From kde Mon Mar 10 21:52:51 2003 From: Sean McGlynn Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 21:52:51 +0000 To: kde Subject: Re: [kde] Multiple versions of KDE on the same machine X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde&m=104733317100528 On Monday 10 March 2003 19:28, Nils Holland wrote: > Hi everybody, Hello Nils, > well, just recently I browsed through the KDE FAQ and stmbled accross the > following: > > "One thing you should avoid: installing two or more versions of KDE in > parallel. This might happen if you specify a different target directory for > one version than for the other. The result may be unpredictable. The same > is true if you have different versions of Qt™ installed at the same > time." I think this was just general advice for the newbie to compiling, who might do everything under the same userid and get themselves into a mess by mixing environment vars (QTDIR/KDEDIR/PATH etc.), include directories and libs from different versions. There's no reason why you can't have different versions of QT/KDE on the same system when you know what you're doing. > Now, interestingly this is something I've been done for two years or so > without any problems at all. Likewise. I'm replying here using KMail from KDE2.2, whilst running an old KDE3.1 beta, and compiling the latest CVS under a different userid :-) > To be more precise, I do things like this: I > have one "system-wide" version of KDE and QT installed under /opt/kde and > /opt/qt. This version was compiled by "root" and can be used by all users > on the system. When I update this system-wide KDE, I always de-install the > old version first. > > Then, I have some versions of KDE that are either somewhat old or very new > (=CVS) installed, but these are tied to a particular user. For example, my > main KDE version in /opt/kde is currently KDE 3.0.3. Additionally, I have a > user set up that's called "kde31", and this user has compiled and installed > KDE 3.1 and the latest QT somewhere below his home directory. His QTDIR, > KDEDIR and PATH are set so that he will run "his" version of KDE, while all > other users will get the standard version under /opt. Soon, KDE 3.1 may be > made available for all users, and the user kde31 (who was only there for > testing purposes in the first place) may be deleted. > > So, as I said, having two or more versions of KDE on my system at the same > time by using the method I described above has always worked fine for me. > Looking again at the FAQ item I quoted in the beginning, is there still a > reason why I shouldn't be doing what I'm doing because it will eventually > lead to problems? Or does the FAQ only mean that I should not "blindly" mix > up multiple versions of KDE, which is not what I'm doing right now, since > my KDE versions are kept strictly separate? I basically do the same as you, but I don't bother with a global KDE setup (for this single user machine). The FAQ isn't really clear in its explanation, but it hasn't been updated for quite a while anyway by the look of it :-) What you're doing is fine, so don't worry about the FAQ ;-) > Bye, > Nils Cheers, Sean -- Sean McGlynn sean@tmiau.com Going into a war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion player. (borrowed from kuro5hin.org posting ;-) ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.