HellSpawn Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I'm not sure if this question should be in the "Linux Server" or "Linux Client" category but since I have admin privileges (I'm the only user since it's my home pc), I though I would post it here. I'm new to linux, and like many others I'm sure, I would really really like to know: what is the simplest way of getting the newly released stable version of KDE 4.0 fully working on my Debian? I just downloaded the newest stable DVD version of Debian yesterday, (4.0r2 Etch) and have been trying to figure out how to install KDE4 with no success. Must I manually compile the source code? Or can I follow instructions similar to these but for Debian instead of Ubuntu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted January 13, 2008 Administrators Share Posted January 13, 2008 Moved here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Scaife Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 (edited) Try following the instructions here: http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/experimental.html. It appears that since you have the stable distribution, you'll also need to follow this: http://wiki.debian.org/AptPinning, or, alternatively, upgrade your entire system to the testing distribution. Edited January 13, 2008 by David Scaife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellSpawn Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 Thanks, I'll try it as soon as I get a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellSpawn Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 I finally got some time, and after downloading the testing version of Debian, I realized just how many bugs were in it, and decided against using it. Besides, I ran into some problems installing kde 4 there too. I'm sure I could have eventually gotten it to work but because of all the bugs, I reinstalled Debian Etch (same version as listed in title: 4.0r2). Now I'm trying to install KDE 4 on this stable version of Debian. I opened http://wiki.debian.org/AptPinning as mentioned above, but found that I do not have a /etc/apt/preferences. How can I proceed if I don't have this file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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