[kde-linux] Need Help installing KDE on Debian

[david]

Mark Phillips wrote:
> I have Sarge installed and would like to install kde. However, the kde package 
> seems to be broken (as well as the gnome package). 
> 
> These appear to be my options....
> 
> 1. Install from source. But then I loose the advantage of apt-get upgrade
> 
> 2. Upgrade to testing - that kde package seems to be OK. I really don't want 
> to upgrade unless I have to.
> 
> 3. Install by hand? I tried taking all the dependencies from the kde package 
> page, and then added the next broken parts, and continued for a couple of 
> layers, but ended up with a lot of dependency problems. 
> 
> Is there another way to get KDE installed on Sarge?

Must be - the LibraNet 2.8.1 distro on my wife's laptop is Sarge and has 
KDE. I don't know how they did it.

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David
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