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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: User installed apps, Was: kded excluding dirs?
From:       weis <weis () stud ! uni-frankfurt ! de>
Date:       1999-12-02 12:46:35
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Hi,

On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Stephan Kulow wrote:

> weis wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > lets try again:
> > 
> > At university our students can not install apps since they are not
> > root. So they can install only in their home directories.
> > People reported to me that they can not install the RPM
> > packages in their home dirs. Is there any way?
> > 
> > And further more: Can we set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to contain
> > $HOME/.kde/libs ? Distributors should in addition
> > add $HOME/.kde/bin to $PATH, or we do that in startkde.
> No, don't use $HOME/.kde - that is for written files. You can
> install into any file. You won't have to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> with anything compiled out of KDE's configure :)

How could I doubt :-)

> And when you can install software, you surely can also extend
> PATH :)

Once it works with some RPM stuff this might not be true any more ...
 
> > 
> > And (related to ksycoca) if two services of the same name and the
> > same servicetype exists. One of the user and one in the global
> > environment. In this case it would IMHO be a good idea to perfer
> > the service the user has installed himself. How does KSyCoCa handle
> > this ?
> > 
> KStandardDirs eliminates duplicates by default

So kSyCoCa uses KStandardDirs to find the .desktop files ? 
Or was that just: "At least my class does it right" ?

Bye
Torben
 
> Greetings, Stephan
> 
> -- 
> When your memory goes, forget it!
> 
> 

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