KDE 3.4 Beta 2 Info Page

KDE 3.4 Beta 2 was released on February 9th, 2005. Read the official announcement.

Bugs

This is a list of grave bugs and common pitfalls surfacing after the release date:

1. The KDE Menu lists way too many applications in the Lost+Found section

Please check the bug database before filing any bug reports. Also check for possible updates on this page that might describe or fix your problem.

FAQ

See the KDE FAQ for any specific questions you may have.

Download and Installation

Library Requirements. KDE 3.4 requires or benefits from the given list of libraries, most of which should be already installed on your system or available from your OS CD or your vendor's website.

The complete source code for KDE 3.4 Beta 2 is available for download:

Location	Size	MD5 Sum
arts-1.3.92	963kB	cc7dd53ca5499e370316179d5942d663
kdeaccessibility-3.3.92	6.4MB	d81bd9b7406a6c1e4325906a0af5b885
kdeaddons-3.3.92	1.4MB	e7eb91b5605a5660a8bbf8bfe00458db
kdeadmin-3.3.92	1.4MB	b692994bc3fd68ecf0fdb60474d7beb0
kdeartwork-3.3.92	17MB	abb464c358126e389af6c744e4770010
kdebase-3.3.92	21MB	67e33c1060229856655bc8c613e4544d
kdebindings-3.3.92	6.7MB	d2db3f4855dc0cdba9f55848551f9c9e
kdeedu-3.3.92	22MB	f2d08ae4d295314be22df40f7343c64b
kdegames-3.3.92	8.9MB	2bafe82aa77a58b00005b9640f5b9eec
kdegraphics-3.3.92	6.2MB	70270e2a8e7926001728986e33fd0d5c
kde-i18n-3.3.92	244MB	03efce4a0f4b7a5b33e7936f4487ba0a
kdelibs-3.3.92	15MB	876196a4f16a5cbc2da5f4f8557d138a
kdemultimedia-3.3.92	5.2MB	cf278fa074fa17695eb5f7045e7b1325
kdenetwork-3.3.92	6.8MB	11128438407210ca58687ba183e0ab30
kdepim-3.3.92	10MB	6cfa0e0e86e00c48d3af0e08ffe0aae3
kdesdk-3.3.92	4.3MB	7bd1ffb6e6526bd978e87deea8cf1923
kdetoys-3.3.92	3.0MB	53cf71381e8bba1b543d3540253840a5
kdeutils-3.3.92	2.1MB	4638a8f5bac946148b636540dc3199b3
kdevelop-3.1.92	7.8MB	8280848d079b6cd60c9e3c5e870234da
kdewebdev-3.3.92	5.8MB	dc7994049ea7f04b21fdf6f4fb71a618

The Konstruct build toolset can help you downloading and installing these tarballs.

Binary packages

Some Linux/UNIX OS vendors have kindly provided binary packages of KDE 3.4 Beta 2 for some versions of their distribution, and in other cases community volunteers have done so. Some of these binary packages are available for free download from KDE's http or FTP mirrors.

Currently pre-compiled packages are available for:

• SUSE Linux (README) :
  • Language packages (all versions and architectures)
  • 9.2: Intel i586 and AMD x86-64
  • 9.1: Intel i586 and AMD x86-64

Additional binary packages might become available in the coming weeks, as well as updates to the current packages.

Developer Info

If you need help porting your application to KDE 3.x see the porting guide or subscribe to the KDE Devel Mailinglist to ask specific questions about porting your applications.

There is also info on the architecture and the programming interface of KDE 3.3 (recommended for now - the CVS Api is available too).