Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

Andrei Amuraritei sirdeiu at bydeiu.net
Sat Jan 19 21:16:25 UTC 2013


On , 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?
>
> --
> Michael Eager	 eager at eagercon.com
> 1960 Park Blvd., Palo Alto, CA 94306  650-325-8077

Hi there, you can use yum grouplist to view all the groups in Fedora 
18. And from there you can see and install KDE with yum groupinstall 
"KDE Plasma Workspaces".

Then try switchdesk.




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