KDE 4.2 requires local MySQL Server

[Robin Laing]

Mark Haney wrote:
> Martín Marqués wrote:
>> 2009/2/16 Mark Haney <mhaney at ercbroadband.org>:
>>> Martín Marqués wrote:
>>>> 2009/2/16 Arthur Pemberton <pemboa at gmail.com>:
>>>>> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Martín Marqués
>>>>> <martin.marques at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> IMHO, this is the beginning of the end of KDE
>>>>> Because some portions of it require a free database engine? Seriously?
>>>> Not becuase of that. Because it's starting to use resources which are
>>>> totally unnecesary. It's starting to look like the Linux Vista: Nice,
>>>> but useless.
>>>>
>>> What part of KDE requires MySQL server?  None that I am aware of. But
>>> then I build my own from source and not rely on these asinine package
>>> dependencies from binary packages.  There are NO KDE components that
>>> /require/ MySQL.  You can' specify database support, but it's not required.
>> Please, enlight me. How can akonadi work without a mysql instance?
>>
>> http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/PIM/Akonadi#Which_DBMS_does_Akonadi_use.3F
>>
>> BTW, is there a way to disable akonadi and still work with KDE destop?
>>
> 
> And yes akonadi does require MySWL, but KDE 4.2 does NOT require
> akonadi.  So my point is still very valid.
> 
> 

I have been away for a week and during that week I upgraded my home 
system to KDE 4.2 and found that it installed Akonadi and now I get 
error messages every time I log in.  I have been to busy to look at this 
though.

On the other hand.  KDE 4.2 does require Akonadi.  Try to remove it from 
your system.  It cannot be removed without removing KDE 4.2.  I just 
tried.  :(

On my work system, Akonadi has not run.  On my home system, I get error 
messages flash up but they disappear before I get a chance to read them. 
  Some info box with a bunch of check marks.  It needs some kind of 
acknowledgement before it closes.

I removed Beagle when I tried gnome and as soon as I can, I will remove 
Akonadi.

-- 
Robin Laing