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Re: [trinity-users] Naming pattern for TDE packages based upon KDE names? (Installing KDiff3?)

From: William Morder <doctor_contendo@...>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2018 15:24:54 -0800

On Tuesday 06 November 2018 14:12:53 Michael wrote:
> So I tried:
>
> aptitude install kdiff3
>
> and got 100+ packages related to KDE.  A little too quick on the 'yes' I
> was...
>
> Thankfully this awk command:
>
> https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2133328
>
> lets you 'undo' everything installed by mistake.
>
> What would be the proper package to install to get the KDiff3 from TDE? 
> Well, I can find that on my own with an apt search I guess [1], so..
>
> Really more relevent, Is there some sort of 'global' naming pattern to
> translate from what would be the KDE package name to the TDE package name?
>
> Thanks All,
> Michael
>
> [1]
> # apt-cache search kdiff3
> kdiff3 - compares and merges 2 or 3 files or directories
> kdiff3-doc - documentation for kdiff3
> kdiff3-qt - compares and merges 2 or 3 files or directories -  Qt version
> kdiff3-trinity - compares and merges 2 or 3 files or directories [Trinity]
> kdiff3-trinity-doc - documentation for kdiff3 [Trinity]
>
> Just add "-trinity"???  If so add that to the top of the Trinity
> Applications page, https://www.trinitydesktop.org/applications.php please
> !! :)
>

This video helps to make sense of Trinity's naming scheme, and how TDE and 
KDE3 packages are related. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdpG8JslTCA

Bill