update kde

eoghan freebsd at redry.net
Sat Nov 5 17:28:03 GMT 2005


On 5 Nov 2005, at 17:13, RW wrote:

> On Saturday 05 November 2005 16:16, eoghan wrote:
>> Hello
>> Im just looking for some advice. Ive updated my ports since kde has
>> gone to 3.4.3. Im currently using 3.4.2. I want to upgrade. But Im
>> not sure if I do this will I loose all my current settings - like
>> desktop items etc. Also, do I do a pkg_remove kde3 and then pkg_add -
>> r kde3? I dont want to try anything just yet in case I mess things  
>> up...
>
> You shouldn't lose any settings unless someone has screwed up (I  
> usually
> hold-off major upgrades for a week or so to catch immediate bug- 
> fixes).
>
> There are instructions here:
>
>     http://freebsd.kde.org/instructions.php
>
> Note that you will need to set PACKAGESITE to a source of the new  
> packages
> otherwise you will simply reinstall to old version. I used to use the
> fruitsalad servers, although I build KDE from ports these days.
>

Id use the port. But I have to remove kde3 first right?



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