Will Mint 7 KDE have updated repositories.....

[exploder]

KDE 4.3.1 will be in the next release.

[Boo]

yes i hope to have it out by then.

Boo

[mlippert]

yes i hope to have it out by then.

That's great! I was really curious about a time frame. I'm pretty new to using Linux, and Mint KDE has been a really good experience. There are some small tweaks I'm really looking forward to in KDE 4.3.

Mike

[dequire]

4.3 is easy enough to install on Mint KDE 7. I'm currently running KDE 4.3.2 in Mint 7 KDE. Just remember to run 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' when the updates are downloaded or you will have no desktop to log into =)

[rhodry]

4.3 is easy enough to install on Mint KDE 7. I'm currently running KDE 4.3.2 in Mint 7 KDE. Just remember to run 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' when the updates are downloaded or you will have no desktop to log into =)

I know this is getting a bit old to follow up on, but, would you mind posting your sources.list file & outline the process you took for this? I've got a copy of Mint7 KDE I want to try a bit of upgrade experimentation on.

Thanks,
Rhodry.

[dequire]

I know this is getting a bit old to follow up on, but, would you mind posting your sources.list file & outline the process you took for this? I've got a copy of Mint7 KDE I want to try a bit of upgrade experimentation on.

Thanks,
Rhodry.

Sure. Here is my sources.list with the relevant sections:

## ---------------------
## LINUX MINT REPOSITORIES
## -----------------------

## +++ Linux Mint 7 Gloria (stable) +++
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ gloria main upstream import

## +++ Backports (not as stable) +++
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ gloria backport

## +++ Community (not as stable) +++
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ gloria community

## +++ Romeo (unstable) +++
# deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ gloria romeo

## +++ Source Repositories +++
# deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com/ gloria main upstream import
# deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com/ gloria community
# deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com/ gloria backport
# deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com/ gloria romeo

## -------------------
## UBUNTU REPOSITORIES
## -------------------

## +++ Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty (stable) +++
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-security main restricted universe multiverse

## +++ Backports & Proposed (not as stable) +++
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse

## +++ Source Repositories +++
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-security main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse

## ------------------
## OTHER REPOSITORIES
## ------------------

## +++ Canonical (stable) +++
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ jaunty partner

## +++ Medibuntu (stable) +++
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free

## KDE 4 PPA repositories.
# KDE 4.2.4
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu/ jaunty main
# KDE 4.3 RC 2, amarok 2.1, koffice 2.
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu/ jaunty main
# KDE 4.3 experimental
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ex ... al/ubuntu/ jaunty main
# vlc
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/medigeek/ppa/ubuntu/ jaunty main

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports restricted main multiverse universe

sudo apt-get update

sudo atp-get upgrade

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Pretty sure this is right. When done, you will have a "generic" KDE 4.3 install with the default theme, etc. So tweaking back to a Minti-fied desktop may be desirable.

[rhodry]

Thanks dequire, I have local ISP mirror alternatives available for some of the repos and I just wanted to look at something that works so I can make the necessary comparisons & make sure I had not missed anything important.

Did the update early this morning and everything went fine. It did not take too long to re-Mintify & personalise the setup.

This is SUCH a rock solid distro - main & kde. I have been around Linux boxes since Redhat 4; most folk have no idea how far Linux has come in a few short years.

Cheers,
Rhodry.

[Boo]

dont forget this post:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=109&t=33614

This changes where the KDE 4.2.4 repo is, ie in the jaunty-backports now not the PPA repo.

Boo

[Husse]

Just a quick, but important, note
Make absolutely sure that you only have repos for the version of Mint you are running if you make a dist-upgrade or you risk making a mess of your system

[rhodry]

Thanks Boo & Husse,

Good advice. I may have not been too clear in my last post. I had already picked up on the ppa --> backports move so my repos took account of that & I did not go anywhere near "Karmic/Helena" stuff.

I really wanted a sample to look at just to make sure there was not something I had not thought of.

My local ISP mirrors a whole swag of Linux distros & they are free from download quota on our plans; so, I obviously try to use them where possible. Unfortunately with Mint, they only mirror the iso's not the actual packages.mint repo so I use local for all the Ubuntu stuff.

I know I could have just waited for a while for the new iso's but I actually am experimenting around a bit with mixing grub-legacy/grub2, chainloading and ext3/ext4, updating kernels and some other new stuff. It's all held within "blow-away" partitions so I can't do too much damage?! 'Gloria' as delivered is still driving the production systems.

BTW, as well as this, I downloaded the new 'Helena' RC last night and put it on a laptop. Man, this is one cool distro!!!!! You folks are SO talented!

Anyway, back to editing Grub2 - that sure aint what it used to be!

Rhodry.

[Husse]

Take a look at "Software Sources" in Helena - there's a bunch of mirrored repositories to choose from

[rhodry]

Take a look at "Software Sources" in Helena - there's a bunch of mirrored repositories to choose from

Thanks, will do.

I keep forgetting to contact my ISP about this as they do have a mechanism for users to ask for new mirrors to be established.

Cheers,
Rhodry.