Se leggiamo il file README preso da ftp://ftp.slackware.at/slackware-curren ... de4/README
si apprende quanto segue:
Updated Tue Jul 29 21:00:31 UTC 2008 --rworkman
Updated Tue Aug 12 16:52:04 CDT 2008 --volkerdi
Thanks to Robby and Heinz for doing most of the heavy lifting to get this
together -- I hope everyone enjoys it as much as we are!
These packages are for Slackware -current - they will not work on earlier
Slackware versions unless all the libraries have been updated to the levels
in -current (and some apps that depend on those libraries would also have
to be updated). If you want to play with KDE4, it's highly suggested that
you upgrade to -current to do so.
So, this is kde-4.1.0. It seems pretty darn good here, but there are
still a few quirks (I've noticed some issues loading .ps and .eps files).
Hopefully 4.1.1 will take care of any remaining issues in the near future.
##############################################################################
For those intending to build from source:
1. You will need the jdk package installed.
2. The build order used for the kde packages is what you see in
the main KDE.SlackBuild script.
Build order for dependencies:
1. boost 2. qt 3. eigen 4. clucene 5. raptor 6. rasqal
7. redland 8. exiv2 8. strigi 9. soprano 10. qimageblitz
11. qca 12. Rebuild poppler (for poppler-qt4) 13. everything else
Note that ilmbase is a dependency of openexr, so build ilmbase before it.
Also note that liboil is a dependency of the gstreamer plugins.
##############################################################################
For those intending to install the packages:
If you already had kde-4.0.68+ from Robby's site installed, you should be
able to use "upgradepkg --install-new" on all of the packages and everything
will work just fine. Otherwise, keep reading...
You'll need to uninstall *all* qt and kde apps, including qt, qca, qca-tls,
and knemo. These packages may *NOT* be co-installed with the stock qt/kde
and friends packages in Slackware. It wouldn't hurt to run both the
"remove-kde3.sh" and "remove-kde4.sh" scripts to start off with a clean
slate.
Before installing these packages, if you have not already had previous kde4
packages from here installed, you'll need to remove (and backup) /etc/kde
(rm -rf /etc/kde) and backup your $HOME/.kde/ directory. I recommend
doing "cp -a $HOME/.kde $HOME/.kde3" in case you want to move back to kde3
later on. Also, you might want to consider starting without a $HOME/.kde
to avoid strange configurations caused by using kde3 config files with
kde4, but you'd also lose your bookmarks, cookies, and other preferences.
The upgrade here was done with an old .kde directory in place, but there
were a few things that needed ajdustments after that. Starting with a
fresh .kde produces a cleaner initial desktop.
Once you've done all of the above, install these packages as shown below.
Be sure to run "xwmconfig" as your user account afterward.
From the /testing/packages/kde4/ directory, use this command:
upgradepkg --install-new deps/*.tgz extragear/*.tgz kde/*.tgz kde3-compat/*.tgz
Then, if you need any of the language packs in kde-l10n, install those. You'll
also want to log out and back in before starting kde4 to set the proper QTDIR.
##############################################################################
KNOWN BUGS
This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list; it's just what I happened
to notice in my testing:
1. Unrecognized mime type entries; you'll see a lot of console spam
on boot and/or when the mime database is updated. This is NOT a bug
in Slackware or the packages (confirmed on the kde packagers list);
it's something that will have to be addressed either by upstream
shared-mime-info or upstream kde, and it's harmless anyway. If you
have the latest sysvinit-scripts installed (rc.M) it should suppress
these error messages anyway...
2. It's a bit slow to start up here, but maybe it's just me, or maybe
it's partially because I had two other X sessions up when I started
kde
3. The kde3-compat packages make it possible to run most kde3 applications,
but *not* to compile them. To compile for kde3, you'll need to have a
machine that's dedicated to running kde3.
These next ones are really not bugs in 4.1.0, but worth mentioning anyway:
1. k3b for kde4 will compile (it needs libdvdread though), but it won't
actually do a successful burn here. It doesn't crash anymore when
trying, but the operation never finishes. Luckily, if the kde3-compat
packages are installed then the k3b for kde3 runs and burns fine.
2. kdevplatform and kdevelop are not ready yet - they're on a separate
release cycle. I had considered shipping earlier development snapshots,
but the kdevelop guy prefers that we not do so.
3. amarok is also on a separate release cycle, but the 1.86 release (leading
to 2.0) should be pretty functional. Otherwise, amarok for kde3 can be
run if the kde3-compat packages are installed.
##############################################################################
Thanks to Heinz Wiesinger for spending more time looking into the dependency
tree than I did, and then putting together the list below. In fact, I owe
many thanks to Heinz for various hints and fixes along the way - he's been
a *lot* of help on this.
KDE 4.1.0 dependencies
----------------------
-) eigen
uses qt4 only for tests. If tests are disabled, no qt dependency.
-) strigi
can use exiv2 (picture meta data support)
can use hyperestraier (alternative indexing backend)
can use sqlite (this is also used as an backend, but not that mature)
can use log4cxx (advanced logging)
-) soprano
can use jdk - necessary for using the openrdf-sesame2 storage backend
-) phonon
can use gstreamer - necessary for the gstreamer-backend
can use gstreamer-plugins-base
-) kdelibs
can use enchant - Sonnet, KDE4's languaging framework, will use
enchant and elixir extensively in the future.
enchant is a wrapper around aspell, ispell, hspell, myspell
can use openexr - Support for EXR-Images. These are HDR-Images,
probably only of interest for photographers.
can use avahi - avahi is a network service discovery daemon
can use hspell - hspell is a hebrew spell checker
can use jasper - jasper is an implementation of the JPEG2000 format.
Meant to be the future of web graphics. Probably license issues
can use gssapi - Generic Security Services API
A MIT or HEIMDAL flavor of GSSAPI to provide HTTP
authentication services.
-) kdebase
can use libraw1394 - raw1394 (Firewire) support for solid
can use webkitkde - WebKit kpart
-) kdebase-runtime
can use openexr
-) kdebase-workspace
can use NetworkManager (theoretically any version, but based on what
I've seen on #kde-devel, it wants the unreleased 0.7.0) -RW
can use libcaptury - libcaptury is a framework realtime video capturing
can use libxklavier - XKB-rule management (recommended by KDE devs)
can use xmms - needed for support in the now-playing applet
-) kdegraphics
gwenview won't build without exiv2
kamera won't build without libgphoto2
can use poppler-qt4 -- PDF support for okular
can use djvulibre - DjVu support for okular
can use chmlib - CHM support for okular
can use libspectre - PS support for okular
can use libepub - Okular support for epub-documents
-) kdenetwork
can use decibel - KDE framework for real-time communication
Used by the Kopete telepathy protocol.
can use libvncserver - needed to build krfb / VNC support in krdc
can use mDNS - needed for KDE's service discovery feature in krfb,
krdc, and dnssd ioslave. (Not quite trivial to install)
can use xmms - Used by the Kopete nowlistening plugin to support
the XMMS player
can use libotr - A library to encrypt messages with Off-the-Record
encryption. Required for the Kopete otr plugin
can use webkitkde - WebKit kpart
may use sqlite - database storage for kopete's statistics plugin,
only runtime dependency
-) kdepim
kitchensync won't build without opensync
can use gnokii - Needed to provide the ability to import and export KDE
addressbook entries to/from mobile phones that are accessible
via gnokii
-) kdeedu
step won't build without gmm
can use ocaml - OCaml is needed by Kalzium for the Equation Solver
can use libfacile - libfacile is needed by Kalzium for the Equation Solver.
depends on ocaml
can use openbabel2 >= 2.2 - OpenBabel is needed by Kalzium for the 3D-molecule viewer
can use libnova - A general purpose, double precision, Celestial Mechanics,
Astrometry and Astrodynamics library; used by kstars
can use libcfitsio - A library for reading and writing data files in FITS
(Flexible Image Transport System) data format; Gives KStars support for FITS images.
can use libsbigudrv - SBIG Universal Driver; used by kstars
can use gpsd - used by marble
-) kdeutils
can use libzip - Zip support for ark
can use libarchive - tar.gz, tar.bz2, et cetera support for ark
can use PyQt4 - needed by the printer-applet
can use PyKDE - needed by the printer-applet (part of kdebindings)
can use PyCups - needed by the printer-applet
can use system-config-printer - needed by the printer-applet (optionally)
can use hal-cups-utils - needed by printer-applet (optionally)
-) kdebindings
Needs qscintilla
can use qwt - qt widgets for technical applications
can use mono - needed by Qyoto (C#-Bindings)
can use sip - needed by PyKDE (Python-Bindings)
can use PyQT4 - needed by PyKDE (Python-Bindings)
-) kdegames
can use ggz-client-libs - online gaming support for kdegames
-) kdeadmin
may use smart - Smart Package Manager, needed by kpackage at runtime
this needs python module for rpm, which won't build in
the shipped version of rpm (well, not for me, anyway).
rpm5 will build, and smart works with it, as does kpackage;
however, rpm5 may not be compatible with earlier rpm
implementations (testing is good here, but ymmv) --RW
-) kdemultimedia
can use musicbrainz - A library that provides access to metadata
lookup on the MusicBrainz server
can use tunepimp - A library for developing MusicBrainz enabled
tagging applications; provides MusicBrainz tagging in Juk.
-) koffice
can use openexr - OpenEXR import filter for krita
can use openctl - OpenCTL is needed for some color spaces
(High Dynamic Range Color Spaces, YCbCr and LMS)
can use postgresql
can use libpqxx - Kexi PostgreSQL Migration driver requires it
can use libpq - Kexi PostgreSQL Migration driver requires it
can use freetds - Kexi Sybase Migration driver requires it
can use xbase - Kexi XBase Migration driver requires it
can use gmm - The Krita Panorama plugin will not be built without it
can use glew - Shader filter plugin for krita
can use graphicsmagick - needed by krita's GraphicsMagick filter for
various file formats (including PSD, XCF).
can use exiv2 - JPEG filter for krita.
can use gsl - Solver plugin for kspread.
can use spnav - Spnav is the library which is required by the space
navigator device plugin
All other parts don't have any special dependencies
-- other kde4 apps
-) k3b
can use libdvdread
can use musicbrainz
can use libsamplerate
can use ffmpeg
can use muse
can use libsndfile
can use lame
-) amarok
can use libifp - Support iRiver iFP audio devices
can use loudmouth - Loudmouth is the communication backend needed by mp3tunes
for synching.
can use libmp4v2 - Enable tagging of mp4 files from within amarok
Have fun!
-- The Slackware KDE4 packaging team
Cosa mi suggerite di fare?
E' necessario passare completamente alla current?
In tal caso, come mi consigliate di procedere per avere il minor nmero di problemi?
Non ho mai avuto il modo e soprattutto il coraggio di passare ad una CURRENT, così vorrei prima cercare di raccogliere informazioni utili prima di ritrovarmi con la classica espressione da ebete e la bocca aperta!!!
Ciao e grazie in anticipo.
:cf
