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From: Josh Saddler <nightmorph@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: kde-config.xml kde-split-ebuilds.xml
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:39:52
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1 nightmorph 07/06/24 00:39:37
2
3 Modified: kde-config.xml kde-split-ebuilds.xml
4 Log:
5 updated kde guides for bug 182992
6
7 Revision Changes Path
8 1.32 xml/htdocs/doc/en/kde-config.xml
9
10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kde-config.xml?rev=1.32&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kde-config.xml?rev=1.32&content-type=text/plain
12 diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kde-config.xml?r1=1.31&r2=1.32
13
14 Index: kde-config.xml
15 ===================================================================
16 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kde-config.xml,v
17 retrieving revision 1.31
18 retrieving revision 1.32
19 diff -u -r1.31 -r1.32
20 --- kde-config.xml 3 Jun 2007 17:03:25 -0000 1.31
21 +++ kde-config.xml 24 Jun 2007 00:39:37 -0000 1.32
22 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
23 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
24
25 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kde-config.xml,v 1.31 2007/06/03 17:03:25 nightmorph Exp $ -->
26 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kde-config.xml,v 1.32 2007/06/24 00:39:37 nightmorph Exp $ -->
27
28 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
29
30 @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
31 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
32 <license/>
33
34 -<version>1.21</version>
35 -<date>2007-06-03</date>
36 +<version>1.22</version>
37 +<date>2007-06-23</date>
38
39 <chapter>
40 <title>What is the K Desktop Environment?</title>
41 @@ -123,165 +123,18 @@
42 </body>
43 </section>
44 <section>
45 -<title>Installing KDE as Monolithic Packages</title>
46 -<body>
47 -
48 -<p>
49 -The KDE project releases new versions of its desktop environment as a set of
50 -about 16 big packages, each containing many applications (thus they are called
51 -"monolithic"), so you need to decide which of these packages you want to
52 -install.
53 -</p>
54 -
55 -<p>
56 -If you want to see what it looks like to have all these packages installed,
57 -just check yourself:
58 -</p>
59 -
60 -<pre caption="Listing all packages KDE would install">
61 -# <i>emerge --pretend kde | less</i>
62 -</pre>
63 -
64 -<p>
65 -If you're not interested in installing all those packages, you can emerge them
66 -individually. You will most definitely want the <c>kdebase</c> package as it
67 -contains KDE's base packages and required dependencies. The following table
68 -lists some of the other available packages that you can install.
69 -</p>
70 -
71 -<table>
72 -<tr>
73 - <th>Package</th>
74 - <th>Description</th>
75 -</tr>
76 -<tr>
77 - <ti>kdeaccessibility</ti>
78 - <ti>
79 - Accessibility related programs, managed by the <uri
80 - link="http://accessibility.kde.org">KDE Accessibility Project</uri>
81 - </ti>
82 -</tr>
83 -<tr>
84 - <ti>kdeadmin</ti>
85 - <ti>
86 - KDE Administrative tools, such as <c>KCron</c> (Task Scheduling),
87 - <c>KUser</c> (User Management) and <c>KDat</c> (Backup Management).
88 - </ti>
89 -</tr>
90 -<tr>
91 - <ti>kdeartwork</ti>
92 - <ti>
93 - Various art-related stuff, including screen savers and themes. See also <uri
94 - link="http://www.kde-artists.org/">www.kde-artists.org</uri> for more KDE related
95 - artwork.
96 - </ti>
97 -</tr>
98 -<tr>
99 - <ti>kdeedu</ti>
100 - <ti>
101 - Educational KDE applications focused on school children aged 3 to 18. See
102 - also the <uri link="http://edu.kde.org">KDE Edu Project</uri>.
103 - </ti>
104 -</tr>
105 -<tr>
106 - <ti>kdegames</ti>
107 - <ti>
108 - Various KDE-developed games. More information can be found at the <uri
109 - link="http://games.kde.org">KDE Games Center</uri>.
110 - </ti>
111 -</tr>
112 -<tr>
113 - <ti>kdegraphics</ti>
114 - <ti>
115 - Graphic-related tools for KDE, including <c>KSnapshot</c> (Screenshot
116 - Software), <c>KolourPaint</c> (Simple Graphical Editor), <c>Kpdf</c>
117 - (PDF viewer), <c>KIconEdit</c> (Icon Editor) and <c>KPovModeler</c>
118 - (a 3D Modeler).
119 - </ti>
120 -</tr>
121 -<tr>
122 - <ti>kdemultimedia</ti>
123 - <ti>
124 - Multimedia-related applications, including support for CD, MP3, DVD,
125 - sequencing, sound and video applications. More information can be found on
126 - the <uri link="http://multimedia.kde.org">KDE Multimedia Project</uri>
127 - web site.
128 - </ti>
129 -</tr>
130 -<tr>
131 - <ti>kdenetwork</ti>
132 - <ti>
133 - Network-related applications such as <c>Kopete</c> (Multi-Protocol Instant
134 - Messaging), <c>kppp</c> (Dial-In) and <c>KSirc</c> (IRC client). Note that
135 - <c>konqueror</c> (File Manager <e>and</e> Browser) is part of <c>kdebase</c>!
136 - </ti>
137 -</tr>
138 -<tr>
139 - <ti>kdepim</ti>
140 - <ti>
141 - Personal Information Management tools, such as <c>KOrganizer</c> (Journal),
142 - <c>KAddressbook</c> (Address book), <c>Kontact</c> (Groupware) and
143 - <c>KMail</c> (E-mail). More information online at the <uri
144 - link="http://pim.kde.org">KDE PIM Project</uri> web site.
145 - </ti>
146 -</tr>
147 -<tr>
148 - <ti>kdesdk</ti>
149 - <ti>
150 - Code development tools, including <c>KBabel</c> (Translation tool),
151 - <c>KBugBuster</c> (Front end for KDE bug tracking) and <c>Kompare</c> (GUI
152 - to see differences between files).
153 - </ti>
154 -</tr>
155 -<tr>
156 - <ti>kdetoys</ti>
157 - <ti>
158 - Various toys to amuse yourself with when you're waiting for your pizza
159 - delivery. You'll find applets such as <c>eyesapplet</c> and
160 - <c>fifteenapplet</c>, but also nifty tools like <c>amor</c> which doesn't do
161 - much except eat resources :)
162 - </ti>
163 -</tr>
164 -<tr>
165 - <ti>kdeutils</ti>
166 - <ti>
167 - Graphical system tools such as <c>kcalc</c> (Calculator), <c>kdessh</c> (SSH
168 - terminal), <c>kfloppy</c> (Floppy-related actions), etc.
169 - </ti>
170 -</tr>
171 -<tr>
172 - <ti>kde-i18n</ti>
173 - <ti>
174 - Internationalization files for KDE. This includes translated
175 - documentation. See also the <uri link="http://i18n.kde.org">KDE i18n
176 - project</uri> for more information.
177 - </ti>
178 -</tr>
179 -</table>
180 -
181 -<p>
182 -For instance, to install KDE with only the network- and admin-related
183 -applications:
184 -</p>
185 -
186 -<pre caption="Example installation of individual KDE components">
187 -# <i>emerge kdebase kdenetwork kdeadmin</i>
188 -</pre>
189 -
190 -<p>
191 -In case you wonder: compiling KDE does take a while.
192 -</p>
193 -
194 -</body>
195 -</section>
196 -<section>
197 <title>Installing KDE as Split Packages</title>
198 <body>
199
200 +<note>
201 +We recommend that you use the split packages to install KDE (rather than the
202 +monolithic packages, though both methods will be presented), as shown below.
203 +</note>
204 +
205 <p>
206 -If you want to have even more control on what parts of KDE you install, you
207 -have the possibility to install just the single KDE applications that you need.
208 -To know more about the ebuilds for the individual KDE programs see the <uri
209 +If you want to have more control on what parts of KDE you install, you have the
210 +possibility to install just the single KDE applications that you need. To know
211 +more about the ebuilds for the individual KDE programs see the <uri
212 link="/doc/en/kde-split-ebuilds.xml">Split Ebuilds HOWTO</uri>.
213 </p>
214
215 @@ -447,6 +300,163 @@
216 </body>
217 </section>
218 <section>
219 +<title>Installing KDE as Monolithic Packages</title>
220 +<body>
221 +
222 +<p>
223 +Although the split ebuilds are the recommended way to install KDE, you do have
224 +the option of installing the monolithic ebuilds.
225 +</p>
226 +
227 +<p>
228 +The KDE project releases new versions of its desktop environment as a set of
229 +about 16 big packages, each containing many applications (thus they are called
230 +"monolithic"), so you need to decide which of these packages you want to
231 +install.
232 +</p>
233 +
234 +<p>
235 +If you want to see what it looks like to have all these packages installed,
236 +just check yourself:
237 +</p>
238 +
239 +<pre caption="Listing all packages KDE would install">
240 +# <i>emerge --pretend kde | less</i>
241 +</pre>
242 +
243 +<p>
244 +If you're not interested in installing all those packages, you can emerge them
245 +individually. You will most definitely want the <c>kdebase</c> package as it
246 +contains KDE's base packages and required dependencies. The following table
247 +lists some of the other available packages that you can install.
248 +</p>
249 +
250 +<table>
251 +<tr>
252 + <th>Package</th>
253 + <th>Description</th>
254 +</tr>
255 +<tr>
256 + <ti>kdeaccessibility</ti>
257 + <ti>
258 + Accessibility related programs, managed by the <uri
259 + link="http://accessibility.kde.org">KDE Accessibility Project</uri>
260 + </ti>
261 +</tr>
262 +<tr>
263 + <ti>kdeadmin</ti>
264 + <ti>
265 + KDE Administrative tools, such as <c>KCron</c> (Task Scheduling),
266 + <c>KUser</c> (User Management) and <c>KDat</c> (Backup Management).
267 + </ti>
268 +</tr>
269 +<tr>
270 + <ti>kdeartwork</ti>
271 + <ti>
272 + Various art-related stuff, including screen savers and themes. See also <uri
273 + link="http://www.kde-artists.org/">www.kde-artists.org</uri> for more KDE related
274 + artwork.
275 + </ti>
276 +</tr>
277 +<tr>
278 + <ti>kdeedu</ti>
279 + <ti>
280 + Educational KDE applications focused on school children aged 3 to 18. See
281 + also the <uri link="http://edu.kde.org">KDE Edu Project</uri>.
282 + </ti>
283 +</tr>
284 +<tr>
285 + <ti>kdegames</ti>
286 + <ti>
287 + Various KDE-developed games. More information can be found at the <uri
288 + link="http://games.kde.org">KDE Games Center</uri>.
289 + </ti>
290 +</tr>
291 +<tr>
292 + <ti>kdegraphics</ti>
293 + <ti>
294 + Graphic-related tools for KDE, including <c>KSnapshot</c> (Screenshot
295 + Software), <c>KolourPaint</c> (Simple Graphical Editor), <c>Kpdf</c>
296 + (PDF viewer), <c>KIconEdit</c> (Icon Editor) and <c>KPovModeler</c>
297 + (a 3D Modeler).
298 + </ti>
299 +</tr>
300 +<tr>
301 + <ti>kdemultimedia</ti>
302 + <ti>
303 + Multimedia-related applications, including support for CD, MP3, DVD,
304 + sequencing, sound and video applications. More information can be found on
305 + the <uri link="http://multimedia.kde.org">KDE Multimedia Project</uri>
306 + web site.
307 + </ti>
308 +</tr>
309 +<tr>
310 + <ti>kdenetwork</ti>
311 + <ti>
312 + Network-related applications such as <c>Kopete</c> (Multi-Protocol Instant
313 + Messaging), <c>kppp</c> (Dial-In) and <c>KSirc</c> (IRC client). Note that
314 + <c>konqueror</c> (File Manager <e>and</e> Browser) is part of <c>kdebase</c>!
315 + </ti>
316 +</tr>
317 +<tr>
318 + <ti>kdepim</ti>
319 + <ti>
320 + Personal Information Management tools, such as <c>KOrganizer</c> (Journal),
321 + <c>KAddressbook</c> (Address book), <c>Kontact</c> (Groupware) and
322 + <c>KMail</c> (E-mail). More information online at the <uri
323 + link="http://pim.kde.org">KDE PIM Project</uri> web site.
324 + </ti>
325 +</tr>
326 +<tr>
327 + <ti>kdesdk</ti>
328 + <ti>
329 + Code development tools, including <c>KBabel</c> (Translation tool),
330 + <c>KBugBuster</c> (Front end for KDE bug tracking) and <c>Kompare</c> (GUI
331 + to see differences between files).
332 + </ti>
333 +</tr>
334 +<tr>
335 + <ti>kdetoys</ti>
336 + <ti>
337 + Various toys to amuse yourself with when you're waiting for your pizza
338 + delivery. You'll find applets such as <c>eyesapplet</c> and
339 + <c>fifteenapplet</c>, but also nifty tools like <c>amor</c> which doesn't do
340 + much except eat resources :)
341 + </ti>
342 +</tr>
343 +<tr>
344 + <ti>kdeutils</ti>
345 + <ti>
346 + Graphical system tools such as <c>kcalc</c> (Calculator), <c>kdessh</c> (SSH
347 + terminal), <c>kfloppy</c> (Floppy-related actions), etc.
348 + </ti>
349 +</tr>
350 +<tr>
351 + <ti>kde-i18n</ti>
352 + <ti>
353 + Internationalization files for KDE. This includes translated
354 + documentation. See also the <uri link="http://i18n.kde.org">KDE i18n
355 + project</uri> for more information.
356 + </ti>
357 +</tr>
358 +</table>
359 +
360 +<p>
361 +For instance, to install KDE with only the network- and admin-related
362 +applications:
363 +</p>
364 +
365 +<pre caption="Example installation of individual KDE components">
366 +# <i>emerge kdebase kdenetwork kdeadmin</i>
367 +</pre>
368 +
369 +<p>
370 +In case you wonder: compiling KDE does take a while.
371 +</p>
372 +
373 +</body>
374 +</section>
375 +<section>
376 <title>External KDE applications</title>
377 <body>
378
379
380
381
382 1.13 xml/htdocs/doc/en/kde-split-ebuilds.xml
383
384 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kde-split-ebuilds.xml?rev=1.13&view=markup
385 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kde-split-ebuilds.xml?rev=1.13&content-type=text/plain
386 diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kde-split-ebuilds.xml?r1=1.12&r2=1.13
387
388 Index: kde-split-ebuilds.xml
389 ===================================================================
390 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kde-split-ebuilds.xml,v
391 retrieving revision 1.12
392 retrieving revision 1.13
393 diff -u -r1.12 -r1.13
394 --- kde-split-ebuilds.xml 23 Dec 2006 04:06:36 -0000 1.12
395 +++ kde-split-ebuilds.xml 24 Jun 2007 00:39:37 -0000 1.13
396 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
397 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
398
399 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kde-split-ebuilds.xml,v 1.12 2006/12/23 04:06:36 nightmorph Exp $ -->
400 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kde-split-ebuilds.xml,v 1.13 2007/06/24 00:39:37 nightmorph Exp $ -->
401
402 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
403
404 @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
405 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
406 <license/>
407
408 -<version>1.9</version>
409 -<date>2006-12-22</date>
410 +<version>1.10</version>
411 +<date>2007-06-23</date>
412
413 <chapter>
414 <title>The Split KDE Ebuilds</title>
415 @@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
416 <body>
417
418 <p>
419 -The latest stable KDE release, as of this writing, is 3.5.2. The latest
420 -unstable (~arch) is 3.5.4. Split and monolithic ebuilds for both releases are
421 +The latest stable KDE release, as of this writing, is 3.5.5. The latest
422 +unstable (~arch) is 3.5.7. Split and monolithic ebuilds for both releases are
423 present in Portage.
424 </p>
425
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