Running standard KDE alongside KDE SVN

mserms

Almost certainly been asked before, but I can't find it. How simple/stable is it to run the standard KDE (3.4.1) ebuilds alongside the SVN version? Ideally I would like be able to run both and switch between them by changing a path in some config file.

Is it better to use the svn ebuilds rather than an SVN checkout?

I currently have 'standard' KDE, but I'm not too sure what to do...

mserms · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:51 pm Post subject:

Anyone done this?

mserms · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 11:36 am Post subject:

One last try - you never know

episode96 · Apprentice Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 173

The simplest way I've found to do that is to create a new user in your system who will be the only one to have access to the SVN version. I've done the CVS checkout using the following instructions:

http://quality.kde.org/develop/cvsguide/buildstep.php

Worked great for me

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mserms · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:49 pm Post subject:

That looks like exactly what I want, thanks a lot.

bookstack · Apprentice Joined: 27 Feb 2004 Posts: 245

I've tried in another apporach:

I installed the split ebuild of kde 3.4.1, and I would like to hack the bleeding edge kdepim.