(Install either 14.0.0 or 3.5.13, but not both at the same time. R14 should install with KDE4, but the libart-lgpl conflict needs to be fixed. I don't recommend installing both 3.5.13-sru and KDE4. Details below :)

Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) for Archlinux

TDE for Archlinux is provided in two versions 3.5.13-sru and 14.0.0. Both are updated to build/run on all current Archlinux packages and libraries (gcc 4.7.1, glibc 2.16, glib2 2.32, libpng 1.5, ffmpeg 0.11, cups 1.6 and more). TDE 3.5.13 Software Release Update (sru) is a traditional Qt3 based continuation of KDE 3.5.10 and is directly backwards compatible with all KDE 3.5 code. TDE 3.5.13-sru contains all major updates present in the latest version of TDE 14.0.0. TDE 14.0.0 is a TQt3 based continuation of the KDE3 desktop with an updated application framework (TQt) to allow migration to Qt4 and other advancements. TDE 14.0.0 should not conflict with KDE4. The version change from 3.5.X to 14.0.X signifies that TDE 14. is no longer directly backwards compatible with KDE3 code. TDE 14 can be built and operate with HAL, but that capability is still experimental. Both 3.5.13 and 14.0.0 are very stable desktops in operation. The primary development on TDE is with 14.0.0. Significant updates are then backported to 3.5.13-sru. You should consider the versions as 'development' (R14) and stable (3.5.13-sru) versions of the TDE desktop.

TDE Binaries for Archlinux

Server space has been graciously provided by Axilleas Pi. Install repositories are shown below. Meta package installation for tde is provided under the name 'tde-base'. To install TDE on Arch, simply install with:

pacman -Sy tde-base

Note: On install, you should expect conflicts with tde-sip and tde-sip4-tqt. The TDE packages 'tde-sip' and 'tde-sip4-tqt' are direct replacements for the 'sip' and 'python2-sip' packages. They simply contain additional extensions for TDE. If you encounter these conflicts, the recommended install is:

pacman -Rdd sip python2-sip pacman -Sy tde-base

Warning: If attempting to install 3.5.13 along side KDE4 you will experience conflict with libart-lgpl and kdebase-workspace. The libart-lgpl packages are equivalent. The kdebase-workspace conflict is with /etc/ksysguarddrc. Both are in the process of being eliminated.

Archlinux Repositories: (Note - only 3.5.13-sru i686 uploaded this morning)

http://archlinux.us.to/3.5.13/i686/ http://archlinux.us.to/3.5.13/x86_64/

http://archlinux.us.to/14.0.0/i686/ http://archlinux.us.to/14.0.0/x86_64/

Add one of the following to your /etc/pacman.conf and adjust i686/x86_64 as required:

[tde3513] Server = http://archlinux.us.to/3.5.13/i686/

[tde1400] http://archlinux.us.to/14.0.0/i686/

Note: Binaries are currently being finished and will be uploaded when complete. Currently TDE 3.5.13-sru i686 is ready for testing. x86_64 will be uploaded later today. R14 should be expected within a week.

Archlinux PKGBUILD Sources:

TDE is under heavy development causing patch requirements to change daily. Currently TDE is compiled from tarballs created from local copies of the TDE GIT tree. Using tarballs from a local copy of the GIT tree instead of having the PKGBUILD download directly from GIT was done to limit load on the TDE GIT server. The build process is outlined in:

http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/tde/src/README-building.txt

A recent snapshot of all PKGBUILD src directories can be downloaded in a single file:

http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/tde/src/tde-pkgbuild-src.tar.gz (R14) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/tde/src13/tde-pkgbuild-src_3513-sru.tar.gz (3.5.13-sru)

Individual src files are available in the same directory. The files themselves can be browsed at:

http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/tde/pbpkg/ http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/tde/pbpkg13/

Bugs/Help

Please let me know of any problems experienced with the packages. If you have ideas or improvements, let me know as well. Bugs can be directly reported at: http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net. The archwiki for Trinity will be updated shortly.

-- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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