KDE 3.3.1 and Qt 3.3.3 release for VectorLinux 4.3

Compiled by Tim Niiler

1) Contents	  	
1.3M	Oct 21 06:17	arts-1.3.1-i386-1.tgz
2.0M	Nov 25 13:33	kdeaddons-3.3.1-i386-1.tgz
1.5M	Nov 25 13:34	kdeadmin-3.3.1-i386-1.tgz
18M	Oct 30 19:16	kdeartwork-3.3.1-i386-1.tgz
24M	Nov 25 15:41	kdebase-3.3.1-i386-3.tgz
13M	Oct 31 08:46	kdebindings-3.3.1-i386-1.tgz
23M	Oct 30 20:00	kdeedu-3.3.1-i386-1.tgz
9.5M	Oct 30 21:16	kdegames-3.3.1-i386-1.tgz
8.0M	Oct 30 21:41	kdegraphics-3.3.1-i386-1.tgz
17M	Oct 31 11:32	kdelibs-3.3.1-i386-1.tgz
7.5M	Oct 30 21:45	kdemultimedia-3.3.1-i386-1.tgz
8.5M	Oct 30 21:49	kdenetwork-3.3.1-i386-1.tgz
14M	Oct 31 05:46	kdepim-3.3.1-i386-1.tgz
5.6M	Oct 31 10:12	kdesdk-3.3.1-i386-1.tgz
2.5M	Oct 31 10:28	kdetoys-3.3.1-i386-1.tgz
3.0M	Oct 31 11:06	kdeutils-3.3.1-i386-1.tgz
16M	Oct 31 13:38	kdevelop-3.1.1-i386-1.tgz
5.0M	Oct 31 11:12	kdewebdev-3.3.1-i386-1.tgz
15M	Sep 18 01:46	qt-3.3.3-i386-2.tgz

2) Installation:

A. Minimal (to use KDE apps from other window managers)
	1) Download qt-3.3.3, kdelibs-3.3.1, and arts-1.3.1
	2) Install as root (or sudo) /sbin/installpkg [packagename] 
		or use vecpkg
	3) Grab whatever other apps you'd like to use.

B. Usual
	1) Download everything
	2) Install as root (or sudo) /sbin/installpkg [packagename]
		or use vecpkg.  Order doesn't really matter, but you
		really should uninstall all previous instances of 
		these packages if you'd like to be safe.

You may need to make a symbolic link to qt.  If so, type in:

	sudo ln -s /usr/local/qt-3.3.3 /usr/local/qt

and everything should work.


3) Notes to Vector Linux 4.3 Users:

	These packages were compiled on an AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+
desktop running VectorLinux 4.3final.  Supporting packages
and libraries were downloaded before the compile so as to include as
much support for as many programs and hardware as possible, but no
guarantees are given.  Until vec gives his say so, these packages are
in alpha testing.  My own experience is that they work just fine.

	The package kdebase contains some additional files that aid
VL4.3 users in the use of other window managers.  These are 
	/opt/kde/bin/startIceWM
	/opt/kde/bin/startFluxbox
These files are needed because kdm doesn't seem to like to recognize
multiword commands like "rox -p desktop & icewm".  So the files 
	/opt/kde/share/apps/kdm/sessions/icewm.desktop
	/opt/kde/share/apps/kdm/sessions/fluxbox.desktop
have been modified so that Exec and TryExec point to startIceWM and
startFluxbox respectively.  There has been no issue with starting
XFCE4 using kdm, and the above hack allow IceWM and Fluxbox to 
start as expected.

	The files inside /opt/kde/share/config/kdm, specifically
kdmrc are reflective of what is on my system.  If you don't want
my configuration, you might want to copy kdmrc to your home directory
run /opt/kde/bin/genkdeconf --no-old, copy kdmrc back to its original
location at /opt/kde/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and then run genkdeconf
again to update the config file to the current format.

	As always after installing, you might wish to add the following
to your path: /opt/kde and /usr/lib/qt.
 
4) Issues/Changes from KDE 3.3.0:

*	I was (still) unable to compile kxkb support which is a shame as
	it's something I use.  But there seemed to be a conflict between
	the headers in linux/include and sys/include that I was unable
	to resolve.  xkb still exists as an alternative.

*	In kdemultimedia, unlike in KDE3.3.0, mpeglib DID compile and works
	without issue.  This was done by changing the following in the file
	kdemultimedia-3.3.1/mpeglib/lib/input/cdromAccess.cpp

	>Added  typedef unsigned long long __u64; on line 25 of file to avoid
	>errors in swab.h file in system headers

*	In kdenetwork, Kopete *is* compiled this time, but the Jabber plugin
	is NOT.  Sorry. As before, I hasseled with it for several days before
	throwing in the towel.

*	In kdebase, I was unable to compile kdm with xdmcp support.  I
	spent several days working on this, but it seems that it is 
	ultimately due to the header conflict mentioned above.

*	kdebase-3.3.1 was compiled with the following flags:
         --with-java=/usr/local/java --without-xdmcp --without-kxkb
        Also, in base Makefile kxkb was deleted from TOPSUBDIRS

* 	qt-3.3.3 was upgraded since I forgot to put qmake in place 
	(sorry developers).  To fix this, I
        1) created symbolic link from /usr/bin/qmake to /usr/lib/qt/bin/qmake
        2) created symbolic link from /usr/lib/qt/mkspecs/linux-g++ to 
		/usr/lib/qt/mkspecs/default
	The qt feature set should work much more nicely now.

*	kdebindings-3.3.1 was compiled with the flags:
         --with-java=/usr/local/java
	If this is an issue with your java installation, please
	add the appropriate symbolic links.

*	kdesdk-3.3.1 was compiled with the flags:
         --without-kmtrace
        Also, in base Makefile kmtrace was removed from TOPSUBDIRS

Please PM me on the VectorLinux forum if you find any other issues.

-Tim Niiler
November 26, 2004