February 20th, 2010
…still I cannot update it.
The problem is with Akonadi: it does not start with MySQL 5.1.43 and does not start with the new MySQL release too.
I reported this on bugs.kde.org three weeks ago (#225333); others people confirmed this issue (#226960) and I think that Akonadi developers are working on it, logs do not help too much.
So, seems that we will skip this minor release too. Stay tuned.
Tags: archlinux, kde, packages
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February 4th, 2010
Probably you already know, but I had not enough free time to write this first. Anyway the point is that the last KDE release candidate is waiting for you in [testing] ([kde-unstable] is dropped).
There are no big changes, only fixes; KDE devs want to be sure everything build and work.
If you already are using KDE with virtuoso backend, you should read this thread on arch-dev-pulic mailing list.
Have a good update!
Tags: archlinux, kde, packages
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January 21st, 2010
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!
Tags: archlinux, kde, kde-unstable, packages
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January 14th, 2010
It’s more simple and fast then you think:
- Open System Settings -> Default Applications -> Email Client
- Check “Use a different email client“
- type the following: /usr/bin/rekonq https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=%t&su=%s&%u
Where instead of /usr/bin/rekonq, you must type the path to your favorite browser. %t is the destinatary, %s is the subject and %u is the full mailto URL (needed if you want to add the body too).
Kheers!
Tags: archlinux, howto, kde, tips
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January 11th, 2010
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:
- Add [kde-unstable] to pacman.conf (up [testing])
[kde-unstable]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
- Exit KDE
- Stop KDM
- Backup your ~/.kde4 directory
- Run pacman -Sy qt
- Run pacman -Su
- Start KDM
- 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.
Tags: archlinux, kde, kde-unstable, packages
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October 21st, 2009
Ok ok, I am strange I know. I like to go to sleep listening to music, but I like to stop the music after a while too.
Because of this I run a command before get up from my seat:
$ sleep 20m; amarok -s; exit
Today I was looking for new apps on kde-apps.org when I looked at sleepy.
What’s sleepy? Is an Amarok 2.x script, like the old Nightingale that was for Amarok 1.x.
This script allows you to shutdown/hibernate/suspend the PC after the N song or after N minutes. I love this!
I don’t know why but this script didn’t allow to stop Amarok without shutdown or suspend the PC. I did a patch that add this feature.
Obviously, you can find the PKGBUILD on AUR ;)
EDIT: Author released 0.7.1 which include my patch.
Goodnight!!!
Tags: archlinux, kde, script
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October 6th, 2009
Hi kde users, KDE 4.3.2 will be released in the next hours as told in Release Schedule so Pierre and I bumped the ours KDE version in [extra] repository. Have a nice update!
Tags: archlinux, kde, packages
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June 7th, 2009
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
Tags: archlinux, kde, kde-unstable, packages
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May 25th, 2009
This is real man, Duncan Mac-Vicar P. is working to add facebook support in Kopete. So I made a PKGBUILD to build his nice plugin, obviously you can find it on AUR.
It works with KDE 4.2 or above; you also need qjson.
Now you can chat with anyone in your facebook contact list from Kopete. It supports proxy.
Enjoy!
Tags: archlinux, kde, plugins
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May 24th, 2009
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 ;)
Tags: archlinux, kde, kde-unstable, packages
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