They released it, we packaged it!

Yesterday KDE developers tagged the 2nd Release Candidate and today we released the Arch Linux packages into [kde-unstable]…nearly there, 4.4.0 will be out soon!

The x86_64 packages are already on [kde-unstable] whereas I am still uploading i686 packages, they will be in the mirrors tonight. ;)

The packages are built with libpng 1.4.0 and libjpeg 8, so you can update easy without any problems.

As ever, please report any bugs. Thanks!

Ok, here we are. The first official KDE 4.4 packages for Arch Linux are ready. We will move the package to [extra] only when the 4.4 stable will be released. So, if you want to try the new KDE you need to enable the [kde-unstable] repository. Run the update with this steps:

1. Add [kde-unstable] to pacman.conf (up [testing])

[kde-unstable]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

2. Exit KDE
3. Stop KDM
4. Backup your ~/.kde4 directory
5. Run pacman -Sy qt
6. Run pacman -Su
7. Start KDM
8. Report any bugs!

Arch Linux changes:

• Removed the Sesame backend from Soprano, now we will use the Virtuoso backend and this avoids the Java dependence
• Nepomuk enabled by default
• Qt-Phonon replaced by Phonon from kdesupport
• New packages:
  • kdeedu-cantor
  • kdeedu-rocs
  • kdegames-granatier
  • kdegames-kigo
  • kdegames-papeli
  • kdepim-akonadiconsole
  • kdepim-blogilo
  • kdeplasma-addons-applets-blackboard
  • kdeplasma-addons-applets-kimpanel
  • kdeplasma-addons-applets-knowledgebase
  • kdeplasma-addons-applets-opendesktop-activities
  • kdeplasma-addons-applets-plasmaboard
  • kdeplasma-addons-applets-qalculate
  • kdeplasma-addons-applets-spellcheck
  • kdeplasma-addons-applets-webslice
  • kdeplasma-addons-runners-audioplayercontrol
  • kdeplasma-addons-runners-kopete
  • kdeplasma-addons-runners-mediawiki
  • phonon-gstreamer
• Packages removed:
  • kdelibs-experimental replaced by kdelibs
  • kdeaccessibility-kttsd
  • kdepim-kpilot
  • kdeutils-kdessh
  • kdewebdev-kxsldbg
• Fixed dependencies

Note: [19/01/2010] This repo will be unusable until KDE 4.4 RC2. DON’T USE IT.

Hi all,
only let you know the repository kde-unstable is again active.

I packaged with Pierre KDE 4.3 beta2; at the moment packages are bigger than previous because we enabled the DEBUG build option, but we will disable it soon: there are few vantages and many disadvantages to keep it.

Pierre talked with Allan who said that pacman 3.3 will be out soon, so we are working to split KDE packages. Will be nice to have splitted packages in time to the new KDE release.

Cheers

Hi all,
I’m working on kde 4.3 beta packages – we must be ready for the official release – so I temporally created a repository [kde-unstable] where I’m putting the packages that I built.
The repository is located at http://dev.archlinux.org/~andrea/kde-unstable/ and here I’m putting the PKGBUILDs that I’m using.
So if you want to try the new beta simply add this repo to your pacman.conf. Only i686.

Please report to me bugs which are related to a bad PKGBUILD.

Enjoy ;)