On 03/17/2010 10:51 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
Hopefull back on topic... I have gotten kde3 working on my new server (mostly). Currently, I simply soft-linked libjpeg.so.62 and libpng12.so and libpng12.so.0 to the current libs which was enough to get kde3 going. There are still major problems (no background setting capability - colors work), no icons (except for fusion-icon and a few others). I think the whole problem is that kde3 needs to be built against all the current libraries - CAN I DO THAT?? I have downloaded the kde3 3.5.10 source from kde.org and I have downloaded the qt-3.3.8 X11-qt-3.3.8 sources from trolltech. The build instructions seem doable. My question to the smart guys on the list is: DO I HAVE A CHANCE IN HELL of being able to compile it against the current Arch? This I ask to save considerable time if the venture is fruitless.
Doubtful. I actually experimented a while back with being the maintainer for kde3 packages in the AUR (using the last known old Arch KDE3.5 PKGBUILD's), but I wasn't able to build one of the core packages (either kdebase or kdelibs - can't remember which). I don't remember off the top of my head what the build problem was though. Latest info I have on cause is here: http://chakra-project.org/bbs/viewtopic.php?id=1097&p=2
If you're really interested in pursuing this, I would try digging up the old PKGBUILDs for kdebase and kdelibs and try building them. If you succeed, then you've probably got a good chance of succeeding at the whole effort.
But, IMO - as I've said before - I think you should just give up on KDE3 already.
DR
