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| == Using a LiveCD ==
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| You can get an ISO for a LiveCD here: http://susestudio.com/a/tAWYe6/kde-plasma-daily
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| == Installing 4.9 beta 1 with your distribution packages ==
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| ===Slackware===
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| The packages will be obtainable at http://alien.slackbook.org/ktown/
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| The instructions for usage will be posted on http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/
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| ===Arch Linux===
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| There is a dedicated [kde-unstable] repository. This repo only contains KDE/Calligra beta and RC releases (with their unstable deps); when the stable version is out, the packages are moved to the [extra] repository.
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| Installation steps are at:
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| https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KDE#Official_kde-unstable
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| In case you want to test Pairs alone, you can use the package from aur 'pairs-git': http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=56310
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| ===Gentoo===
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| Provides scm versions (ebuilds) for master/trunk & stable branch, betas and rc's in an extra repository (overlay). Detailed install instructions can be found here:
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| http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kde4-guide.xml
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| ===Fedora===
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| There is an unofficial kde-unstable/kde-testing and a kde-stable repo maintained by Rex Dieter - the place where the newest bits come for already released stuff. But Fedora Rawhide is always the first place for all builds.
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| ===OpenSuse===
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| See http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Unstable:/SC/openSUSE_12.1/
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| ===Kubuntu===
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| ==== Using Project Neon ====
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| Project neon will install the latest version of KDE *alongside* your current installation.
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| This has the advantage that your main system is not upgraded, but does require a significant more amount of disk space.
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| Note that project neon runs with a different KDE config directory so your settings will not be transferred, this means original settings will not be affected.
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| =====Installation=====
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| First add the project neon repository:
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| sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neon/ppa
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| Then upgrade apts list of packages
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| sudo apt-get update
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| Install the minimal set of packages required to run Neon:
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| sudo apt-get install project-neon-base
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| If you would like to install all the packages from the repository :
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| sudo apt-get install project-neon-all
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| =====Running=====
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| When at your login screen, click the blue arrow to select your Session, here select "Project Neon".
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| To revert back to your original stable KDE setup, select "KDE Plasma Workspace" at the login screen.
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| == Compiling the sources ==
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| ===Compiling a single application against your KDE 4.8 installation===
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| You need the Qt (>= 4.7) and kdelibs (4.8) development packages. Then follow:<br /> http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Building_An_Existing_Application
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| ===Using build-tool===
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| Build-tool is a ruby program which will build the 4.9 beta 1 packages. It also has some neat features like progress bars and eta for compile time. It can also automatically generate a ~/.xsessionrc which can be used by KDM when you select to boot into a "Custom" session type. That will enable you to easily get into a KDE session which was built from source, without even having to modify any of your scripts like ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, etc.
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| Install ruby 1.9 and rubygems through your package manager. Run 'sudo gem install build-tool'. Now that build-tool is installed, we need to install the KDE recipes to have it build KDE from source. Run 'build-tool recipe add git://gitorious.org/build-tool/kde-trunk-recipe.git kde' to add the KDE recipe to the program. Then 'build-tool recipes install kde'. From there, you can run 'kde-build help' to see the commands available for the KDE recipe, as well as compile and update the git repositories.
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| For more detailed information, visit:http://michael-jansen.biz/build-tool/quick-start.html
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| Ask annma on IRC #kde-quality and/or mjansen on #kde-devel (freenode) for help
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