Deprecated Package XFree86 and KDE

[Steven Boothe]

Joerg Meyer wrote:
> After installing base cygwin and the new xorg-x11 packages, i tried to 
> install kde with the cygwin installer. After a lot of error messages kde 
> stopped in stage 4 (window manager).
> I could not figure out what the problem was, however i noticed, that kde 
> depends on the deprecated package xfree86. Now i am unsure how to 
> proceed, since i have a very slow dial up connection, and cannot afford 
> to download the tar files for kde.
> I am also not sure, if this problem is actually caused by this package, 
> but its my only clue.
> I worked a long time with cygwin, kde on cygwin and linux/kde in general.

Just a note from my own recent experience, I installed and ran KDE based 
solely on the new x-org packages.

HTH,

Steven