[newbie] kPackage error messages

2004-01-05 Thread Merlin Zener
Hi, I saw VNC mentioned on another mailing list and so I thought I'd try it; so I downloaded it and then clicked on the downloaded file. kPackage opened up and offered to install it, so I said yes and told it my root password. But then: home/merlin/downloads/VNC/vnc-3.3.7-1.i386.rpm;echo

Re: [newbie] kPackage error messages

2004-01-05 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 05 Jan 2004 12:39 pm, Merlin Zener wrote: Hi, I saw VNC mentioned on another mailing list and so I thought I'd try it; so I downloaded it and then clicked on the downloaded file. kPackage opened up and offered to install it, so I said yes and told it my root password. But then:

[newbie] KPACKAGE , remote host ?... and GNORPM too.

2003-09-23 Thread Bob
Hi, What's the format for a host URL in Kpack's config setup. I tried both the Use remote host option (which disables all other package formats except DEBIAN) and under the RPM-locations button. Either I get a ROOT LOGIN or error popup from the remote or everything goes well but nothing

[newbie] kpackage

2003-01-23 Thread Sendak, John
Hi Mandrake 9.0 As a user, I appear to have access to kpackage only in a limited way i.e. I can open an rpm with it. As root, however, I have complete access to kpackage i.e. I can open kpackage and see a list of all rpm's installed, by using a menu arrow in the toolbar at the foot of the

Re: [newbie] kpackage

2003-01-23 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 23 Jan 2003 10:10 am, Sendak, John wrote: Hi Mandrake 9.0 As a user, I appear to have access to kpackage only in a limited way i.e. I can open an rpm with it. As root, however, I have complete access to kpackage i.e. I can open kpackage and see a list of all rpm's installed,

Re: [newbie] kpackage help needed to solve dependencies

2002-03-28 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
bascule wrote: hi, did you mount the cd on /mnt/cdrom when adding it as a source? and did you define it as a 'removable source'? I seem to not need to mount after I insert a CD as it auto mounts. How do I mount the CD once I have loaded the CD in the drive via a GUI please but I'll accept

Re: [newbie] kpackage help needed to solve dependencies

2002-03-28 Thread FemmeFatale
Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: I think it is time to reinstall personally but I know someone who has been getting me to change hundreds of files for configuration of this and that just isn't going to be happy. :( Asides from that I am not able to do a backup yet as my NIC isn't working.

Re: [newbie] kpackage help needed to solve dependencies

2002-03-28 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 28 March 2002 03:58 am, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: I think it is time to reinstall personally but I know someone who has been getting me to change hundreds of files for configuration of this and that just isn't going to be happy. :( Asides from that I am not able to do a

Re: [newbie] kpackage help needed to solve dependencies

2002-03-28 Thread bascule
On Thursday 28 March 2002 9:58 am, you wrote: I seem to not need to mount after I insert a CD as it auto mounts. How do I mount the CD once I have loaded the CD in the drive via a GUI please but I'll accept cmd line. I did declare it as a removable source though. if the cd is mounted then

Re: [newbie] kpackage help needed to solve dependencies

2002-03-26 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
bascule wrote: i haven't used kpackage for a while, sticking to 'urpmi' on the command line or 'software manager' in gui mode, both of these will fetch rpms from online and fetch dependencies but you will need to correctly set up the 'source' for these, i suggest using 'software manager'

Re: [newbie] kpackage help needed to solve dependencies

2002-03-26 Thread bascule
hi, did you mount the cd on /mnt/cdrom when adding it as a source? and did you define it as a 'removable source' i just did this with an old 8.0 cd and the 8.0 packages are showing up in the 'installable' list, if you unmount the cd, insert another. mount it and add as a source with a

Re: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1

2001-03-30 Thread Jeff Malka
PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 3:25 PM Subject: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 Hello All, I am running LM 7.2 and recently upgraded from KDE 2.0 to KDE 2.1 . I really like it for the most part but have noticed that since the upgrade, kpackage seems to be broken. I haven't seen much

Re: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1

2001-03-30 Thread Jeff Malka
nt: Friday, March 30, 2001 4:16 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg63432.html Jeff the above is pretty good instructions for download and install of KDE 2.1, the only thing I would add is put the qt packages first in your

Re: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1

2001-03-30 Thread Jeff Malka
er 183185 - Original Message - From: Myers, Dennis R NWO [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 4:16 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg63432.html Jeff the above is pretty good in

Re: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1

2001-03-30 Thread Dennis Myers
On Friday 30 March 2001 04:27 pm, you wrote: the ftp for download for Mandrake. Good Luck. Now you got me worried. Why did you have to add "good luck"? :-) LOL, I say that because It is not a perfect world and I'm not British so "Cheers" doesn't seem to fit. By the way, when you do the "

Re: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1

2001-03-30 Thread Dennis Myers
On Friday 30 March 2001 04:33 pm, you wrote: Thank you. I went to the message and it starts off with the words: "Just remember that koffice will not be available. " Is that the case? Will the koffice I installed with the base mandrake 7.2 no be available if I upgrade to kde 2.1? That was

[newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1

2001-03-28 Thread msoltys
Hello All, I am running LM 7.2 and recently upgraded from KDE 2.0 to KDE 2.1 . I really like it for the most part but have noticed that since the upgrade, kpackage seems to be broken. I haven't seen much about this in the list archives. Has anyone else encountered this problem and if so, how

RE: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1

2001-03-28 Thread Myers, Dennis R NWO
Title: RE: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 Kpackage should work just dandy. If it is not then you have a file that is corrupted or the installation was a bit out of order. I would first try doing a reinstall of the complete set of packages by going to console mode and using : rpm -Uvh *.rpm

RE: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1

2001-03-28 Thread Syamsul Anwar
good luck. Dennis M. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of msoltys Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 2:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 Hello All, I am running LM 7.2 and recently upgraded from KD

[newbie] Kpackage won't install rpm

2001-01-05 Thread Joey Reed
Hi, this is my second day ever using any flavor of Linux so bare with me. Here's my problem.Whenever I try to install an RPM with kpackage I log in as root, open kpackage then open the RPM from there. Now the problem is that it doesn't seem to install the RPM when I hit install. I search

Re: [newbie] Kpackage won't install rpm

2001-01-05 Thread Linux Tests
After clicking on install in the kpackage -- go to the "File List" tab -- and see if the files have a green checkmark rather than the blue question mark. If you see green - it's a go ! On Fri, 05 Jan 2001, you wrote: Hi, this is my second day ever using any flavor of Linux so bare with me.

Re: [newbie] Kpackage won't install rpm

2001-01-05 Thread Paul
On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Joey Reed wrote: In an xterm, as root, do rpm --rebuilddb This rebuild the rpm database. Perhaps after that you have more luck. Paul Hi, this is my second day ever using any flavor of Linux so bare with me. Here's my problem.Whenever I try to install an RPM with

[newbie] kpackage buggers-up my panel config.

2000-08-23 Thread Renaud OLGIATI
Whenever I install a .RPM with kpackage, I find that my carefully / tastefully crafted kpanel configuration has been returned to the bog-standard original config. I have found a kludge round this, making in /root a copy of /usr/share/applnk/ and copying it back in /usr/share after using

Re: [newbie] Kpackage install in RH 6

1999-09-01 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote: I have RH 6 on my laptop. It does not have Kpackage anywhere. I tried using Kpackage from Mandrake 6 but it wants libstdc++2.9mdk which I can't get to install. I forced mandrakes Kpackage in but it doesn't work. I just hate Gnome.rpm and miss

Re: [newbie] Kpackage install in RH 6

1999-09-01 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
Read again Alan ;) On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Jeanette Russo wrote: I have RH 6 on my laptop. It does not have Kpackage anywhere. I tried using Kpackage from Mandrake 6 but it wants libstdc++2.9mdk which I can't get to install. I forced mandrakes

Re: [newbie] Kpackage install in RH 6

1999-09-01 Thread Manny Styles
- Original Message - From: Jeanette Russo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 9:04 PM Subject: [newbie] Kpackage install in RH 6 I have RH 6 on my laptop. It does not have Kpackage anywhere. I tried using Kpackage from Mandrake 6 but it wants

Re: [newbie] Kpackage install in RH 6

1999-09-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: Read again Alan ;) On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Jeanette Russo wrote: I have RH 6 on my laptop. It does not have Kpackage anywhere. I tried using Kpackage from Mandrake 6 but it wants libstdc++2.9mdk which I can't

[newbie] Kpackage install in RH 6

1999-08-31 Thread Jeanette Russo
I have RH 6 on my laptop. It does not have Kpackage anywhere. I tried using Kpackage from Mandrake 6 but it wants libstdc++2.9mdk which I can't get to install. I forced mandrakes Kpackage in but it doesn't work. I just hate Gnome.rpm and miss kpackage. Has anyone have RH 6 with a working K

Re: [newbie] Kpackage install in RH 6

1999-08-31 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Jeanette Russo wrote: I have RH 6 on my laptop. It does not have Kpackage anywhere. I tried using Kpackage from Mandrake 6 but it wants libstdc++2.9mdk which I can't get to install. I forced mandrakes Kpackage in but it doesn't work. I just hate Gnome.rpm and miss kpackage. Has anyone

Re: [newbie] Kpackage (was 'More lilo problems...')

1999-05-25 Thread Matt Stegman
Kpackage is a program that will install and uninstall programs that come in RPM form. A program packaged in RPM form will always have a ".rpm" on the end. If you're interested, RPM stands for "Red hat Package Manager." It was developed to make installing programs easier on people. Kpackage

[newbie] kpackage can't find files

1999-01-03 Thread Karen Heiby
Hi, In Kpackage, for example if I tell it to find a package containing a certain file, I get the following error: "kprocess error: Cann't start dpkg" and then I get: "Kprocess error: Cann't start kiss" Any ideas? Thanks, Karen

Re: [newbie] kpackage crashes

1998-12-30 Thread Idris S Hamid
Thanks to all for their patience. Maybe something went wrong and the rpm database is messed up. Try to run rpm to fix the problem (check with man rpm) I think you are right because glint does not work either: [root@localhost /]# glint [1] 3054 [root@localhost /]# Glint Graphical Package