Adding KDE to FC7 test1

Doctor Who whodoctor at gmail.com
Sat Feb 3 22:35:16 UTC 2007


On 2/3/07, Jim Cornette <fct-cornette at insight.rr.com> wrote:
> 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
>

Yes, appears to be just the missing kdelibs package causing the issue.




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