Is there anybody out there willing to write a noobeh guide to installing KDE3 on the xbox version of debian? I know that Mandrake 9 comes with it already, along with gnome etc... but installing mandrake=no f: drive

I've seen a few faq's around on the net for installing kde on the pc version of debian, but the process seems to differ somewhat.

I know i need to add URL's to the apt-get database, then use the apt-get update function followed by some apt-get commands for all of the packages required (dont know half of these) and then install them (somehow!?) and set debian to boot straight into kde3 (again...somehow?!)

if someone could make a tutorial, i would be very very grateful and im sure alot of people would be too (including the people working on the xbox-linux project, who would gladly put it on their site also)

Many thanks!
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just do apt-get install kdebase

it's in most tutorials

its as simple as that?

LOL theres me thinking its some big, complicated procedure that requires like a degree in particle physics

thanks equilibrium

uhhmmmm this dosent work, some files are missing

i had trouble but it actually tells you on kde.org

figured it out, if anyone else is having trouble getting kde3.1

go to /etc/apt/

then edit sources.list with nano by the command
nano -wz sources.list

add the following line
under the kde3 localhosts

deb http://download.kde.org/stable/3.1/Debian stable main

then save by pressing ctrl+o
then exit either ctrl+x or ctrl+c (cant remember only been using linux 2 days )

next do apt-get update
finally apt-get install kdebase (1 packaged failed for me then i tried apt-get install kdebase again and it got it)

i installed all the packages bellow and works great
kdebase kdenetwork kdepim kdegraphics kdeadmin kdemultimedia

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?act...ST&f=22&t=26982

Make sure you comment out all the local sources in your /etc/apt/sources.list file and change the web sources in the list to servers which are near your geographical region (ie- ftp.us.debian.org vs. ftp.at.debian.org). Then, for fun, throw in a few random extra servers (such as the ones directly at kde.org) just to make sure you get everything you need.

Just like the birth of the Internet, the key is to diversify where the information packets come from, so you can make sure that you get the most robust amount of possibilities coming into your terminal.

Hi !

I've just installed Debian on my xbox, but as many people i've got problems to install KDE ! I can't download some files....

So i saw in this topic that it is necessary to add in nano ftp links that are near my geographical region. But who do you setup a ftp link in nano ?

This is the KDE server list :

http://www.kde.org/ftpmirrors.html

For exemple, is it so simple to put in nano such link ? :
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde

or is there specific commands to put in nano with a ftp link ?

Could you give me a full exemple please !

Thanks !!!

PS : my english is very bad...

This post has been edited by syntaxx_error: Feb 11 2003, 09:27 AM

all I did was comment out all of the localhost settings in the /apt/sources.list (add a # before each line) and then run apt-setup and add some sources locally to you eg - UK . Then do apt-get update, and then try apt-get install kdebase. With the UK servers I used it seemed to download kde2. Then to upgrade to kde3 just edit the sources.list file and remove the # you added previously from the localhost kde3 source. Then do apt-get update and then apt-get upgrade kdebase. Then you should have kde3 with all the files. For some reason the qtlibs package doesn't download from the localhost kde source .

CODE

nano -w /etc/apt/sources.list (add a # before each localhost line -> save and exit) apt-setup (add local sources eg UK) apt-get update (updates package list) apt-get install kdebase (installs kde2) nano -w /etc/apt/sources.list (remove the # from both kde3 localhost lines -> save and exit) apt-get update (updates sources to include kde3) apt-get upgrade kdebase (upgrades kde2 to kde3)

This post has been edited by equilibrium: Feb 11 2003, 01:25 PM

Enough is enough.....It doesn't work ! I can't have KDE....Too much time lost

> I've taped apt-setup to edit manuely the sources.list

> I've deleted all the ftp links and put those i need

> I saved

> But once i've exited, the system launch a new update of the sources.list and put always and always the same ftp links (US ftp..etc).

I don't know what to do now...

This post has been edited by syntaxx_error: Feb 12 2003, 08:30 AM

UP !!!

I'm not the only one who have problem to install KDE 3.x with my xbox/Debian

Is there a tutorial to do this because i've lost a lot of time trying to setup my sources.list and trying to donwload packages...

This post has been edited by syntaxx_error: Feb 13 2003, 12:01 PM

Ok here's what I did to get KDE 3.1 stable on my Debian 0.0.10 xbox.

Please note, I did have KDE 3.0.5 and tried to upgrade it to 3.1, but had many library problems, so I REINSTALLED a virgin Debian 0.0.10 from my CD.

1 reinstall a virgin debian 0.0.10 (delete the 2 files on E: from the old installation 1st)
make sure your network conn works (test with ping)
2 apt-setup
Hand-edit the sources.list
delete all sources
add these 2: (change htp to http, dumb forum)
deb htp://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb htp://download.us.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.0.5/Debian/woody ./
(yes it says 3.0.5, but 3.1 is found somewhere)

3 apt-get update
4 apt-get install x-window-system
5 copy the XF86Config-4.fbonly from /usr/lib/xbox
to /etc/X11 renaming as XF86Config-4
6 apt-get install kdelibs4 kdebase kdm

If problems downloading try:
apt-get -f install

That's it

This post has been edited by mikejf: Feb 13 2003, 03:00 PM

Thanks a lot !

Each time one package refuse to be downloaded..So i can't install KDE 3.1....This live system for debian 0.10 is bullshit....Why did they not do a full CD (.iso) of Debian+KDE 3.1 like mandrake instead of this fucking live process ? It should have been more simple....very stupid..

This post has been edited by syntaxx_error: Feb 14 2003, 08:40 AM

What's the DEB package name that your missing?
Is it only 1 package or several?

I can maybe upload it somewhere then you just download and copy it to your /var/cache/apt/archives dir.

It can be a pain downloading all packages; maybe the debian.org server was too busy. Try it at another time.

QUOTE (mikejf @ Feb 14 2003, 02:48 PM)

What's the DEB package name that your missing? Is it only 1 package or several? I can maybe upload it somewhere then you just download  and copy it to your /var/cache/apt/archives dir. It can be a pain downloading all packages; maybe the debian.org server was too busy. Try it at another time.

Hi !

It was package n° 11....always package n°11. Is it possible to reload only this package via a special command ? I saw that there was a "fix" command, but i don't understand who does it work....

Yes, i should try with an other ftp in my sources.list but when you find a ftp in the KDE list (http://www.kde.org/ftpmirrors.html), do we have to put a short link in sources. list like ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde or do we have to put a long link like ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.1/Debi...in/binary-i386/ ?

This post has been edited by syntaxx_error: Feb 14 2003, 02:20 PM