Re: installing kde from rpms
On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 04:48:41PM +0800, ramsubs wrote: >> 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. You can have someone burn the unofficial potato packages from fsn.hu. It has Ximian GNOME 1.4, XFree86 4.1.0, KDE 2.1 (official potato) and a lot others (postgresql 7, jre 1.3, etc.). I wouldn't recommend debianizing rpm's via alien. most rpm's are compiled dynamically with glibc 2.2.x. However, potato only has glibc 2.1, and you'll be in big trouble as you'll encounter too many dependency errors that alien-ing the rpm's ain't worth it. Besides Paolo Alexis Falcone __ www.edsamail.com
Re: installing kde from rpms
On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 04:48:41PM +0800, ramsubs wrote: > 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. 'alien' isn't anywhere near good enough though, and can't be, as our window manager system is completely different from Red Hat's. Maybe you could ask on debian-kde if anyone's willing to burn you a CD of with potato KDE packages, which will be less effort in the long run. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: installing kde from rpms
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 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] > >
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
installing kde from rpms
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. well, i did that and successfully alien-ed the kde .rpms to .debs. however, i faced some hurdles subsequently. 1. the startkde script stumbled during startx, and errored me. on examining the startkde script a comment inside said the script was optimised for redhat. Does anyone know where i can find a debianised startkde script, or point me the way to originate one myself. all workarounds are welcome. 2. i'm a little stumped here. the kde site's advice on setup says that the kde files will be located in /opt/kde. when i installed the .debs they didn't create a directory of that name. so the kde site's advice APPARENTLY does not work for debian. (i assume that dselect's install would have created the directory, but it had copied the files to some other directory.) any enlightenment will help. thanks, people. ram linux newbie
