KDE 3.5.6 Info Page
KDE 3.5.6 was released on January, 25th, 2007. Read the official announcement.
Security Issues
Please report possible problems to security@kde.org.
Patches for the issues mentioned below are available from ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches unless stated otherwise.
- Konqueror contains a vulnerability that allows a malicious web site to spoof the address bar entry to a different one, possibly tricking the user into believing that they actually visited a different site. Read the detailed advisory. All versions of Konqueror as included with KDE up to including KDE 3.5.7 are affected.
- KDM can be tricked into allowing a passwordless login for logins with password configured. Read the detailed advisory. Versions of KDM as included in KDE 3.3.0 up to including 3.5.7 are affected.
Bugs
This is a list of grave bugs and common pitfalls surfacing after the release was packaged:
- kdebindings from KDE 3.5.6 won't build against older python versions (before python 2.5) without applying this patch (md5: 28198eaaa8e777709c05d017e547ec15).
- kdeaddons from 3.5.6 was later patched to fix a minor but annoying privacy issue.
- kdepim from 3.5.6 was later patched to fix a debugging leftover which logs passwords clear text.
Please check the bug database before filing any bug reports. Also check for possible updates on this page that might describe or fix your problem.
FAQ
See the KDE FAQ for any specific questions you may have. Questions about Konqueror should be directed to the Konqueror FAQ.
Download and Installation
Library Requirements. KDE 3.5 requires or benefits from the given list of libraries, most of which should be already installed on your system or available from your OS CD or your vendor's website.
The complete source code for KDE 3.5.6 is available for download:
| Location | Size | MD5 Sum |
|---|---|---|
| arts-1.5.6 | 944kB | e986393a5827499bbad04a00b797add0 |
| kdeaccessibility-3.5.6 | 8.2MB | 03d3c9f4d8c2fd12b7d0e020e11cd88e |
| kdeaddons-3.5.6 | 1.5MB | 96d6d2a76da2a5232b3b46318456a5bc |
| kdeadmin-3.5.6 | 2.0MB | 13654a93e83b7c8fd2ccce3aceb2d535 |
| kdeartwork-3.5.6 | 15MB | 4c817eab517fba30fce8f3b40a6f019d |
| kdebase-3.5.6 | 23MB | a53f589f58012e655a52220a6a151019 |
| kdebindings-3.5.6 | 5.1MB | d26b5f54f062b765a949d66657c2ab3c |
| kdeedu-3.5.6 | 28MB | 6017317b133d973e7fc8a279a81f37a1 |
| kdegames-3.5.6 | 10MB | d6cdf7d9235896670d5299e9e91665e2 |
| kdegraphics-3.5.6 | 6.9MB | 79a1ffb7ae89bede1410411a30be3210 |
| kdelibs-3.5.6 | 14MB | e4d137879a66e92b895b3de5413a61d8 |
| kdemultimedia-3.5.6 | 6.0MB | 57c50bfcb0147324a1af02ebcc103376 |
| kdenetwork-3.5.6 | 8.8MB | 0f428cccc4ea16aa53c427530874c591 |
| kdepim-3.5.6 | 13MB | e37e6173fe9fd7f242c9502a4ae1d7de |
| kdesdk-3.5.6 | 4.8MB | 1462e1a884fdaa070ed493c10a336728 |
| kdetoys-3.5.6 | 3.0MB | 7d4f1a33e5379f789fcbf17b9e503bfd |
| kdeutils-3.5.6 | 2.8MB | e0ea2c15ccf2bd3d8be5f2bf57cfe14a |
| kdevelop-3.3.6 | 7.7MB | 0de7c7d82c176456f2adff48981f5d40 |
| kdewebdev-3.5.6 | 5.7MB | fa1fc2d7c81465c7e1762014a892ced3 |
The Konstruct build toolset can help you downloading and installing these tarballs.
Some Linux/UNIX OS vendors have kindly provided binary packages of KDE 3.5.6 for some versions of their distribution, and in other cases community volunteers have done so. Some of these binary packages are available for free download from KDE's http or FTP mirrors.
Currently pre-compiled packages are available for:
- Debian
- Install from Debian Experimental
- Kubuntu
- Kubuntu 6.10 (edgy): Intel i386, AMD64 and PowerPC
- Pardus
- Pardus 2007: Intel i386
- KDE RedHat (unofficial) Packages:
(README)
- All distributions: (noarch,SRPMS)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: (kde.repo), (i386) (x86_64)
- Fedora Core 5: (kde.repo), (i386) (x64_64)
- Fedora Core 6: (kde.repo), (i386) (x64_64)
- Fedora 7: (kde.repo), (i386) (x64_64)
- openSUSE/SUSE Linux
The SUSE KDE packages will be publicly developed in the openSUSE project from now on. This means that the packages are no longer available via the supplementary tree from ftp.suse.com, but via the Build Service repositories from openSUSE. Please read this page for installation instructions.- openSUSE 10.2 YUM repository (64bit and 32bit)
- SUSE Linux 10.1 YUM repository (64bit and 32bit)
- SUSE Linux 10.0 YUM repository (64bit and 32bit)
- SUSE Linux 9.3 YUM repository (64bit and 32bit)
Additional binary packages might become available in the coming weeks, as well as updates to the current packages.
Check this list to see which distributions are shipping KDE.
Developer Info
If you need help porting your application to KDE 3.x see the porting guide or subscribe to the KDE Devel Mailinglist to ask specific questions about porting your applications.
There is also info on the architecture and the programming interface of KDE 3.5.