Mike Paul [Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 09:58:36PM -0500]:
> Dear NetBSD,

Dear Mike, 

this question belongs rather to netbsd-help@ or tech-pkg@.

> The KDE Desktop is fried on my NetBSD v1.6.1 server since I tried to upgrade
> to the latest version from KDE version 3.  I tried to compile kdebase, but, 
> it
> fails because it can't find the qt3 that I compiled.

Well, maybe you should compile from pkgsrc? I am sure you will be glad with
KDE 3.1.3 you can find there. Why do you say you need 3.0.5b? What specific
problems do you have with pkgsrc? 

> Since I don't know how the CVS stuff works, that is of no use to me.

What do you mean by ,,CVS stuff''? I suggest reading ,,NetBSD guide'', as it
explains upgrading and getting latest pkgsrc in a way everyone can
understand. You really don't need any ,,CVS stuff'' knowledge to use CVS to
download/upgrade your sources (and pkgsrc).

> It is too complicated for me at this early stage in my endeavors with NetBSD.

Did you read any documentation, did you do some googling? What exactly is
too complicated for you?

> Yes, I do know how to add and
> delete packages, but, I don't have a clue how to take omeone's C source and
> create a package from it after compiling.

Just make an entry, similar to the other ones you can find in pkgsrc. On
NetBSD it's really a piece of cake, when compared to creating packages on
other BSD's.

> I guess the bottom line to this  is:
> will there ever be a kdebase-3.0.5.1nb3 for i386? That package exists for 
> many
> other platforms except i386.

Would you like me to compile the binaries for you? I have 1.6.1 and it's no
problem for me, of course if you trust me enough to run binaries provided by
me on your system.

> And to make things worse I am stuck using
> windows to browse and send e-mail.  :^(

You need GUI tools to send e-mails? Strange. Have you tried ,,mutt''? 
It's a very nice and user-friendly MUA, you should definetly give it a try.

Regards,
-- 
Micha³ Pasternak :: http://pasternak.w.lub.pl
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