klik-able package of KDEEdu module now for download

Sunday, 25 September 2005  |  Pipitas

The klik-enabled kdeedu-3.5 packages compiled from today's Subversion checkout are now up for download. (We do not offer yet a working klik://kdeedu link, though). They have passed some initial testing on SUSE-9.3 (with KDE-3.4.2), SUSE-10.0 and Kanotix 2005-03-DVD. They should be working fine on all KDE 3.4 systems. The package uses a $KDEHOME of $HOME/.kdeklik so it does not interfere with your standard $KDEHOME. It builds its own $KDESYCOCA, so startup needs some time. Let me know of any additional systems it works on (I am currently learning how to prepare this -- I need your feedback), as well as the exact error messages that pop up.

To install the 20 kByte klik client scripts, run "wget klik.atekon.de/client/install -O - | sh" and follow the instructions. Then, to get the maximum of debugging output, run the package like this: "sh -x .zAppRun kdeedu-latest-debug.cmg". My last blog has some more hints.

What I am interested most in is this:

  • Successes and failures
  • Which OS/version are you using?
  • Which KDE version is running on there?
  • What are the exact error messages you are seeing? (No, not the ones where the Kernel tells you it can't mount -- these are a different thing)
  • Specifically, which libraries are not found?

Next to come is a klik-able KOffice package (to show all these Alan Yates-es of the world how lean a fast, complete and powerful a Free Software Office Suite can be made and yet support the OpenDocument format to the fullest).

And then, a complete KDE-3.5... Welllll, just kidding. ;-)