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Hi all this is my situation. I am running debian etch , kernel ver# 2.6.15-486 It comes with gnome 2.14 . I do not want kde 3.5.3-2 to install I ...
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    how to get sources for kde 3.3 or 3.4 for debian testing

    Hi all this is my situation. I am running debian etch , kernel ver# 2.6.15-486

    It comes with gnome 2.14 . I do not want kde 3.5.3-2 to install I want to get kde 3.3 or 3.4 installed ,but the sources or files are not even on the debian site
    How can I get the source to add to my /etc/apt/sources.list ?
    any thing is helpful and appreciated .
    thanks
    digit

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    Lightbulb am...

    If what you want is to install kde 3.3 or 3.4, just do as root or su:

    apt-get update
    apt-get install kde

    you should get 3.3, that's the newest version on apt... at least on my sources :P

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    If you add a stable site to your sources.list you can do a
    Code:
    apt-get -t stable kde
    to install the stable version of kde (3.3)
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    Then you will have to make sure KDE doesn't get updated with the rest of your system when you run "apt-get upgrade".

    Follow those instructions to "hold" KDE to the stable version :
    http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/qu...en.html#s-hold
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