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I'd like to help out
by This time I want to help out... on Friday 11/Nov/2005, @15:24

This time I want to help out but I'd like to know whether I can get back to my good old KDE 3.4.3 when things do not work out with the KDE 3.5 rc1. I have 1 machine and a single hard disk. I am running Kubuntu Breezy and have done lots of customizations done. If this is not possible, what can I do to mitigate the mess I might find myself in, in case I take the plunge?

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Re: I'd like to help out
by Patcito on Friday 11/Nov/2005, @15:29

I did install beta2 and it was too buggy for me so I downgraded to 3.4.x. This is how I did it:

apt-get remove libarts1c2 kubuntu-desktop

removed beta2 lines from sources.list

apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

and it worked

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Re: I'd like to help out
by Reply on Friday 11/Nov/2005, @16:27

There are two ways to be safe:

1) Backup your important data;

2) Stick to official Kubuntu packages.

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Re: I'd like to help out
by liquidat on Friday 11/Nov/2005, @22:56

If you want to be sure you have to use a virtual machine where you set up a second Linux but with KDE 3.5, or you have to install KDE 3.5 only local, which is possible when you use konstruct or kdesvn-build.

I personally had nice experiences with konstruct:
http://liquidat.blogspot.com/2005/08/kde-35-alpha-1.html

But after that I tried kdesvn-build, and that was even better:
http://liquidat.blogspot.com/2005/08/another-kde-building-tool.html

Regards,

liquidat

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Re: I'd like to help out
by Cyrille Berger on Friday 11/Nov/2005, @23:00

With kubuntu you can use the package debootstrap to install KDE3.5 and keeping KDE3.4.3

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Re: I'd like to help out
by Alfred on Saturday 12/Nov/2005, @11:52

I just use kontruct, but let it install to another diretory, eg /opt/kde3.5rc1.
For my testing I use a fresh account, so the customizations and data of my 'normal' account don't get messed up.

If all runs well and I decide to use the new version day-to-day, I rename .kde in my 'normal' users home, then log in the new kde-version and copy back the data (bookmarks, etc.).

Alfred

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