On Thursday 16 April 2009 19:07:16 Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda wrote: > A Dijous 16 Abril 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. va escriure: > > In <200904161610.57353....@alaxarxa.net>, Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda wrote: > > >I don't want to install kde3 and kde4 in the same box. > > > > > >However, I administrate several boxes and I would like to have some box > > > with unstable (kde 4.2.2) and stable (kde 3.5.9) using the same /home > > > for the users (ergo .kde) > > > > > >So, is this possible? > > [...] > > > I suggest that you set KDE_HOME in your global environment on the > > different systems. Using "~/.kde<major>.<minor>", for example .kde3.5 > > and .kde4.2, should be sufficient. I think KDE_HOME is the only thing > > that needs to be set, but you might want to double-check me. > > where do you set up this? > > I have done a : > grep -R KDE_HOME /etc/* > > with no results.
I have a locally compiled kde3 on /opt/kde3.5 and 4.2.2 on /usr installed from Sid. I changed the startkde script in /opt/kde/lde3.5/bin to reference $KDE_HOME as .~/.kde3, have /opt/kde3.5/bin ahead of /usr/bin and to set a global environment variable. in /etc/profiles, I test this variable. If it is set, I do the same thing there. Otherwize, $KDE_HOME is ~/.kde and /opt/kde3.5/bin in AFTER /usr/bin on the PATH. Similarly, I set LD_LIBRARY_PATH and some others as well in the 3.5 startkde and /etc/profile. With appropriate $KDE_HOME and PATHs, I have been running this way without a hitch for a while now. In your case, your kde3.5 stuff will be on another box but the idea is the same. > > > I still have a .kde3.4 and a .kde3.5 (.kde is a symlink) from doing > > something similar for different reasons. > > Ok. > > Thanks. > > Leo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org