[kde-freebsd] [KDE / QT FreeBSD users] CALL FOR HELPERS: Please contribute to the project! Thanks!

[Ernst W. Winter]

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Sticky Bit wrote:

> On Thursday 19 June 2008 17:37:01 Ernst W. Winter wrote:
> > Well I just installed ver. 7 on a external HD with zfs to try
> > that out and see, and I don't have any GUI yet and would like to
> > test the new one out as I can send you what is not and how
> > working.
> 
> Great! Your help is very appreciated! Thank you!
> 
> > If you can give me instructions on how to set it up as I have no
> > problem to use a ports tree and do a "make install clean" with
> > all poets.
> 
> Fine! You can use your favorite ports management tools.
> 
> I usually do something like this:
> 
> 1. You really should make backups (e. g. with dump, see handbook). Just to be 
> safe for the worst case. Normally you will not need those but who knows. It 
> is always wise to have recent backups ... ;-)
> 
> 2. Create a new user account. This account you use only for test purposes. Use 
> KDE 4 only with this account. This way you can safely use your existing KDE 3 
> installation with your usual user account without any changes to your 
> existing home .kde folder.
> 
> 3. Choose a partition for the area51 repository checkout. I personally 
> use /var, but you can use what you want.
> 
> 4. If you use /var (or use your path here) then
> 
> # cd /var
> 
> 5. This creates a folder area51 into /var with checked out repository.
> 
> # cvs -d:ext:anoncvs at orm.arved.priv.at:/home/kde-freebsd co area51
> 
> 6. If you use /var (or use your path here) then
> 
> # mount -t unionfs /var/area51 /usr/ports
> 
> You have now area51 repository on top of your existing ports tree. Use your 
> ports tree now as usual.
> 
> 7. Install / update QT 4 first.
> 
> 8. Install KDE 4 ports you want. You can start with /usr/ports/x11/kdebase4
> 
> That is all. When you want to use your unmodified original ports tree just
> 
> # umount /usr/ports
> 
> and everything is like before. Of course do not downgrade / uninstall the new 
> installed ports and run KDE 4 only with your test user account. ;-)
> 
well all is well and on its way on my Laptop now and compiling
QT4.4.0 and once that is finished I will start it with kde4-base.
BTW, I have on it kde3 too.

Still I like to get it gooing with the eternal HD with zfs, and
as a clean kde, as I have nothing els on it yet, just to start
with kde4 and nothing else. :-)

How can I use the cvs there?

> I hope I did not forget something ... Just ask if you have further questions.
> 
Don't think so as everything is running well!

Ernst

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