Re: Goodbye

I doubt it would work, as the libraries would be on the external drive  
too, and probably not in the library path.  You would have to add  
these to the ldconfig paths.

Unfortunately, some distributions not longer support much of the KDE  
3.5 series, and if you are running these distributions, then you have  
very little chance of getting it going.

The best method, would be to compile from source.  Pretty much all  
distributions still provide QT3, so install this, and any other  
dependancies (libraries, etc) that are needed using your package  
manager (they are probably already installed), and grab the various  
archives from http://www.kde.org/info/3.5.10.php.
Installation from source is not too bad, however can be daunting for  
the first time.
There are a few articles on the KDE Techbase (which is for developers,  
but users can benefit too):
Building KDE 3 (a bit old, and references 3.5.9, so just replace with  
3.5.10)
http://techbase.kde.org/Getting_Started/Build/Stable_Version
Coexisting Versions (quite old, but probably covers a fair bit on how  
to run an older kde in it's own directory)
http://techbase.kde.org/Getting_Started/Build/Coexisting_Versions

I have not been running KDE much for a while, or using Quanta (work  
provided a MacBook Pro, so using that for now), however I do touch  
base in a Virtual Machine environment, and have plans to get involved  
again at some stage.  I hope this helps out, and if not, please do not  
hesitate to consult the list on where you are stuck.

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Andrew Lowe
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On 2009-11-03, at 10:35 , Duane wrote:

> Billie Erin Walsh wrote:
>> I had a silly idea but I don't think it worked
>>
>> In the plugins configuration it has a place to put in the location of
>> whatever file it is. I have a fully functional Kubuntu 8.04/KDE  
>> 3.5.10
>> on another drive. I tried using the location thing to lead to the  
>> files
>> necessary on the other drive. Quanta says that the path is not valid.
>>
>> Anyone have a notion why I shouldn't be able to use the KDE 3.x files
>> located on that drive?
>>
>>
> Are you sure the drive is mounted?
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