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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: redhat and kde
From:       "Doreen Lamb" <webtutor () earthlink ! net>
Date:       2000-04-01 19:40:49
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LOL
How simple.
Thanks David and Troy.

----- Original Message -----
From: David Grill Watson <dgwatson@kent.edu>
To: KDE general mailing list <kde@lists.netcentral.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 11:31 AM
Subject: RE: redhat and kde


> Let me guess - you were doing it as a non-root user, right?
>
> You need to do it as root.  Aside from that, you were correct.
>
> 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?
> >
> >
> >
> > -----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.
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