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* The KDE 3 versions of <code>kdebase</code> applications such as Konqueror and KWrite, which are redundant with the KDE 4 versions and would conflict with them. | * The KDE 3 versions of <code>kdebase</code> applications such as Konqueror and KWrite, which are redundant with the KDE 4 versions and would conflict with them. | ||
* The <code>libkdecorations</code> library required for KWin 3 window decorations, as those window decorations cannot be used in the KDE 4 version of KWin. | * The <code>libkdecorations</code> library required for KWin 3 window decorations, as those window decorations cannot be used in the KDE 4 version of KWin. | ||
* The <code>libkickermain</code> library required by some Kicker applets, as there is no Kicker in Fedora | * The <code>libkickermain</code> library required by some Kicker applets, as there is no Kicker in Fedora 10 and thus Kicker applets cannot be used. | ||
Please note that, as with any backwards-compatibility library, developing new software against the legacy API is discouraged. | Please note that, as with any backwards-compatibility library, developing new software against the legacy API is discouraged. | ||
Revision as of 14:53, 30 September 2008
KDE 3 Development Platform / Libraries
Fedora now features KDE 4, and no longer offers KDE 3 as a full desktop environment. Fedora does provide the following KDE 3.5 library packages to run and build the many existing KDE 3 applications:
qt3,qt3-devel(and otherqt3-*packages): Qt 3.3.8bkdelibs3,kdelibs3-devel: KDE 3 librarieskdebase3,kdebase3-pim-ioslaves,kdebase3-devel: KDE 3 core files required by some applications
Moreover, the KDE 4 kdebase-runtime package, which provides khelpcenter, also sets up khelpcenter as a service for KDE 3 applications, so help in KDE 3 applications works. The KDE 3 version of khelpcenter is no longer provided, and the KDE 4 version is used instead.
These packages are designed to:
- comply with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), and
- be completely safe to install in parallel with KDE 4, including the
-develpackages.
In order to achieve this goal, Fedora KDE SIG members have made two changes to the KDE 4 kdelibs-devel packages:
- The library symlinks are installed to
/usr/lib/kde4/develor/usr/lib64/kde4/develdepending on system architecture. - The
kconfig_compilerandmakekdewidgetstools have been renamedkconfig_compiler4andmakekdewidgets4, respectively.
These changes should be completely transparent to the vast majority of KDE 4 applications that use cmake to build, since FindKDE4Internal.cmake has been patched to
match these changes. The KDE SIG made these changes to the KDE 4 kdelibs-devel rather than to kdelibs3-devel because KDE 4 stores these locations in a central place, whereas KDE 3 applications usually contain hardcoded copies of the library search paths and executable names.
Note that kdebase3 does not include the following:
- A complete KDE 3 desktop (workspace) which could be used instead of KDE 4; in particular, KDE 3 versions of KWin, KDesktop, Kicker, KSplash and KControl are not included.
- The KDE 3 versions of
kdebaseapplications such as Konqueror and KWrite, which are redundant with the KDE 4 versions and would conflict with them. - The
libkdecorationslibrary required for KWin 3 window decorations, as those window decorations cannot be used in the KDE 4 version of KWin. - The
libkickermainlibrary required by some Kicker applets, as there is no Kicker in Fedora 10 and thus Kicker applets cannot be used.
Please note that, as with any backwards-compatibility library, developing new software against the legacy API is discouraged.