Kde 4.2

trumee · Guru Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 551 Location: London,UK

will be released today

Hagra · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 74

Yeah, that got me... I've been following the banners on www.kde.org for two weeks and actually found myself getting excited yesterday when it said "KDE 4.2 will be released tomorrow". I didn't even check this morning, I just did a sync in the blind hope there'd already be an ebuild in the tree. Not there... www.kde.org... "KDE 4.2 will be released today". Not "KDE 4.2 is released, click here to download". :-(

Oh well, I guess it just builds the tension a bit longer!

(Yes, I know it's pathetic to get so excited about a desktop environment... I'm 26, yet I feel like a 5 year old on Christmas eve!)

n00b_admin · n00b Joined: 22 Jan 2009 Posts: 13

I think as soon as those tarballs roll we will have the ebuilds also.

See: http://blogs.gentoo.org/jmbsvicetto/2009/01/25/kde-4-2

albright · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:47 pm Post subject:

they are here ... I'm building kdelibs 4.2 right now
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TNorthover · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:52 pm Post subject:

step · Apprentice Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 198

It will be available approximately 18.00 UTC but this can be just a rumor.

platojones · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:42 pm Post subject:

According to kde.org, it has now been released. Go get 'em!

trumee · Guru Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 551 Location: London,UK

Where are the ebuilds for 4.2?

platojones · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:12 pm Post subject:

the kde-testing overlay.

szkodnik · n00b Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Posts: 3

Hagra · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 74

I've just sync'd and got a lot of 4.2 packages, but am definitely missing at least the meta packages. Also, looking on packages.gentoo.org, they're all hard masked. I guess they'll be unmasked once they're all there.

Lubomir · Apprentice Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 155

The meta packages of kde 4.2 will never come out. That have changed. Now you need the latest portage and must emerge kde 4.2 with "emerge @kde" or when you want 4.2 and no updates to 4.3 when it comes "emerge @kde-4.2".
I have running kde 4.2rc1 at the moment and will update now.

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cogent · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:45 pm Post subject:

Is there an easy way to upgrade 4.1.3 -> 4.2 ? From my understanding the 4.2 packages are slotted. But I don't really care about 4.1 once I get 4.2, is there a way to force an upgrade instead of installing 4.2 then manually removing 4.1?

platojones · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:48 pm Post subject:

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Dillonco · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 15

While portage-2.2 is required, the sets do not appear to have been merged into the tree yet. In addition, while using the sets from kde-testing sees to be possible, the main tree is missing quite a few packages necessary to install 4.2. So at the moment the only option seems to be just using the kde-testing overlay.

DaggyStyle · Watchman Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5910

patience is a virtue... just wait till tomorrow.

btw, does kopete 4.2 was released?
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BlackEye · l33t Joined: 04 Dec 2002 Posts: 756 Location: Germany

meh, I want kde 4.2 ... now

My computer isn't that fast - I would like to start the big emerge right now and login tomorrow in a shiny new kde 4.2

would be awsome...

BlackEye · l33t Joined: 04 Dec 2002 Posts: 756 Location: Germany

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trumee · Guru Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 551 Location: London,UK

I was able to merge kdelibs-4.2 from the tree, but after that got stuck with the lack of akonadi server