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Subject: Re: hi, KDE Install success, wrote down some stuff
From: "Vadim Peretokin" <vperetokin () gmail ! com>
Date: 2007-11-05 12:24:00
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I tried installing KDE on my virtual xp before also, but all it did was
download a whole lot of packages, leave them in the downloaded directory,
and start a couple of installers. I'm not much of a technical expert on
windows, so I gave up for the time being.
I'll try it again with your guide though, thanks!
On 11/5/07, S Page <skierpage@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Hello. http://chehrlic.blogspot.com/ motivated me to run KDE Install
> for Windows and with some help from SaroEngels on IRC I got some apps
> running on Windows! KStars and KMahjongg!
>
> I couldn't find any information about doing this anywhere outside
> chehrlic's blog, so I created
> http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/KDE_on_Windows/Running
> and linked to it from the parent.
> I hope that's OK, feel free to delete if it's
> premature/incorrect/out-of-place.
>
> I ran into a lot of problems, I put them in the Discussion page
> http://techbase.kde.org/Talk:Projects/KDE_on_Windows/Running
>
> A few are in the earlier thread "some issue with kdelibs-beta4-3.95.1":
>
> 1. Adding KDEDIRS=C:\KDE4 helped me with IO, as Mr. Habacker found.
>
> Mr. Ehrlicher wrote:
> > kde4/bin is not in the PATH and/or kbuildsycoca4.exe is not there.
>
> 2. Following a blog comment I have C:\KDE4\lib in my PATH. Should I
> also/instead have C:\KDE4\bin in my PATH?
>
> 3. I found running kbuildsycoca4 by hand avoided okular and KStars
> crashing.
>
> Should 1,2 & 3 go in the Running instructions?
>
>
> Is there a list of known issues with current KDE4 on Windows?
>
> I looked at bugs.kde.org. Searching for op_sys=MS+Windows shows only
> five open bugs on Windows. Ship it ;-) Am I querying the wrong way?
>
>
> I could paste the rest of the problems I encountered from the Discussion
> page in here, or I could file a bug for each one, or I could do nothing.
> Let me know what would help the project.
>
> Thanks for your work, I can't imagine how hard it must have been to get
> this far with a Windows port.
> --
> =S Page
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I tried installing KDE on my virtual xp before also, but all it did was download a \
whole lot of packages, leave them in the downloaded directory, and start a couple of \
installers. I'm not much of a technical expert on windows, so I gave up for the \
time being. <br><br>I'll try it again with your guide though, \
thanks!<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/5/07, <b \
class="gmail_sendername">S Page</b> <<a \
href="mailto:skierpage@earthlink.net">skierpage@earthlink.net</a> > \
wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hello. <a \
href="http://chehrlic.blogspot.com/">http://chehrlic.blogspot.com/ </a> motivated me \
to run KDE Install<br>for Windows and with some help from SaroEngels on IRC I got \
some apps<br>running on Windows! KStars and KMahjongg!<br><br>I \
couldn't find any information about doing this anywhere outside \
<br>chehrlic's blog, so I created<br><a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/KDE_on_Windows/Running">http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/KDE_on_Windows/Running</a><br>and \
linked to it from the parent.<br>I hope that's OK, feel free to delete if \
it's <br>premature/incorrect/out-of-place.<br><br>I ran into a lot of problems, I \
put them in the Discussion page<br><a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Talk:Projects/KDE_on_Windows/Running">http://techbase.kde.org/Talk:Projects/KDE_on_Windows/Running
</a><br><br>A few are in the earlier thread "some issue with \
kdelibs-beta4-3.95.1":<br><br>1. Adding KDEDIRS=C:\KDE4 helped me with IO, as \
Mr. Habacker found.<br><br>Mr. Ehrlicher wrote:<br>> kde4/bin is not in the PATH \
and/or kbuildsycoca4.exe is not there.<br><br>2. Following a blog comment I have \
C:\KDE4\lib in my PATH. Should I<br>also/instead have C:\KDE4\bin in my \
PATH?<br><br>3. I found running kbuildsycoca4 by hand avoided okular and KStars \
crashing. <br><br>Should 1,2 & 3 go in the Running instructions?<br><br><br>Is \
there a list of known issues with current KDE4 on Windows?<br><br>I looked at <a \
href="http://bugs.kde.org">bugs.kde.org</a>. Searching for \
op_sys=MS+Windows shows only <br>five open bugs on Windows. Ship it \
;-) Am I querying the wrong way?<br><br><br>I could paste the rest of the \
problems I encountered from the Discussion<br>page in here, or I could file a bug for \
each one, or I could do nothing. <br> Let me know what would help the \
project.<br><br>Thanks for your work, I can't imagine how hard it must have been \
to get<br>this far with a Windows port.<br>--<br>=S \
Page<br>_______________________________________________ <br>Kde-windows mailing \
list<br><a href="mailto:Kde-windows@kde.org">Kde-windows@kde.org</a><br><a \
href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-windows">https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-windows</a><br></blockquote>
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