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author: einar
comments: true
date: 2012-12-04 19:17:48+00:00
layout: post
slug: 4-10-beta-2-packages-available-for-opensuse
title: 4.10 Beta 2 packages available for openSUSE
wordpress_id: 1051
categories:
- KDE
- Linux
- openSUSE
tags:
- beta
- KDE
- openSUSE
---

The KDE community has just released [Beta 2 of the upcoming 4.10 release](http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.10-beta2.php) of the Development Platform, Workspaces, and Applications. Of course, distributions are providing binary packages for the adventurous... and how could the green distro be left out?

In fact, it is not. Beta 2 packages were uploaded and built in the [KDE:Distro:Factory repository](http://en.opensuse.org/KDE_repositories#Factory_aka._KDF_.28KDE_SC_4.9.29). Updated packages have also been submitted to the development version of openSUSE (Factory) as the ultimate goal is having 4.10 in openSUSE 12.3.

Before attempting to install them, be aware that:



	
  * This release is mostly aimed at contributors and testers to ensure that the final version is as polished as possible

	
  * You should expect **bugs** of all forms and kinds

	
  * It is not officially supported by openSUSE


If you understand all of the above, add KDE:Distro:Factory from YaST or zypper (see the link above; in case of zypper, use` zypper ar -f <linktorepo> <reponame>`), then trigger an upgrade using your method of choice (in the case of zypper, `zypper dup --from <reponame>`; don't forget the `--from`!).

In case you find something that is not working and you are not sure, try posting your impressions in [this special area at the KDE Community Forums](http://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=253), and afterwards[ file a bug on bugs.kde.org](http://bugs.kde.org) (as detailed as possible). Feel free to report packaging errors (not bugs in the software) on the [opensuse-kde mailing list](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-kde/) or on IRC (#opensuse-kde on Freenode).





Happy testing!
