News & notes
2013-03-24
KDE SC 4.9.5 has been uploaded.
See
this email for more information.
2012-06-11
qt-kde mirrors have been purged, since 4.8.4 packages are available in Debian sid.
2012-05-27
Additional packages, such as dolphin,konqueror,kate,konsole and localization, where added, so make sure you run
aptitude -t experimental-snapshots dist-upgrade
to get those.
2012-05-14
Main KDE Plasma Workspaces
4.8.3 packages are now available from these mirrors.
Check this
announcement mail
for further information.
As usual, do
not file bugs in the official Debian BTS.
Instead use the
debian-kde mailing list
or the #debian-kde IRC channel on irc.debian.org.
old news.
2012-04-23
Since 4.7.4 packages are available in unstable, this repository is currently empty.
2011-12-21
Newer KDE SC 4.7.4 packages are available from experimental. For install instructions and furhter information check the
pkg-kde Site.
2011-11-29
i386 packages of KDE SC 4.7.2 have been added to the repositories.
2011-11-26
KDE SC 4.7.2 for amd64 has been uploaded.
See
this email for more information.
2011-05-27
KDE SC 4.6.3 (excluding kdebindings) has been uploaded to unstable. Therefore, KDE SC packages have been removed from this repository.
2011-04-26
KDE SC 4.6.2 (excluding kdebindings) has been uploaded. To upgrade from 4.6.1, simply do dist-upgrade (apt-get) or full-upgrade (aptitude).
2011-04-02
KDE SC 4.6.1 (excluding kdebindings) has been uploaded.
2010-10-16
Extra entries in /etc/apt/preferences are no longer needed with
apt 0.8.5 or later.
See
About repository section below.
2010-09-09
Most KDE SC 4.5.1 packages have been uploaded.
2010-08-14
The koffice 2.2.0 packages have been removed from this repository. Koffice 2.2.1 is now available in unstable.
2010-05-28
The localization packages for KOffice 2.2.0 and the KOffice-based application braindump are now available in the archive.
2010-05-26
KOffice 2.2.0 packages for i386 and amd64 have been uploaded. See
this email for more information.
2010-04-10
KDE SC 4.4.2 has been uploaded to
Debian experimental.
As a result, KDE SC 4.4.2 packages have been removed from this repository.
Configuring repositories
Use one of the following ways, to add the repository:
-
Using apt-spy to find the fastest mirror (recommended)
Install apt-spy:
# aptitude install apt-spy
Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and if you find any these lines, remove it:
deb http://qt-kde.debian.net/debian experimental-snapshots main
deb-src http://qt-kde.debian.net/debian experimental-snapshots main
deb http://qt-kde2.debian.net/debian experimental-snapshots main
deb-src http://qt-kde2.debian.net/debian experimental-snapshots main
Download this file: mirrors.txt. Then execute:
# apt-spy -m mirrors.txt -d experimental-snapshots \
-f dists/experimental-snapshots/Release -o /etc/apt/sources.list.d/qt-kde.list
Now, in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/qt-kde.list you should have the mirror which works faster for you.
-
By manually editing /etc/apt/sources.list
Create a file qt-kde.list in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ with the following content
deb http://qt-kde.debian.net/debian experimental-snapshots main
deb-src http://qt-kde.debian.net/debian experimental-snapshots main
To share the best load between mirrors, there is also a
secondary mirror, so consider replacing above with:
deb http://qt-kde2.debian.net/debian experimental-snapshots main
deb-src http://qt-kde2.debian.net/debian experimental-snapshots main
Upgrade packages
Update your package list with:
# aptitude update
In order to get the repository key, install the
pkg-kde-archive-keyring package:
# aptitude install pkg-kde-archive-keyring
(confirm the question about a missing key with "Yes"). Then update your package list again:
# aptitude update
and install the newer packages with:
aptitude -t experimental-snapshots dist-upgrade
Please note that once packages have been installed from this repository, their
updates will be automatically received using standard
apt-get dist-upgrade or
aptitude full-upgrade as long as newer package
versions do not override them from the official Debian archive.
About repository
The primary purpose of this repository is to provide package versions of the
KDE applications which for some reason cannot be uploaded to unstable or
experimental. Therefore, this repository is targetted at Debian
unstable users who don't mind installing, testing and providing feedback for
a bit more experimental stuff.