Questions on testing kde5

[Mario Lobo]

Thanks for answering. Tobias!

Forgive me for bothering you a little more.

My machine:
FreeBSD 11.1-STABLE #0 r321652M Aug 25 20:19:41 -03 2017 

I downloaded the ports branch from

https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports-kde/tree/plasma5

On that branch, there are the following ports under x11:

kde/
kde-baseapps/
kde-runtime/
kde4-workspace/
kdelibs4/

The kde/Makefile points to KDE5 meta port.

My current kde4 settings reside in ~/.kde4

Suppose I decide to go ahead with this and the kde5 port compiles ok:

1) Where will kde 5 store its settings? ~/.kde?

3) Will copying these settings over to the new "~/.kde" directory work
   so I can have a desktop similar contents on my kde5 desktop?

2) Are the two kde4-workspace/ and kdelibs4/ above some kind of kde4
compatibility layer that can be installed on top of kde 5?

3) Any other ports you recommend installing, besides the meta port, for
a fuller kde5/plasma5 experience?


Thanks again!
-- 
Mario Lobo
http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br
FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!]
 
"UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, 
because that would also stop you from doing clever things."


On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 07:54:44 +0200
"Tobias C. Berner" <tcberner at freebsd.org> wrote:

> Hi Mario
> 
> The plasma5 branch is mostly "Plasma5" only -- most of the KDE4 stuff
> has been removed.
> 
> Even by mixing ports-trees, you cannot install both versions at the
> same time in general as they have many conflicting files.
> It is possible to run certain KDE4 based applications inside a Plasma5
> session and vice-versa.
> 
> 
> mfg Tobias
> 
> On 19 September 2017 at 01:26, Mario Lobo <lobo at bsd.com.br> wrote:
> 
> > Hi there;
> >
> > I will try to compile/install kde5 from the plasma5 branch (area51).
> >
> > Is it possible to have both kde4 and kde5 on the same machine?
> > Can they coexist without disrupting each other?
> >
> > Can kde4 apps (like k3b) run on kde5?
> >
> > I really would like to test kde5/plasma5.
> >
> > Thanks for any advice.
> >