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The Orange Peanut

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Registered: 2008-01-06

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What happens when I have no more apps that need QT3?

I am running Arch with KDEmod4.  Obviously, KDEmod4 doesn't install any QT3 libraries because none of the programs need them.  Well, I still need to use Kaffiene (because Dragon PLayer is too simplistic), K3B (not ported to QT4 yet), and Amarok (A2 hasn't hit the repos yet.)  If I use these programs now, will the QT4 libraries be automatically uninstalled when they have all been upgraded to use QT4?

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

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Re: What happens when I have no more apps that need QT3?

The qt3 libraries will not be automatically removed but you will be able to detect unneeded dependancies with "pacman -Qqtd" and then remove them.

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b9anders

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Registered: 2007-11-07

Posts: 691

Re: What happens when I have no more apps that need QT3?

for kaffeine, you may want to look at smplayer as a qt4 alternative (I was a diehard kaffeine fan in kde3, but I have to say I find smplayer a similar but superior alternative). For k3b and amarok in qt4, they are available from kdemod's playground. k3b I can't get working (I have problems with the qt3 version too though) but the svn version of amarok2 works very well.

whompus

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From: Durham. UK

Registered: 2005-08-09

Posts: 256

Re: What happens when I have no more apps that need QT3?

Amarok 2 has just been released.

Nicky726

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From: Czech Republic

Registered: 2008-02-15

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Re: What happens when I have no more apps that need QT3?

And there is reather regularly updated amarok2-svn package in kdemod-extragear repo ;-)

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The Orange Peanut

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Registered: 2008-01-06

Posts: 152

Re: What happens when I have no more apps that need QT3?

Thanks for the info guys.  Thanks especially for suggesting smplayer.  Exactly what I was looking for.

agapito

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Registered: 2008-11-13

Posts: 645

Re: What happens when I have no more apps that need QT3?

Smplayer / mplayer rules! I love it. And you can watch dvb just like kaffeine. If you have a correct channels.conf on .mplayer/ press ctrl+u and write  dvb://nameofchannel  With mencoder you can record tv also. I would like to see phonon/mplayer soon. I don't have any qt3 app on my system.

Last edited by agapito (2008-12-12 13:20:13)

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