KDE 3.5.6 packages for Kubuntu now available

[Fenyx]

KDE 3.5.6, the sixth Translation and Service release in the 3.5 series, has been officially released. And right at the heels is Kubuntu, providing the latest KDE packages for Kubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft.

KDE 3.5.6 is a maintenance release, providing bug fixes, new features, and new translations for localized versions.

Get your KDE 3.5.6 while they're still hot!

Kubuntu release annoucnement:
http://kubuntu.org/announcements/kde-356.php

KDE 3.5.6 release announcement:
http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-3.5.6.php

Changes from KDE 3.5.5 to 3.5.6
http://www.kde.org/announcements/changelogs/changelog3_5_5to3_5_6.php

[the_mouse]

Is the new KDE going to be avaible for Kubuntu Dapper, or only for Edgy?

[claydoh]

Only for Edgy

[Fenyx]

Sad to say, KDE 3.5.6 is only available for Edgy and Feisty. Unless the packagers/maintainers decide otherwise, Dapper will remain to be stable (long term support), and with less updated/recent versions.

[rodneyck]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how do you upgrade or get it? I did not see anything in adept.

[emagray]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how do you upgrade or get it? I did not see anything in adept.

i need help with this too, i already put in the new repository and updated. what do i do now?

[Earthwings]

Get the verification keys:
wget http://people.ubuntu.com/~jriddell/kubuntu-packages-jriddell-key.gpg
sudo apt-key add kubuntu-packages-jriddell-key.gpg
Add one or more mirror to sources.list:
sudo sh -c "echo deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-356 edgy main >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
Update your system:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Edit: corrected command to add mirror to sources.list

[rodneyck]

Thank you so much!!! :D

[JoeTheHoe]

Hey thanks for this I was just wondering though if anybodyelse's fonts got messed up with the upgrade?

[kubicle]

Hey thanks for this I was just wondering though if anybodyelse's fonts got messed up with the upgrade?

I haven't noticed a change in feisty, are you using edgy?. And how are they messed up? (wrong fonts/size/antialiasing etc.)

[Earthwings]

Hey thanks for this I was just wondering though if anybodyelse's fonts got messed up with the upgrade?

They changed, yes, though I wouldn't call it messed up. It's more an improvement this time. On the other hand I think it's quite annoying that default fonts seem to be changed every other day.

[assettt]

hi just wondering if i'm doing it wrong or not but i'm getting a permission denied when i try to add it the mirrors to my sources list. attached below is my konsole readout:
tom@desktop:~$ sudo apt-key add kubuntu-packages-jriddell-key.gpg
OK
tom@desktop:~$ sudo echo "deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-356 edgy main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
bash: /etc/apt/sources.list: Permission denied

[assettt]

Ok, done it now . Managed to add the mirror to the apt/sources list and upgraded. So far no messed up fonts or anything different but will report back once i've browsed more thoroughly the new packages. :)

[rodneyck]

The only thing that changed for me after the update were the preset system sounds. They just defaulted to no sound. Nothing major, just had to reset them again.

BTW, is there a KDE sound themer?

[Earthwings]

tom@desktop:~$ sudo echo "deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-356 edgy main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
bash: /etc/apt/sources.list: Permission denied
Oh, corrected that above, thanks for the pointer.

[cabbage]

Dear all,

I've happily upgraded to 3.5.6 using the kubuntu repositories. But now I notice that there are similar updates available via edgy-updates which despite appearing to be the same version, seem to take precedence.

I don't want to install 3.5.6 from edgy-updates I want to keep the kubuntu packages because I think they're better (some things are less broken).

Has anyone else noticed this?


Regards,

Cabbage.

[claydoh]

I don't see any in edgy-updates myself. Shouldn't be, really.

If you list the packages it wants to install, the command

apt-cache policy <packagename>
you will see info on where the packages came from

For example on my Edgy setup with KDE 3.5.6:

[claydoh@claydoh:~]$ apt-cache policy kdebase
kdebase:
Installed: 4:3.5.6-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 4:3.5.6-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 4:3.5.6-0ubuntu1 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
4:3.5.6-0ubuntu1~edgy1 0
500 http://kubuntu.org edgy/main Packages
4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.2 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/main Packages
4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-proposed/main Packages
4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main Packages

[cabbage]

Thanks. I was looking in Synaptic and couldn't see that detail. For example I get:

kmail:
Installed: 4:3.5.6-0ubuntu1~edgy1
Candidate: 4:3.5.6-0ubuntu2~edgy1
Version table:
4:3.5.6-0ubuntu2~edgy1 0
500 http://kubuntu.org edgy/main Packages
*** 4:3.5.6-0ubuntu1~edgy1 0
500 http://kubuntu.org edgy/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
4:3.5.5-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main Packages

So the new version is still coming from kubuntu.org. Thats OK then - I'll upgrade. I wonder why 25 packages have just been updated?

I prefer the kubuntu.org KDE packages - they seem to work better - don't ask me why..!


Cheers.

[claydoh]

It must be jonathan riddell's magic touch :)
Tho he does a lot of the packages that end up in the official releases

[podunk]

I was going to pass on this one, but rereading the change log there are a few things for Kmail I would like.

If I compile from source will it break my Dapper install or turn it to an edgy eft machine?

Thanks in advance!

[Earthwings]

If the reason to keep dapper is stability, don't compile the KDE sources. Upgrading to edgy is likely to be less problematic.

[Fenyx]

Compiling KDE 3.5.6 on Dapper will be more problematic than upgrading to Edgy.

However, KDE 3.5.6 might be available for Dapper in a few days, depending on the packager and the packages he made.

[claydoh]

On mepis (based on Dapper) they won't include 3.5.6 due to needing a newer version of libhal
http://www.mepis.org/node/12163
so there may be issues with that, or at least having to upgrade that as well. Hopefully the packager doesn't run into any brick walls

[mastergunner]

I hope the packager will post when the new KDE will be packaged and available for Dapper.