Re: sources.list entry for KDE - how to construct?

[Kristopher Johnson <nosleep@atl.mediaone.net>]

Brian Boonstra wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
>         I'm not stupid, but I feel that way sometimes; I seem to be unable
> to get my sources.list right for KDE.   Examining the lynx -dump command (see
> below), we find that the Packages.gz file resides in the same place as all
> the .deb files.  According to my understanding, apt-get looks for the
> Packages.gz file in the second field (URI) of the sources.list, and the .deb
> files themselves in the third field (distribution).  So I reckon my entry
> should look like this:
> 
> deb ftp://ftp.us.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/latest/distribution/deb/potato/i386 /
> 
> which totally does not work, or like this
> 
> deb ftp://ftp.us.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/latest/distribution/deb/potato i386/
> 
> which seems happy, but then doesn't show the packages as available for
> dselect.  Has anyone worked this out?
> 
>                 - Brian

This works for me:

deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato kde contrib rkrusty

- Kris