On 12/17/2010 12:42 AM, Allan McRae wrote: > On 17/12/10 16:32, David C. Rankin wrote: >> So, what says the brain trust? Possible? Not Possible? > > The only sane way to do this is to find the original PKGBUILDs, updated their > dependencies to what is currently in Arch (or provide packages for the old > library versions they need) and rebuild the packages. > > Or just accept that no-one cares enough about kde3 to continue making packages > for it and move on... > > Allan > Ah hah! Got it! The key is to just install the old dependencies first: pacman -U libxxf86misc-1.0.2-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz \ xf86miscproto-0.9.2-2-i686.pkg.tar.gz Then just: pacman -Sy kdemod3-complete <snip> (315/316) installing kdemod3-tools [#####################################] 100% (316/316) installing kdemod3-ui-kdemod [#####################################] 100% Then just build and install the following from AUR poppler-qt3 libpng libjpeg Then install kdemod3-kdegraphics-kpdf Done :-) Linux has always been about choice. Where Linux desktops are concerned, I have never found more logically thought out, efficient interface that provides the usable tools to just 'get the job done' than kde3. I judge an interface by the attention to detail the designers took in making sure the desktop was (1) usable and (2) efficient (requiring the minimum number of key clicks or mouse inputs to carry out an operation on well designed dialogs). KDE3 got it right, fluxbox is my 2nd choice, but obviously it doesn't have the base application set that comes with it. So at present, the best compromise I have found in the post kde3 world is to install kde3 and then use fluxbox as the wm with all kde3 apps there for use. It provides a very elegant solution -- until I can figure out how to make PKGBUILDs for Trinity :p -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
