On Monday 11 August 2008 14:38:17 mcassar wrote: > > > On this line of thoughts.. What is the simplest way to upgrade > > > KDE 3 META Ports to the KDE 4 META port an what various conf > > > files would be wise to backup ? > > > > No need to do anything to upgrade, they coexist very well. > > > > User data files and configurations now go to ~/.kde4/ and nothing > > is migrated or trampled. > > > > Andy > > about this, i wanted to to remove kde3 once kde4 was up and running, > to clean up my packages - and have two main questions. > > firstly, i only removed the main packages which clearly say > kde***-3.5.8 etc and i'm not sure what else can go (qt3???). i used > pkg_delete -> make deinstall didn't work on kde3 meta port - didn't > try individually.
I strongly recommend pkg_cutleaves to help you in removing unwanted packages. > second, i have two packages - amarok nd kaffeine that have kde3 packs > as dependencies (base3 or libs3 if not mistaken) and am now wondering > if they will install with only kde4 installed and if there is more > ports like this at the moment. Virtually all KDE applications currently in the ports tree require KDE 3.x. There's maybe 2 or 3 there at the moment that are KDE 4.x applications. > n.b. i am very new to freebsd and kde4 was a very big port for me to > build - but i figured the best way to get anywhere is catch up with > smething fairly new and see ppl iron things out. sorry if above seems > too obvious to you ppl. Well, we all started somewhere, so it's ok to ask. Andy -- Andy Fawcett | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In an open world without walls and fences, | [EMAIL PROTECTED] we wouldn't need Windows and Gates." -- anon | [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ kde-freebsd mailing list kde-freebsd@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-freebsd