Kde3 on mandrake is not what you think. It is a
> bear to get it installed and working correctly because it is not supported
> by mandrake. Like fred mentioned Mandrake 8.2 shipped with kde 2.2.2 and
> kde3 is an addon after the fact. Most will not be putting kde3 on thier
> mandrake 8.2 systems and if they do they will be fighting just to get it to
> work correctly.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Joachim
> >
> > > Yes kde3 has some problems, i think most of them come from running
> > > kde/qt2 and kde3/qt3 at the same time.  It will be good when kde3 gets
> > > out of the experimental stage.
> > >
> > > Fred
> > >
> > > Brook Humphrey wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday 08 May 2002 07:38 pm, Fred wrote:
> > > > > The CVS file compiles on mandrake 8.1 with KDE just fine.
> > > > > make sure that the export statements point to the loaction of the
> > > > > KDE3 and qt3 folders.
> > > > >
> > > > > I use this for mandrake 8.1, as 8.2 puts the files in the same
> > > > > place I would try this:
> > > > >
> > > > > export QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt3
> > > > > export KDEDIR=/opt/kde3
> > > > > export PATH=$KDEDIR/bin:$PATH
> > > > > make -f Makefile.cvs
> > > > > ./configure
> > > > > make
> > > > > su
> > > > > make install
> > > > >
> > > > > Fred Saalbach
> > > >
> > > > Right I know how to get it to compile. I just don't want to mess with
> > > > it untill kde is more stable on mandrake. I'm basicly using nothing
> > > > but kde3 now and there are still some issues with it.
> > > >
> > > > > Steven wrote:
> > > > > > Hello everyone. (Thanks to all who work on this project!)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Has anyone successfully installed Bibletime 1.2 for KDE 3.0 on
> > > > > > Mandrake 8.2 yet?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have tried rebuilding the source rpm but to no avail yet.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Can someone comment on whether I can install the Suse rpm's?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Your all a tremendous blessing.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Peace.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Steven
> > > > > > P.S. Wow this project has come a long way.
> > > >
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