yup, i did see the same advice in another KDE email. but i don't want to spend bundles of dollars downloading over the net. in my country, we have to pay telecoms for every minute of use. i already have redhat install cds, so this is the reason why i chose this route.
----- Original Message ----- From: Sam Varghese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 2:30 PM Subject: Re: installing kde from rpms > On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 01:42:42PM +0800, ramsubs wrote: > > fellow debians:. > > > > i know this email probably belongs to the debian-kde list, so do excuse me > > for posting it here. > > > > i ventured into debian assuming that i'd be able to use both gnome and kde > > on debian. i found out that kde wasn't on the potato distribution. > > > > i tried to convert redhat 6.2's kde rpms to .deb. i stumbled on the advice > > somewhere in dselect to use alien to convert rpm to .deb, rather than use > > rpm to install directly. > > you don't need to reinvent the wheel. > > add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list > > deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato main crypto > > then, as root, run: > > apt-get update > apt-get install task-kde > > > sam > -- > (Sam Varghese) > http://www.gnubies.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >