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