Adding KDE to FC7 test1

[Jim Cornette]

Doctor Who wrote:
> On 2/3/07, Doctor Who <whodoctor at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2/3/07, Jesse Keating <jkeating at redhat.com> wrote:
>> > On Saturday 03 February 2007 15:46, Doctor Who wrote:
>> > > I'd like to add KDE to my FC7 test1 install...is that possible at 
>> this
>> > > point? If so, what repo do I need to enable/
>> >
>> > All you need to do is launch Applications -> Add / Remove Software.  
>> Select
>> > the KDE group and away you go.
>> >
>>
>> OK, I'll give that a try when I get back to the box.  I installed with
>> the DVD and didn't have an option during the install for KDE...only
>> Gnome was available for 'Desktop Environments'
>>
> 
> I used Package Manager as suggested, but after selecting a number of
> packages, choosing 'Apply' and getting a verification of what packages
> will be installed, nothing appears to happen. :-(
> 
> top doesn't show much of anything taking up a lot of CPU cycles (a
> little pirut), so not sure if this is a bug or that it's just taking a
> looooooong amount of time.
> 
> It's been sitting a the Package Manager window for several minutes now...
> 

There are conflicting package problems right now with KDE. You might 
want to wait for these dep erros to fixed before attempting to install 
KDE. I get the below currently with KDE and yum. I exclued kde for righ 
now normally. This problem is some days old, see the rawhide reports for 
reference.

Jim

--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: kdelibs >= 6:3.5.6 for package: kdegames
--> Processing Dependency: kdelibs >= 6:3.5.6 for package: kdebase
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: kdelibs >= 6:3.5.6 is needed by package kdegames
Error: Missing Dependency: kdelibs >= 6:3.5.6 is needed by package kdebase


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