On Tuesday 05 January 2016 19:09:10 lee wrote: > Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> writes: > > On Tuesday 05 January 2016 14:34:38 lee wrote: > >> Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> writes: > >> > On Tuesday 05 January 2016 04:26:20 Dale wrote: > >> >> Howdy, > >> >> > >> >> I was going to try out some of the KDE5 stuff just to see if I'm > >> >> going > >> >> to like it or not. Anyway, I added a BUNCH of stuff to a keywords > >> >> file > >> >> related to KDE and got past that part. I think I got them all. Now > >> >> I > >> > > >> >> get this: > >> > --->8 > >> > > >> > I was afraid to mess up my KDE4 system with KDE5 in some sort of > >> > parallel > >> > fashion, so I found some spare disk space and installed KDE5 into it, > >> > using the kde overlay and the .../desktop/plasma profile. It's much > >> > easier to > >> > >> How did you manage to install that? I tried it yesterday (without the > >> overlays) and found it impossible to resolve the dependency problems, > >> so > >> I ended up installing the 'normal' kde (I'm running out of time). I'd > >> rather switch that over to plasma from the beginning. > > > > I found I needed the overlay. It greatly simplifies the dependencies. It > > still isn't perfect, as changes occur during development, but it's > > definitely well worth having. > > > > Here's my current package.keywords: > > [...] > > > > I've no doubt that after the next overlay update I'll have to add or > > remove some things. > > It seemed to me that it's daring to try this because it's a work in > progress, and with the overly, it seemed to be even worse. So I went > with the "normal" kde when I found out that plasma it doesn't work. > That's already painful to install. Install on a slow machine, and you > can't even try much simply because it takes too long.
That's why I wanted to keep it separate. By building it in a chroot I could forget about it while it was emerging and continue using the main system. > Should I try to upgrade? That might take another day, which I don't > have ... I wouldn't. As you say, it's nowhere near finished yet and it's likely to make an awful mess of your existing setup. -- Rgds Peter
