I've downloaded all the *.deb files for the new kde from ftp.kde.org, and placed them in a new directory: /usr/local/kde. I am running slink, but downloaded potato version (only choices were potato and hamm). When I run dpkg -i kdebase_19990125-1.1beta2-0.1_i386.deb, I get a dependency error, saying it needs kdelibs0g and qt1g. Fine: I download kdelibs0g from stabe dist (couldn't find it anywhere else) and qt1g from unstable. Dpkg works fine for kdelibs0g, but gives me errors on qt1g: "ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/libk*.so (No such file or direcotry), skipping" I get this error for about 10 different libs. Do I need to install each of those libs? If so, which distribution do I get them from? There must be a simpler way to install this new kde! If only there were only an ftp site that carried the debs AND a package file . . . so I could use dselect instead of straight dpkg!!! (much easier for us beginngers)
Any suggestions on how to make this work? Brian Morgan
