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<h2>Install KDE 4.2 packages from the Debian experimental branch<img src="../images/download_64.png" style="float:right; margin:-8px 0 0 0;" alt="Install KDE 4 Debian packages in your hard disk" /></h2>
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<h3>Enabling the sid repository</h3>
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<p>KDE 4.2 requires some software that is not available in the Debian 4.0 "etch" or future 5.0 "lenny" release. Therefore, it can only be installed on systems using the unstable branches.</p>
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<pre style="margin-bottom:0;">deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main
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deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main</pre>
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</blockquote>
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<p>You should replace ftp.de.debian.org by a
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<a href="http://www.debian.org/mirror/list">mirror</a> near you.</p>
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<p>To enable unstable without upgrading your entire system,
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<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/AptPinning">see this page</a>.</p>
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<h3>Enabling the experimental branch</h3>
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<p>To install KDE 4.2, the experimental branch must be enabled. Add the following to <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code>, then update APT.</p>
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<blockquote>
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<pre style="margin-bottom:0;">deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
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deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ experimental main</pre>
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</blockquote>
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<p>You should replace ftp.de.debian.org by a
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<a href="http://www.debian.org/mirror/list">mirror</a> near you.</p>
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<p>APT will not install packages from experimental unless specifically requested. To install a package from experimental, run the command:</p>
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<pre>aptitude -t experimental install <em>package1</em> <em>package2</em> <em>package3...</em></pre>
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<h3>KDE 4 packages</h3>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.1em;">For a basic KDE 4 desktop, install the <a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kde-minimal"><code>kde-minimal</code></a> package, which includes</p>
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<td style="width:15em;"><a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kdebase-runtime"><code>kdebase-runtime</code></a></td>
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<td><i>Essential runtime components</i></td>
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<td style="width:15em;"><a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kdebase-workspace"><code>kdebase-workspace</code></a></td>
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<td><i>Desktop environment</i></td>
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<td style="width:15em;"><a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kdebase"><code>kdebase</code></a></td>
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<td><i>Core applications</i></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.1em;">For (almost) all of KDE 4, install the <a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kde4"><code>kde4</code></a> package, which also includes</p>
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<td style="width:15em;"><a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kdeplasma-addons"><code>kdeplasma-addons</code></a></td>
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<td><i>Additional Plasma applets</i></td>
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<td style="width:15em;"><a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kdegraphics"><code>kdegraphics</code></a></td>
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<td><i>Graphics applications, including the Okular document viewer</i></td>
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<td style="width:15em;"><a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kdegames"><code>kdegames</code></a></td>
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<td><i>Assortment of fun games</i></td>
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<td style="width:15em;"><a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kdemultimedia"><code>kdemultimedia</code></a></td>
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<td><i>Multimedia players and utilities</i></td>
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<td style="width:15em;"><a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kdenetwork"><code>kdenetwork</code></a></td>
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<td><i>networking-related applications, such as the Kopete IM client</i></td>
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<td style="width:15em;"><a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kdepim"><code>kdepim</code></a></td>
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<td><i>Personal Information Management apps, such as Kontact or KMail</i></td>
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<td style="width:15em;"><a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kdeutils"><code>kdeutils</code></a></td>
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<td><i>General-purpose utilities</i></td>
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<td style="width:15em;"><a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kdeedu"><code>kdeedu</code></a></td>
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<td><i>Educational applications</i></td>
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<td style="width:15em;"><a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kdeadmin"><code>kdeadmin</code></a></td>
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<td><i>System administration tools</i></td>
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<td style="width:15em;"><a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kdeartwork"><code>kdeartwork</code></a></td>
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<td><i>Additional artwork and sound themes</i></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.1em;">Most users will also want to install
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<a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kdm"><strong>kdm</strong></a>.
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There are still a couple of packages more:</p>
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<td style="width:15em;"><a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kdetoys"><code>kdetoys</code></a></td>
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<td><i>Desktop amusements</i></td>
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<td style="width:15em;"><a href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/kdesdk"><code>kdesdk</code></a></td>
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<td><i>Software development tools</i></td>
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</table>
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<h3>Upgrading installed experimental KDE 4 packages automatically</h3>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.1em;">Once you have installed all KDE 4 packages you want from experimental, you would probably like
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to keep them up-to-date to the latest releases in experimental. It is easy to do that with the help of APT pinning. Just
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add</p>
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Package: *
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Pin: release a=experimental
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Pin-Priority: 101</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.1em;"> to your /etc/apt/preferences file (create one if it does not exist) and simple
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<span style="font-weight:bold">aptitude (or apt-get) dist-upgrade</span> will always automatically upgrade
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<span style="text-decoration: underline">only</span> the packages <span style="text-decoration: underline">you
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have installed from experimental</span> to the latest versions in the experimental repository. Other packages,
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which are available in experimental but their experimental versions have not been manually installed by you,
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won't be automatically pulled in by <span style="font-weight:bold">dist-upgrade</span>. Consult
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<span style="font-weight:bold">apt_preferences(5)</span> manual page for more information about pinning.</p>
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<h3>Co-installable packages</h3>
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<p>You can co-install along your KDE 3 packages the following KDE 4 packages: <em>kdelibs5, kdepimlibs5, kdebase-runtime</em></p>
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<p>This is useful if you want to keep your KDE 3 enviroment but want to use a KDE 4 application like okular or even konsole. But remember KDE 4 apps will not integrate in your KDE 3 desktop so well as the current KDE 3 do.</p>
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