Upgrading to KDE 4.5.0 on OS11.3

If you want to upgrade your existing openSUSE installation to KDE SC 4.5.0, follow these steps for the best experience. They assume you are using 11.3, substitute 11.2 in all URLs below if necessary.

1) Remove any old KDE:KDE4:* repositories and KDE:Qt* repositories

2) Add the repository containing 4.5.0: KDE:Distro:Factory :

zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Distro:/Factory/openSUSE_11.3 KDF

3) Add the Extra repository (optional):

zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_11.3_KDE_Distro_Factory/ KDEExtra

4) Upgrade all packages from KDE:Distro:Factory and KDE:Extra (omit if not using):

zypper dup --from KDF --from KDEExtra

5) If you are using knetworkmanager, replace it with the Network Management plasmoid due to a bug in KNM with 4.5.0 that hides all connections, before you upgrade or you may be stuck without a connection!

zypper in plasmoid-networkmanagement

and allow it to deinstall NetworkManager-kde4.

6) logout and login again.