KDE 3.5.8 was released on October, 16th, 2007. Read the official announcement.

This page is no longer maintained. Currently, only KDE 4.2.0 and newer are maintained. Please have a look at the KDE 4.4.0 Info Page instead.

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.

None known yet

Bugs

This is a list of grave bugs and common pitfalls surfacing after the release was packaged:

KSelectAction can not be edited
HTTP SSL slave regression, Bug 150809, Bug 150904
KDevelop user interface lag
kde-i18n-fa does not build, patch

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 3.5.8 is available for download:

Location	Size	MD5 Sum
arts-1.5.8	948kB	`061ce49351d970a81f4c0a1b0339fb34`
kdeaccessibility-3.5.8	8.3MB	`0ede2d48df626aa436dbe6c741d575f1`
kdeaddons-3.5.8	1.6MB	`4a338f14210ad920bb54624cd330dd89`
kdeadmin-3.5.8	2.0MB	`324a44d854a92177e71954f9264c98a8`
kdeartwork-3.5.8	15MB	`03becf82a233e6007e9372ffa5756d0b`
kdebase-3.5.8	23MB	`9990c669229daaaa8fca4c5e354441fd`
kdebindings-3.5.8	5.4MB	`4325d22ac70d3945609bd952c19e793b`
kdeedu-3.5.8	28MB	`aaae4c6fe82c806eb20942178cadad9e`
kdegames-3.5.8	10MB	`786ee4e47820d92aef7db73424b9604c`
kdegraphics-3.5.8	7.0MB	`a3a31fc0e5b791ef330dd0627095d90f`
kdelibs-3.5.8	14MB	`acaa37e79e840d10dca326277a20863c`
kdemultimedia-3.5.8	6.0MB	`9f3c95231ea265b09f3010adb954ae30`
kdenetwork-3.5.8	8.9MB	`0e79374d1109d937b0c9bdd3a75e7476`
kdepim-3.5.8	13MB	`a1ffff553f1d6739c7791891028b176b`
kdesdk-3.5.8	4.9MB	`c809c15eb8c09a7eb2d070395202910b`
kdetoys-3.5.8	3.1MB	`b42c1f08e5c4ac93a04aadb75679139f`
kdeutils-3.5.8	2.9MB	`d1a0fcc83f35428a76cf7523a04ba19c`
kdevelop-3.5.0	8.9MB	`1101077b3a0164da463f60cad4f13e25`
kdewebdev-3.5.8	5.7MB	`6c17c4b71a4d306da4b81a0cfd3116e1`

Binary packages

Some Linux/UNIX OS vendors have kindly provided binary packages of KDE 3.5.8 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:

Arch Linux :
- i686 Packages: ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/i686
- To install: pacman -S kde
Debian
- Install from Debian Unstable
Kubuntu
- Kubuntu 7.10 and 7.04
Pardus
- Pardus 2007.2: Intel i386
openSUSE
The openSUSE 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 10.3 YUM repository (64bit and 32bit)
- openSUSE 10.2 YUM repository (64bit and 32bit)
- SUSE Linux 10.1 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.