Re: initial assistance please

On Friday 27 March 2009 05:15:52 pm richard wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:59:17 +1100
>
> Andrew Lowe <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Quanta is not yet available for kde 4 series, however should work
> > fine running under kde 4 series with the kde3.5 series libraries and
> > base installed.  However, Ubuntu/Kubuntu kde 3.5 series is not
> > supported in 8.10 and so Quanta seems to have plenty of problems
> > running under (K)Ubuntu 8.10, with lots of people with issues. I am
> > not sure how much you can get going under 8.10.
> > To get KImageMap support, you will need to install the 3.5 version
> > same with Cervisia.  This is because Quanta is a 3.5 version
> > application still.  The 4 series will be a ways off still.
> >
> > You could try Kdevelop 4 which i think is in beta, and Niko has a
> > php language support available, that is supposed to be used in Quanta
> > 4 (Quanta 4 uses the same base platform as Kdevelop 4).  It does not
> > yet have all the features of Quanta, but might be worth a shot on
> > (K)Ubuntu 8.10?
>
> Hi Andrew
>
> Looks like I'm about to open a can of worms.
> I'll try and load kde3.5 base , I use gnome so I'm nor worried too much
> about kde for a DM.
>
> Thanks
I wouldn't do that. My Blackberry was annoying me so... 

KDE4 has a KDE 3 compatibility mode. That's all you need, just load Quanta 
3.5.x. kdebase 3x is only if you want to run the desktop. The KDE4 version of 
Quanta is progress, but it's not just "not feature complete", it's really 
frustrating if you want to do a lot of things. Hopefully this will be changing 
soon. That's another story.

You should be able to run any KDE 3x application with KDE4 libraries 
installed. If you have problems post here, but don't install extra desktops. 
If you're going to install a KDE desktop get 4.2 and enjoy.
-- 
Eric Laffoon
kdewebdev project founder