Newbie issues installing switchdesk.

[Phil Meyer]

parchdtear wrote:
> Hey! I'm a bit new to Linux - run Ubuntu at home and at school FC8. In class trying to get fedora core to switch from GNOME to KDE using switch desk 
>
> I receive this: 
> switchdesk KDE
> bash: switchdesk: command not found
>
> So I attempted an install. 
>
> yum install switchdesk
> Setting up Install Process
> Parsing package install arguments
> No package switchdesk available.
> Nothing to do
>
> Again - I'm very new so I saw this suggestion and decided to try it - not sure of the difference. 
>
> yum -y install switchdesk
> Setting up Install Process
> Parsing package install arguments
> No package switchdesk available.
> Nothing to do
>
> Really, I'm not sure what groupinstall does but that gives me:
> Warning: Group switchdesk does not exist.
> No packages in any requested group available to install or update
>
> ((I had used it on a classmates computer and he was able to get to KDE - I guess I'm not so lucky))
>
> Really, I'm not sure where to go from here, every attempt of installation or moving on results in a missing dependency or  something just not existing. 
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>   
$  sudo yum search switch

...

switchdesk.noarch : A desktop environment switcher for GNOME, KDE and
                  : AnotherLevel.
switchdesk-gui.noarch : A graphical interface for the Desktop Switcher.
system-switch-displaymanager.noarch : A display manager switcher for 
GDM, KDM,
                                    : XDM and WDM
system-switch-displaymanager-gnome.noarch : A graphical interface for the
                                          : Display Manager Switcher
...

$ sudo yum list \*switch\*

...
Available Packages
switchdesk.noarch                        4.0.9-2                
fedora         
switchdesk-gui.noarch                    4.0.9-2                
fedora         
system-switch-displaymanager.noarch      1.2-1.fc9              
updates-newkey 
system-switch-displaymanager-gnome.noarch ...
                                         1.2-1.fc9              
updates-newkey 
...

# yum install switchdesk switchdesk-gui system-switch-displaymanager 
system-switch-displaymanager-gnome

That should do it.

Good luck!