change desktop from GNOME to KDE

[Felix Miata]

On 2011/01/14 19:06 (GMT+1100) Jim Lemon composed:

> I reinstalled with the full distribution and got GNOME desktop. I
> tried it for a while, but I still prefer KDE. When I run:

> yum install @kde-desktop

> I get the error:

> cups-libs-1:1.4.6-1.fc14.x86_64 is newer than cups-libs-1:1.4.4-11.fc14.i686

> (approximately - it takes too long to run it just to get the exact
> message). If I ask:

> yum downgrade cups-libs-1:1.4.4-11.fc14.i686

> it doesn't do anything, and if I ask:

> yum remove cups-libs-1:1.4.6-1.fc14.x86_64

> in an attempt to get KDE to install and then reinstall the newer
> package, it wants to remove 247 packages, which doesn't sound like a
> good idea.

> Is there any alternative to going back to the KDE live install and
> trying again to install all the missing packages?

# rpm -e --nodeps cups-libs-1:1.4.6-1.fc14.x86_64
# yum install @kde-desktop

However, I question why it seems to be trying to switch from x86_64 i686. 
Maybe @kde-desktop only exits for 32 bit? If so, maybe instead of 
@kde-desktop, try the major kde packages, such as kdm, kdebase-workspace, 
kdebase-runtime, kdebase, kdeadmin, kdegraphics, kdenetwork, kde-settings, 
kdeutils; and then put KDM in /etc/sysconfig/desktop manually if necessary. 
Also file a Bugzilla that 'yum groupinstall "KDE Desktop Environment"' 
produces a warning that no such package exists.
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