Install KDE, FC3

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Sat May 7 21:25:41 UTC 2005


On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 02:35:03PM -0400, Sam Johnson wrote:
> How do I install KDE using the package manager?  Whenever I click on 'K
> Desktop Environment' and then click 'update,' I get a message saing that
> xorg-x11-lib is not installed.  I go into the CD and click on the xorg-
> x11-lib RPM, and I get a message stating that it is already installed.

The GUI package manager is broken. Instead, do this, from the command line
as root (or with sudo):

 yum groupinstall 'KDE (K Desktop Environment)'

> Also, once K is installed, how do I switch between GNOME and K?

run switchdesk. Or, pick from the GDM "session" menu before you log in.

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