Compiling KDE – Fedora: Dependencies
As promised in the previous post, I started compiling KDE from svn, using again kdesvn-build script. Without further saying, I present you, ladies and gentlemen, the list of deps:
KDESUPPORT
avahi-devel
boost-devel
cmake
cups-devel
qt-devel
svn
make
raptor-devel
redland-devel
postgresql-libs
clucene-core-devel
gcc-c++
bzip2-devel
libxml2-devel
expat-devel
xine-lib-devel
gstreamer-devel
glib2-devel
dbus-devel
cppunit-devel
hyperestraier-devel
KDELIBS
pcre-devel
libxslt-devel
giflib-devel
KDEPIMLIBS
gpgme-devel
libical-devel
KDEBASE
libXcomposite-devel
libXdamage-devel
libXtst-devel
alsa-lib-devel
PyQt4
libxklavier-devel
xmms-devel
libsmbclient-devel
libusb-devel
lm_sensors-devel
OpenEXR-devel
pulseaudio-libs-devel
pciutils-devel
libxkbfile-devel
KDENETWORK
libidn-devel
qca-ossl
I’m sure you have noticed some different packages like redland and raptor, this time, instead of installing soprano-devel or strigi-devel, I installed their deps. Just another way to do it.
P.S. Just for the fun of it, this time I didn’t use kdesvn-build and built everything into /usr. I will write another post on how to compile KDE manually without any kind of script. Then you can write your own script to make it even easier to update it! 
And, you have more control over what actually happens!
Trying out F10 almost-preview (rawhide one day before preview release)
I just finished installing F10 Beta and updated it so it’s now almost-preview release (rawhide). Just one word would describe it: Fantastic. Much much better than F9. I can’t believe the speed this thing is advancing. Truely amazing. The wallpaper is the first thing I noticed which is really nice. And I haven’t noticed any other things as it has been only 5 minutes. But this week I will try to compile kde svn on it, see how that goes. I will most probably use some deps from opensuse (see previous posts). Anyhow, I have to get going (to bed). See you all later when I come with a list of deps for F10!!! 
F10 Beta is also out!
Just at the same time as TicTacToe 0.5 (WHAT a coincident). Yes, F10 is out. Some of the features mentioned in the announcement are:
* New NetworkManager with connection sharing
* Improved printer handling
* Remote virtualization and easier virt storage
* Sectool, an auditing and security testing framework
* RPM 4.6, the first big RPM change in several years
… and more …
* New version of PackageKit for managing software, with more fixes
and enhancements (which benefits all distributions)
* New version of PulseAudio (which benefits all distributions)
* Kernel 2.6.27, including better support for WiFi
* Better support for the EFI for Apple Macintosh hardware
* Faster graphical start-up by Plymouth, replacing the venerable
RHGB
* Better support for webcams through the hard work in kernel
2.6.27 (which benefits all distributions)
* New icon theme “Echo”, to be completed with the theme graphic
“Solar” in the Fedora 10 release
* Gnome 2.24
* KDE 4.1
* Adding the NetBeans IDE
* Eclipse 3.4
* Automatic installation of multimedia codecs
* Better HDTV support in X.org
* “Sugar” graphical environment (from OLPC) available for use,
testing, and development
A more complete list and details of each new cited feature is available:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/10/FeatureList
Among my favorites are the addition of Sugar and Echo icon theme. And I love the fact that in every Fedora release, my favorite theme proposal gets accepted last time it was Sulphur, this time Solar!! Yayy for Fedora community!
Fedora 10 round 3 artwork
this is old news now, but I have to admit: I am fascinated by F10’s artwork. Especially Solar theme!!
Here are some link you might want to look at:
The winning themes for F10 are Gears, Solar, InvinXble, and Neon. My favorite is Solar (so far!)
(the links are to the order of my preference)
fedora 10 release name
I know it’s old news now, but just in case you haven’t found it anywhere else…these are the results of the naming vote:
1. Cambridge 1547
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2. Nile 1503
3. Farnsworth 1435
4. Water 1408
5. Nitrate 1295
6. Whiskey Run 1281
7. Mississippi 1145
8. Saltpetre 1076
9. Terror 953
I in fact like the chosen name very well, and it was supposed to be the release name of RedHat Linux 10. If I could vote, I would vote this way:
1 Cambridge
2 Nile
3 Water
4 Nitrate
5 Mississippi
6 Terror
7 Farnsworth
8 Whiskey run
9 Saltpetre
well, it’s a range voting!!
