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@@ -1,45 +1,49 @@
-KDE4.11
+KDE4.12
=======
-This is the KDE Software Compilation 4.11.5 for Slackware 14.1 (and -current).
-These packages will not work on Slackware 14.0.
+This is the KDE Software Compilation 4.12.5 for Slackware 14.1 and -current
+(this was compiled on Slackware 14.1 as promised) !
-Notable enhancements in the 4.11 release cycle are: more widespread use of
-Qt-Quick in Plasma Workspaces, faster Nepomuk indexing, Kontact improvements,
-OpenGL improvements in KWin (and a start of support for Wayland).
+This release includes version 4.11.9 of the Plasma Workspaces, since the
+Workspaces were feature-frozen in 4.11.
+KDE SC 4.12.5 is the final increment in the 4.12 series. The 4.13 series
+will be compiled for Slackware-current only.
The upgrade from Slackware 14.1's own 4.10.5 will be trivial.
Only four packages outside KDE (the 'deps') need an update: akonadi, attica,
-shared-desktop-ontologies and soprano.
+shared-desktop-ontologies and soprano. One new dependency is introduced for
+KDE 4.12, and that's LibRaw.
Four KDE packages have been removed since the KDE 4.10.5 of Slackware 14.1:
* kdeadmin, kdetoys, kdesdk and kdenetwork have been split up into smaller
individual packages since 4.10.5.
+One package has been renamed in 4.12: kwallet is now called kwalletmanager.
+One additional rename took place after 4.12.3: kdnssd became zeroconf-ioslave.
-I added a few experimental packages which are the future replacement of the
-networkmanagement widget. These packages are:
-libmm-qt, libnm-qt and plasma-nm. I am using these instead of the old
-networkmanagement, without any issues.
+Updates to 'extragear' packages are: Calligra and KDevelop.
+A new package 'kdev-python' has been added, bringing Python support to KDevelop.
-I also provide a recompiled version of the calligra package which is part of
-Slackware 14.1. This rebuild was needed because of some updated libraries
-in KDE 4.11 which break calligra-words. You can still use Slackware's own
-language packs for calligra.
+You have a choice of NetworkManager GUI: the original 'networkmanagement'
+widget or the new QML based 'plasma-nm' applet. The packages required for
+the Plasma NetworkManager applet are: libmm-qt, libnm-qt and plasma-nm itself.
+
+Added since 4.12.3 is 'kdeconnect-kde' which is the counterpart of the
+Andriod application kdeconnect-android. KDE Connect allows your Android
+smartphone to interact with your KDE Desktop.
NOTE:
About the language packs (KDEI) - for Slackware 32-bit as well as 64-bit:
-* KDE localizations (language packs) are available in "x86_64/kdei". You only
- need one package (for your own language). Don't let the "x86_64" in the
- directory name fool you, the language packs are useable on both platforms.
- translations/localizations.
+* KDE localizations (language packs) are available in the "kdei" subdirectory.
+ You only need one package (for your own language).
NOTE:
If you decide to install these packages on top of a fresh installation of
Slackware 14.1 and have excluded all packages in the 'KDE' package series
during installation, you will be missing several add-on packages, some of
these are essential to the proper functioning of KDE!
- If you excluded the complete Slackware 14.1 'KDE' series, then you will
- have to install the following essential packages at a a minimum:
+ If you excluded the complete Slackware 14.1 'KDE' series, then you
+ will have to install the following essential Slackware 14.1 packages
+ at a a minimum:
* polkit-kde-agent-1
* polkit-kde-kcmodules-1
And optionally install these as well:
@@ -53,12 +57,12 @@ If you decide to install these packages on top of a fresh installation of
NOTE:
Sources and scripts have been separated from the packages in my 'ktown'
repository starting with KDE 4.9-rc1. If you want the sources for
- 4.11.5, run the following command to download them:
+ 4.12.5, run the following command to download them:
- # rsync -av rsync://alien.slackbook.org/alien/ktown/source/4.11.5 .
+ # rsync -av rsync://alien.slackbook.org/alien/ktown/source/4.12.5 .
Then if you want to compile the KDE packages on your computer, run:
- # cd 4.11.5/kde
+ # cd 4.12.5/kde
# ./KDE.SlackBuild
Wait a long time, and you will find the new packages in /tmp/kde-build .
@@ -68,34 +72,34 @@ But if all you want is the packages I created, then you can skip all of that.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-In order to install or upgrade to KDE 4.11.5, follow these steps:
+In order to install or upgrade to KDE 4.12.5, follow these steps:
Make sure you are not running KDE or even X ! If you are running an X session,
log out first, and if you are in runlevel 4 (graphical login) you first have to
go back to runlevel 3 (console) by typing "init 3".
To make it easy for you, here is a one-line command that downloads the whole
-4.11.5 directory (excluding the sources), with 32-bit and 64-bit packages
+4.12.5 directory (excluding the sources), with 32-bit and 64-bit packages
(and be careful of the 'dot' at the end of that command, it is part of the
commandline !!):
- # rsync -av rsync://alien.slackbook.org/alien/ktown/14.1/4.11.5 .
+ # rsync -av rsync://alien.slackbook.org/alien/ktown/14.1/4.12.5 .
Or else, if you want to download packages for just one of the two supported
architectures, you would run one of the following commands instead (note that
there is a dot at the end of these commands!).
If you want only the 64-bit packages:
- # rsync -av --exclude=x86 rsync://alien.slackbook.org/alien/ktown/14.1/4.11.5 .
+ # rsync -av --exclude=x86 rsync://alien.slackbook.org/alien/ktown/14.1/4.12.5 .
If you want only the 32-bit packages:
- # rsync -av --exclude=x86_64 rsync://alien.slackbook.org/alien/ktown/14.1/4.11.5 .
+ # rsync -av --exclude=x86_64 rsync://alien.slackbook.org/alien/ktown/14.1/4.12.5 .
Assuming you just downloaded the bits you want from the directory tree
-"4.11.5", you must now change your current directory to where you found this
-README (which is the directory called '4.11.5'). If you used one of the
+"4.12.5", you must now change your current directory to where you found this
+README (which is the directory called '4.12.5'). If you used one of the
above "rsync" commands then you can simply do:
- # cd 4.11.5
+ # cd 4.12.5
From within this directory, you run the following commands as root (note that
some of the old KDE package names are obsoleted now, they have been split up,
@@ -108,6 +112,8 @@ renamed or integrated and that is the reason for the 'removepkg' lines):
# removepkg kdenetwork
# removepkg kdesdk
# removepkg kdetoys
+ # removepkg kwallet
+ # removepkg kdnssd
On Slackware 64-bit:
# upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new x86_64/deps/*.t?z
@@ -116,6 +122,8 @@ renamed or integrated and that is the reason for the 'removepkg' lines):
# removepkg kdenetwork
# removepkg kdesdk
# removepkg kdetoys
+ # removepkg kwallet
+ # removepkg kdnssd
If you already have one or more non-english language packs installed:
# upgradepkg x86_64/kdei/*.t?z
@@ -135,5 +143,5 @@ renamed or integrated and that is the reason for the 'removepkg' lines):
Then reboot your system.
==============================================================================
- Eric Hameleers / alien at slackware dot com / 06-jan-2014
+ Eric Hameleers / alien at slackware dot com / 27-apr-2014