[plug] KDE Installation

[Daniel Pearson]

Where can I get RH6? Or, if I can get my SCSI card to work and I put in my
burner, how big is the download?

-Daniel
----- Original Message -----
From: John Summerfield <summer at os2.ami.com.au>
To: <plug at linux.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] KDE Installation


> > Hi there,
> > I am running Redhat 5.2, and I am downloading KDE 1.1.1, and I
downloaded
> > the applications is about 20 seperate files, after doing that, I then
> > realised in the dir above it, is the applications in one RPM, should I
> > download this one RPM, or can I do it with the other ones I downloaded?
>
> Now you have a good HDD, you should install RHL 6 which comes with KDE and
> gnome - gnome IS more powerful, though I think KDE has a prettier face.
>
> RHL 6 has these KDE rpms:
>
> -rw-r--r--   1 summer     554106 Jun 21 20:17 kdeadmin-1.1.1-1.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--   1 summer    6492377 Jun 21 20:17 kdebase-1.1.1-1.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--   1 summer    1931791 Jun 21 20:17 kdegames-1.1.1-1.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--   1 summer    1162357 Jun 21 20:17 kdegraphics-1.1.1-1.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--   1 summer    2026054 Jun 21 20:17 kdelibs-1.1.1-1.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--   1 summer    1006193 Jun 21 20:17
kdemultimedia-1.1.1-1.i386.rp
> m
> -rw-r--r--   1 summer    3028235 Jun 21 20:17 kdenetwork-1.1.1-1.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--   1 summer     686410 Jun 21 20:17 kdesupport-1.1.1-1.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--   1 summer     168558 Jun 21 20:17 kdetoys-1.1.1-1.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--   1 summer    1388562 Jun 21 20:17 kdeutils-1.1.1-1.i386.rpm
> bash-2.03$
>
> I have installed:
> kdeadmin-1.1.1-1
> kdebase-1.1.1-1
> kdegames-1.1.1-1
> kdegraphics-1.1.1-1
> kdelibs-1.1.1-1
> kdemultimedia-1.1.1-1
> kdenetwork-1.1.1-1
> kdesupport-1.1.1-1
> kdeutils-1.1.1-1
> switchdesk-kde-1.7.0-1
>
> which may be a little more than you require, but the combination will
work.
>
> The window manager I'm using is enlightenment, much better then fvwm*
>
> --
> Cheers
> John Summerfield
> http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support.
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>
>