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Subject: RE: redhat and kde
From: troy <jhtd () mts ! net>
Date: 2000-04-01 19:39:56
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Doreen Lamb wrote:
> Thank you everyone for responding to my question about. I found out that
> KDE isn't installed, and I've been unsuccessful in my efforts to install it.
> Here is what I've done and the results:
>
> In the file manager I opened the mnt directory, then the cdrom directory,
> then Red Hat, and then RPMS. I right clicked on kdebase-1.1 2-10.i386.rpm
> and chose install.
>
> I got a message "failed to open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
> Install failed
>
> My attempts at installing any rpm resulted in the same failure.
>
> Any ideas? Was I on the right track?
You have to be root to install RPMS.
TRoy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kde-request@lists.netcentral.net
> [mailto:kde-request@lists.netcentral.net]On Behalf Of Jesper Krogh
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 7:42 PM
> To: KDE general mailing list
> Subject: Re: redhat and kde
>
>
> > now i'm misspelling too - i meant KDE is not an option in switchdesk
> > that's why i need to know if it's even installed
>
> Insert your Redhat cd in your cd drive. Find the RPM directory and type:
> rpm -ivh kde*
> Then you should have the option in switchdesk next time.
>
>
> --
> /Jesper Krogh
> Student at DTU Denmark
> Make yourself free.... Delete your Windows partition !!
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