[Kommander-devel] switching over to svn

[Andras Mantia]

On Friday 08 February 2008, Dan Cherry wrote:
> Hi,
> I've been running the new parser in the kubuntu 7.10 version of
> kommander (from the repositories), and started running into a few
> bugs (It's an older version, and expected).  So I'm ready to switch
> to svn - almost...
>
> Three quick questions before I switch to the latest kommander from
> svn... 1) should I remove the existing kubuntu kommander before
> installing, or will they coexist peacefully?

They can coexist, but you might need to play with some env variables 
(KDEDIRS, LD_LIBRARY_PATH). 
But you can just install over the old one.

> 2) there was a note about not compiling quanta on the svn page.  Is
> it wise to only checkout kommander from svn and compile only it and
> it's plugins, or should I checkout the entire kdewebdev?  (I usually
> rely on deb files and repositories to manage my apps, so this svn
> stuff is new to me.)

This is about trunk. Kommander in trunk (KDE4) does not compile. But if 
you check out from the KDE 3.5 branch, it willw ork.

> 3) I didn't see an 'uninstall' script or option.  Will this be a mess
> to clean up when the kubuntu repositories catch up with what's being
> developed and I want to move back to a kubuntu release to get the
> benefit of automatic updates?  I realize kubuntu will NEVER be caught
> up with development, but there may come a time when I want to get off
> the bleeding edge.

Luckily, KDE 3.5.9 will be released in ~2 weeks, including *lots* of 
Kommander fixes and improvements. Of course, you could still switch to 
the svn version. :) But to answer: no, it will not be a problem, you 
would just install the new deb over and that's all.

Andras
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Quanta Plus developer - http://quanta.kdewebdev.org
K Desktop Environment - http://www.kde.org
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