News & notes

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

You need to add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

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:

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

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.

In order to receive repository updates using standard apt-get dist-upgrade or aptitude full-upgrade process, make sure that you have apt 0.8.5 or later installed. It is available in Debian 6.0 (squeeze) or later. However, if you still want to change default priority (that is 100) of this repository, you can add the following snippet to the /etc/apt/preferences file (or /etc/apt/preferences.d/ directory):

Package: *
Pin: release o=qt-kde,a=experimental-snapshots
Pin-Priority: 110 (or other numeric value, see apt_preferences(5))