Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-20 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:44:21 -0800, 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.

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-20 Thread Rares Aioanei
On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:38:04 -0800 Joe Zeff wrote: > On 01/19/2013 04:29 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > it is a VERY bad idea for someone who simply wants KDE > > > > why should someone install some hundret MB of > > software and dependecies just for fun? > > I don't do kernel development, but I n

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread David
On 1/19/2013 6:40 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 >>>

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 20.01.2013 01:54, schrieb Joe Zeff: > On 01/19/2013 04:46 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> look below what happens with install "KDE Software Development" >> here with updates-testing is enabled, but however for whatever >> reason it can not resolve even deps (yes i used yum clean all >> and rm -rf

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/19/2013 04:46 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: look below what happens with install "KDE Software Development" here with updates-testing is enabled, but however for whatever reason it can not resolve even deps (yes i used yum clean all and rm -rf/var/cache/yum/*) As I wrote before, I said that he

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 20.01.2013 01:38, schrieb Joe Zeff: > On 01/19/2013 04:29 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> it is a VERY bad idea for someone who simply wants KDE >> >> why should someone install some hundret MB of >> software and dependecies just for fun? > > I don't do kernel development, but I need to have kern

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/19/2013 04:29 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: it is a VERY bad idea for someone who simply wants KDE why should someone install some hundret MB of software and dependecies just for fun? I don't do kernel development, but I need to have kernel-devel and kernel-headers installed. (At least I th

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/19/2013 04:18 PM, Michael Eager wrote: 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. I entered exactly one command: yum grouplist and looked over the outp

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 20.01.2013 01:04, schrieb Joe Zeff: > although it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to install "KDE > Software Development" as well. it is a VERY bad idea for someone who simply wants KDE why should someone install some hundret MB of software and dependecies just for fun? i am web-developer

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread Michael Eager
On 01/19/2013 01:16 PM, Andrei Amuraritei wrote: 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 no

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/19/2013 04:07 PM, David wrote: I actually have a very simple soultion to your situation. But... Written like a true BOFH! In the words that would be used in the Scary Devil Monastery, you, sir, are a Bastard with a Capital B. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsub

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread 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 messa

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread Bill Oliver
Well, I don't know about F18 release, but I installed F18 beta and assume that I have the same thing as F18 release since I've been updating. The way I did it was pretty naive, perhaps, but it worked. I did the following: 1) Installed from the gnome CD. 2) Installed apper (which installed a b

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread David
On 1/19/2013 6:40 PM, Michael Eager wrote: > On 01/19/2013 01:00 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: >> On 01/19/2013 12:44 PM, Michael Eager wrote: >> >> 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 y

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread Joe Zeff
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 (

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 20.01.2013 00:40, schrieb Michael Eager: > 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 "yu

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread Michael Eager
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 K

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread Andrei Amuraritei
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-Li

Re: Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread Joe Zeff
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-install

Switch to KDE on Fedora 18

2013-01-19 Thread Michael Eager
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