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1 Installing KDE 4.6 in Debian
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3 :author: Aaron Ball
4 :email: nullspoon@iohq.net
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8 Installing KDE on Debian is a pretty simple task. Getting the latest and
9 greatest of KDE (or anything), is another matter especially if you want it from
10 a repository.
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12 I searched around the interwebs for some time before stumbling upon the
13 http://qt-kde.debian.net/[Debian QT/KDE team site]. As it turns out,
14 there is actually a repo for the latest of KDE, saving all of us quite a
15 bit of time compiling the .deb files for an entire GUI. Thankfully,
16 setup and installation is a breeze (thanks apt-get). First you need to
17 add the repo to your sources.list file. To do this, crack open your
18 favorite editor (mine is vi) and edit the following file
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21 /etc/apt/source.list
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24 Once you're in the file, add the following lines:
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27 deb http://qt-kde.debian.net/debian experimental-snapshots main
28 deb-src http://qt-kde.debian.net/debian experimental-snapshots main
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31 Save your sources.list file and run the following commands:
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34 aptitude install pkg-kde-archive-keyring apt-get update
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37 Finally, we install the latest version of KDE
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40 apt-get install kde
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43 And that's it. Add the repo to your sources.list file, get the repo key,
44 update, and install. Beats the pants off of compiling it yourself, huh
45 (especially when you're doing it on a machine like mine)?
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48 Category:KDE
49 Category:Debian
50 Category:Linux
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