Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

[Michael Eager]

On 01/19/2013 04:04 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 01/19/2013 03:40 PM, Michael Eager wrote:
>> On 01/19/2013 01:00 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>>> On 01/19/2013 12:44 PM, Michael Eager wrote:
>>>> I just installed F18 from the live CD.  I'm trying
>>>> to install and switch to KDE.
>>>>
>>>> If I enter "switchdesk kde", I get a message saying to
>>>> run "yum groupinstall "KDE (K Desktop Environment)".
>>>> Yum says that Group KDE does not exist.
>>>>
>>>> Other than re-installing from the F18-Live-KDE CD, how
>>>> can I switch desktops?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Your question contains its own answer.  As root, use yum to install
>>> KDE the way the message tells
>>> you to.
>>
>> My message also contained the response from yum, that
>> Group KDE does not exist.
>>
>
> But the message doesn't say "yum groupinstall KDE," now does it. Checking with yum grouplist I see
> that the group you probably need is "KDE Software Compilation" although it probably wouldn't be a
> bad idea to install "KDE Software Development" as well.  Or, you could install yumex, bite the
> bullet and log in with Gnome and use it to find and install what you need.

I entered the command by copy and paste, exactly as printed.
And I searched for KDE, Desktop Environment, KDE Software Environment,
and any other combination I could think of.

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