Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 00:06:47 +1000 From: "Haikal Saadh" <wyldephyre2@yahoo.com> To: "David Johnson" <djohnson@acuson.com>, "Belfred I Antonio" <belfred@edsamail.com.ph> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Questions, XFree86 and K Desktop Environment Message-ID: <019401c09758$9f775cd0$0100a8c0@warhawk> References: <20010214172236.288B737B4EC@hub.freebsd.org> <3A8ACB14.BFF81594@acuson.com>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Johnson" <djohnson@acuson.com>
To: "Belfred I Antonio" <belfred@edsamail.com.ph>
Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 4:14 AM
Subject: Re: Questions, XFree86 and K Desktop Environment
> Belfred I Antonio wrote:
>
> > I just installed FreeBSD 4.2 onto my system and i installed XFree86
3.3.6 and KDE 1.x. If i > will install XFree86 4.x do i need the XFree86
3.3.6 or v4.x can stand alone? Same as in if > i will install KDE 2 do i
need to install also the KDE 1.x?
>
> I'm not sure about the full ramifications of XFree86-4, so you should
> ask on -questions about that. But there is no need to keep kde-1.x
> around if you're using kde-2. However, there are a few programs in ports
> that still need kde-1 as a dependency. Look in the port Makefile before
> installing any kde program to make sure that it's for kde-2 and not
> kde-1. Hopefully these old dependencies will disappear soon.
I've found kde2 unstable as.....crashes the minute it starts up. It does
look nicer, though.
This was an install I did about 2-3 months ago...don't know if things are
any better now. ('twas not on my box)
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