[opensuse] KDE 4 in parallel to KDE 3 on openSUSE 10.2, possible?
Hi All, Writing to the list as the instruction provided in opensuse wiki ( http://en.opensuse.org/KDE4 ) was not clear enough for me. 1. Can I install KDE 4 parallel to my KDE 3.5.7 (latest release) on 10.2? 2. If yes, should I expect a option to choose KDE 3 / KDE 4 at my login? 3. I am assuming that I will have to get the KDE packages for specific to 4. which is OK with me. But how likely it is to break my existing my total system? (I can't afford to break my current working desktop so please advise if the whole idea is not very wise. I am interested as I am interested to contribute to development.) Thanks, Soyuz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Mohammad Bhuyan wrote:
Hi All,
Writing to the list as the instruction provided in opensuse wiki ( http://en.opensuse.org/KDE4 ) was not clear enough for me.
1. Can I install KDE 4 parallel to my KDE 3.5.7 (latest release) on 10.2?
I'vwe never tried this with kde, but when I had to test programs under several compilers at work, I handled it by installing the compilers and their libraries to /opt/<version>, then writing a shell script that linked them to /usr and /etc. When I needed to change compiler, I executed the script for that version. I can't see why this wouldn't work for a window manager. John Perry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Op Saturday 02 June 2007 12:27:13 schreef Mohammad Bhuyan:
Writing to the list as the instruction provided in opensuse wiki ( http://en.opensuse.org/KDE4 ) was not clear enough for me.
1. Can I install KDE 4 parallel to my KDE 3.5.7 (latest release) on 10.2?
As stated on the wiki page: "The KDE4 packages install into the /usr prefix hence KDE3 and KDE4 can be installed at the same time." So yes, kde3 and kde4 are installed in parallel.
2. If yes, should I expect a option to choose KDE 3 / KDE 4 at my login?
I guess so. The same way as you can choose between gnome, kde, etc. But kde4 information is installed in ~/.kde4
3. I am assuming that I will have to get the KDE packages for specific to 4. which is OK with me. But how likely it is to break my existing my total system?
(I can't afford to break my current working desktop so please advise if the whole idea is not very wise. I am interested as I am interested to contribute to development.)
See above it is seperated from kde3. But you can always start with the kde4 live CD. -- Richard Bos We are borrowing the world of our children, It is not inherited from our parents. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 02 June 2007 16:43, Mohammad Bhuyan wrote:
"The KDE4 packages install into the /usr prefix hence KDE3 and KDE4 can be installed at the same time."
what does it mean by "/usr prefix"?
All the files it installs reside in a subdirectory of the /usr directory. In KDE version 3.x, all the files were in a subdirectory of /opt. Thus the two can coexist on a single system without interfering with each other.
-- Soyuz
Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
"The KDE4 packages install into the /usr prefix hence KDE3 and KDE4 can be installed at the same time."
what does it mean by "/usr prefix"? /usr stands for "unix system resources". Previously to KDE4, KDE on SuSE was installed in the /opt directory, which stands for "optional" as a desktop/window manager in Linux (or nix back in the day) didn't need a gui and therefore it was (and by a few still is) considered "optional". RedHat always defaulted to Gnome and it was installed in the /usr dir, and the same for the other desktops/windows managers - in RH they default to the /usr
On Saturday 02 June 2007, Mohammad Bhuyan wrote: directory - Only SuSE used the /opt directory for the desktop root directory. HTH, Curtis. -- Spammers Beware: Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again! I don't want a politician I can believe in. I simply want a politician I can believe! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 05 June 2007 01:30, Curtis Rey wrote:
On Saturday 02 June 2007, Mohammad Bhuyan wrote:
"The KDE4 packages install into the /usr prefix hence KDE3 and KDE4 can be installed at the same time."
what does it mean by "/usr prefix"?
/usr stands for "unix system resources".
That is at best a back-formation. The directory name "/usr" is historical and goes back at least to version 7 Unix from Bell Labs and is simply a classic Unix three-letter abbreviation for "user." At the time, it was where user's home directories conventionally resided.
... HTH, Curtis
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On Sunday 03 June 2007 00:37, Richard Bos wrote:
"The KDE4 packages install into the /usr prefix hence KDE3 and KDE4 can be installed at the same time."
Another point were SUSE does not dare to be different from RH? RH already puts everything in /usr and strictly speaking, I hate that. No matter what the FHS says about it, it's dumb. -- // Janne -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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