Re: [Sheflug] KDE 3.1 On OpenBSD

["Chris J" <cej [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And Lo! The Great Prophet "Netsonic" uttered these words of wisdom:
> 
> The download of OpenBSD is OK, as are the updates for XFree86, but having
> searched on various KDE sites, I can't seem to find the files to setup KDE
> 3.1.
> 

Okay ... as promised, a full answer (well, fullish now I've done some
reading).

KDE 3.1 will be supported by OBSD 3.3 ports when it is released (May IIRC).
Doing a quick look at the ports snapshot in:
	ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/snapshots/ports.tar.gz

shows it already in the ports snapshot, so if you have OBSD 3.2, and update
your ports tree (see http://www.openbsd.org/ports.tar.gz), you might have
it in there. Ports are useful, handy, and very nice. Learning how to use 
the ports tree is high on the priority list for getting things up and 
running if you're running a desktop box[1].

Again you have binary compatibility with Linux, but really that's outside
the scope of this email. If you want to try this route, say so, and I'll
give a helping hand (after doing a bit of reading).

The only other route is building from source, bypassing the ports tree.
This isn't recommended unless you're used to building from source; stick
to the ports tree :) Again, out of scope as lots of things can go wrong
if you aren't expecting it. Ports do tend to be cleaner.

Chris...

[1] The idea of ports is that they're automated recipies for building things
	from source. All you do is a cd to the package in the port tree, then
	do a make && make install. The sources are downloaded, and OS
	specific pataches applied, then automatically ./configure-d and 
	make-d. For big packages it can be a long time. Firstly it depends
	on your net connection as the Makefile for the port will download
	everything it needs. Then the speed of your computer for the build.
	Anyhow, when you then do a make install, a package is created so you
	can use the OpenBSD package management tools to remove it, should
	you wish. There are a hell of a lot of ports. Lots and lots and lots,
	so it should give you everything to get started. 


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