Hi,
I checked for those packages and I could not find them. I installed
Kubuntu via the cd. Where should I be looking for those packages? I
executed the apt-cdrom add command and added the Kubuntu cd. I also
added the Ubuntu Dapper Drake cd. I had intended to add the Gnome
desktop via the cd but
Yes, it'll be the development headers for X. In Ubuntu, try installing the
following.
xlibs-dev
libx11-dev
kdebase-dev
I'm sure it'll be xlibs-dev that provides what you need. The configure
script won't tell you what packages you need, as it's just a generic
source tarball. It isn't tailored to
Joseph Kerr wrote:
Stephen,
Here is the error message,
'Checking for X... configure: error. can't find X includes. Please
check your installation and add the correct paths.'
Since I probably will not hear form you until after the new year have
a nice time at the bells.
Joe
Have you got
On Thursday 21 December 2006 13:17, Ben Thorp wrote:
I will give this a try. SInce I have you online perhaps you can help
with another problem. Whenever I attempt activate an application like
Kate from the prompt using sudo kate I receive an error unable to
connect to X server.
That's
Hi,
How did you install gnome on your kde system. I would like to get
gimp working in kde. Thanks.
joe
On 12/7/06, Gordon JC Pearce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alistair J Ross wrote:
I have Gnome installed on my Kubuntu system for 'just in case' use.
I started it up once to debug a sound
Hi Kevin,
I have tried installing gimp from kde and I get the error message
break install.
joe
On 12/21/06, Kevin McDermott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Joseph,
You should only need to apt-get install gimp and it will take care of
things for you...
Kevin
sudo aptitude install ubuntu-desktop should do the trick
Use aptitude because it will make it easier to uninstall should u choose..
The /ubuntu-desktop/ metapackage will install the standard Ubuntu
version of Gnome with the appropriate artwork and defaults favored by
Ubuntu.
A good link
On Thursday 21 December 2006 13:17, Ben Thorp wrote:
I will give this a try. SInce I have you online perhaps you can help
with another problem. Whenever I attempt activate an application like
Kate from the prompt using sudo kate I receive an error unable to
connect to X server.
That's
Alistair J. Ross wrote:
[snip]
It sounds like you haven't used a recent GNOME desktop, perhaps you
should give a recent Ubuntu or Fedora Core a try.
Admittedly no, I have given up on gnome for the forseeable. I last used it
properly with Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary). I might have used it for a
I have Gnome installed on my Kubuntu system for 'just in case' use.
I started it up once to debug a sound problem I was having (not KDE
related!), and got horrified and immediately closed it down. It was all
orangey / brown. Euch!
On Thu, December 7, 2006 08:53, William Anderson wrote:
Alistair J Ross wrote:
I have Gnome installed on my Kubuntu system for 'just in case' use.
I started it up once to debug a sound problem I was having (not KDE
related!), and got horrified and immediately closed it down. It was all
orangey / brown. Euch!
You say that as though it's not
Alistair J Ross wrote:
I have Gnome installed on my Kubuntu system for 'just in case' use.
I started it up once to debug a sound problem I was having (not KDE
related!), and got horrified and immediately closed it down. It was all
orangey / brown. Euch!
I quite like it orange and brown. Very
Out of my stinker of a flamebait I only get one retort? Poor show!
I think you mean spatial vs browser. Now that I am used to spatial I
don't think I could give it up. Browser mode is still supported, you
can enable it in the preferences.
Yep, I mean spatial vs browser. I know you can
Alistair J. Ross wrote:
Kubuntu - without a doubt, the best Linux distro there is.
Plain Ubuntu is all very well, but Gnome is just nasty and there is no
getting
away from it.
Ubuntu is exceptional - can you elaborate on why Gnome is nasty? I
personally prefer Gnome over KDE, so would be
On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 18:26 +, William Anderson wrote:
Alistair J. Ross wrote:
Kubuntu - without a doubt, the best Linux distro there is.
Plain Ubuntu is all very well, but Gnome is just nasty and there is no
getting
away from it.
Ubuntu is exceptional - can you elaborate on
To answer all queries in one rather long rant-ish email:
* ion is indeed a fantastic wm. I prefer it's predecessor, pwm however, and
when I need a very fast lightweight desktop, that's what I still use. I have
a website-shrine dedicated to pwm: http://pwm.aliross.co.uk
* Enough of that twaddle
Hi folks
Now my router is up and running and I've tried my system with Knoppix
and connected happily to yon internet thingy i'm ready to go dual boot
again.
But it's been a couple of years.
Which distro do you recommend considering it isn't just ex-sysadmin me
using this but also my wife who
Kubuntu - without a doubt, the best Linux distro there is.
Plain Ubuntu is all very well, but Gnome is just nasty and there is no getting
away from it.
/me opens up the flamewar!
Al
On Monday 04 December 2006 14:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi folks
Now my router is up and running and I've
On Monday 04 December 2006 14:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi folks
Now my router is up and running and I've tried my system with Knoppix
and connected happily to yon internet thingy i'm ready to go dual boot
again.
But it's been a couple of years.
Which distro do you recommend
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