SF Project

Other links:
apt/yum info/links
Fedora™ Project
Fedora™ Extras
rpm.livna.org
KDE.org


KDE Packaging Project

This project intends to promote the use of KDE and KDE-based applications on/for Fedora™ Core and Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (1) through the creation and distribution of unofficial core and 3rd-party KDE RPM packages.


RPM Repositories

We have several RPM repositories dedicated to KDE:
  • stable:
    The stable repository contains the latest core (KDE 3.5.1) and addon packages, which have undergone a reasonable amount of testing and found to be reliable.
  • testing :
    The testing repository contains packages that are currently under development. These are what most kdeforge developers use day-to-day. You're a little on the edge with these, but you usually get the absolute latest versions of most (stable) KDE software.
  • unstable:
    The unstable repository contains bleeding edge, untested, sometimes pre-release, or alpha-quality software. You've been warned. (-:
Please note that on Fedora™ Core, kdeforge packages depend on 2 external repositories: Fedora™ Extras and rpm.livna.org.

GPG key/signed packages

All kdeforge RPMS have been gpg signed. To allow rpm to check this signature on installing any packages, you'll need to download and install gpg-pubkey-ff6382fa-3e1ab2ca

apt and auto-import of gpg keys

Most apt packages will auto-import keys placed into /etc/apt/gpg/, so
( cd /etc/apt/gpg; wget http://kdeforge.sourceforge.net/gpg-pubkey-ff6382fa-3e1ab2ca)

Manually importing gpg key

For rpm-4.1 and newer:
rpm --import http://kdeforge.sourceforge.net/gpg-pubkey-ff6382fa-3e1ab2ca

For older rpm releases :
# (as root)
wget http://kdeforge.sourceforge.net/gpg-pubkey-ff6382fa-3e1ab2ca
gpg --import gpg-pubkey-ff6382fa-3e1ab2ca

yum

yum-2.1 and newer

NOTE: Fedora Core 3+ and Red Hat Enterprise 4+ include yum >= 2.1.

Download

and drop it in /etc/yum.repos.d/

Note to x86_64 users: You may have to enable both x86_64 and i386 repos. (See note below regarding limited availability of x86_64 rpms)

To install, a simple
yum install kde qt arts kdelibs kdebase gtk+ gtk2 redhat-artwork
yum update
ought to fetch and install the packages for you.

To keep up to date, you can periodically run
yum update
on your system as well.

apt

To use the kdeforge repositories with apt, download kdeforge.list, substituting all occurances of RELEASE in that file corresponding to your version of Fedora Core or Red Hat (Enterprise) Linux (1), and install to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/.

### Mirrors to substitute for http://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/
#ftp://apt.us.kde-redhat.org/linux/kde-redhat/apt/ 
#ftp://apt.no.kde-redhat.org/pub/apt/
#ftp://apt.uk.kde-redhat.org/pub/apt/
#http://apt.uk.kde-redhat.org/apt/
#ftp://apt.cl.kde-redhat.org/pub/Linux/kde3.1/
## .fi domains only
#http://apt.fi.kde-redhat.org/apt/ 

## kde-redhat repository(s):
# Possible values to subtitute for RELEASE include:
# redhat/7.3/i386
# redhat/9/i386
# redhat/el3/i386 
# redhat/el4/i386
# fedora/2/i386
# fedora/2/x86_64
# fedora/3/i386
# fedora/3/x86_64 
# fedora/4/i386
rpm http://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/kde-redhat RELEASE  stable
rpm http://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/kde-redhat all      stable

To install, a simple
apt-get update
apt-get install kde qt arts kdelibs kdebase gtk+ gtk2 redhat-artwork
apt-get dist-upgrade
ought to fetch and install the packages for you.

To keep up to date, you can periodically run
apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
on your system as well.

mirrors

Thank you to those who have already graciously responded to our need for mirrors. Current mirrors of the primary repository hosted at:
  • http://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/
are:
  • ftp://apt.us.kde-redhat.org/linux/kde-redhat/apt/ (courtesy of ftp.mn-linux.org)
  • ftp://apt.no.kde-redhat.org/pub/apt/ (courtesy of ftp.linuxlabs.no)
  • ftp://apt.uk.kde-redhat.org/pub/apt/ (courtesy of star.pst.qub.ac.uk)
  • http://apt.uk.kde-redhat.org/apt/ (courtesy of star.pst.qub.ac.uk)
  • http://apt.fi.kde-redhat.org/apt/ (courtesy of www.linux.ncp.fi, for .fi domains only)
  • ftp://apt.cl.kde-redhat.org/pub/Linux/kde3.1/ (courtesy of ftp.inf.utfsm.cl)

(1) Packages for redhat/7.3/i386, redhat/9/i386, redhat/el3/i386, redhat/el4/i386, fedora/3/i386, fedora/3/x86_64, fedora/4/i386 are available. x86_64 packages are unofficial, and provided courtesy of folks who offerred the use of their x86_64 machines on which to do the (at best periodic) package builds.
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