[cad-linux] Re: varicad and kde-3

You are right, I'm setting up Woody, and unofficial KDE. That is a 
littebit faster than the older one.
I get dependecy-problems when trying to install thouse libs what Varicad 
(for Debian) needs.
I am not a Debian expert so I'll try that SuSe version.

Thank You

Tomas wrote:

>Maria seems to be using an unofficial test version of KDE 3 for Debian
>Woody, (Woody is shipped with KDE 2.2).
>The Debian VariCAD version is compiled for Woody, so therefore
>it expects KDE 2.2, and that's why it doesn't work on her system.
>
>Either she have to figure out how to install the KDE 2.2 stuff that
>VariCAD needs, preferably without breaking her current KDE 3 :), or
>then she could try to use the SuSE version of VariCAD:
>1. DL the SuSE version of VariCAD
>2. convert the .rpm file to a .deb file with alien
>   (alien name_of_package.rpm, you need to be root)
>3. Install the converted VariCAD deb package
>   (command: dpkg -i name_of_package.deb)
>4. start VariCAD with the following command:
>    LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libqt-gl.so.2 varicad
>
>(Search the archive for thread "Varicad/Debian howto" starting 5 march
>2002 for an "in depth" explanation.)
>
>I haven't tested this myself, as i still use Woody with the "vanilla"
>KDE 2.2, no guarantee and so on :)
>
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>Tomas
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