KDE eradication and now ...

[Roy Smith]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> Roy Smith wrote:
>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>   
>>>     When I started this morning to try kde I made several errors of 
>>> ignorance. Alas the Ubuntu system does not protect us from ignorance. I 
>>> was able to do $ sudo aptitude install kde and it sent me a whole lot of 
>>> files. But didn't work. Error 1.
>>>
>>>     Since this didn't work I then started the synpatic file system and 
>>> it also has a lot of kde files. I clicked on kde and a whole bunch were 
>>> lit up. I installed these files. I then got a real kde desktop but it 
>>> didn't work properly. Error 2.
>>>
>>>     Just now I did a couple of "remove" things and now I have what 
>>> appears to be a clean gnome based 8.10 that works because this message 
>>> is typed on it.
>>>
>>>     Now I plan to use the $ sudo aptitude kubuntu-desktop   and see what 
>>> damage it can do. At least I will have just one thing to remove if it 
>>> fails :-)
>>>     
>> If you want to get the complete KDE desktop then do this in a terminal:
>>
>> $ sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop kde
>>
>> If you want to see what's going to be installed then do this:
>>
>> $ aptitude show kubuntu-desktop
>> $ aptitude show kde
>>
>> This will show you all the packages that will be installed, naturally
>> any duplicates between the two meta-packages will be ignored.
>>
>>   
>     Hi Roy, I think that might be educational, but I am just trying to 
> make both gnome and kde work. Using $ sudo aptitude install 
> kubuntu-desktop has fixed my system. I do think it would be nice if when 
> an idiot tries to get kde, the system should suggest that you really 
> want kubuntu-desktop. Same with the synaptic system.

I don't know whether or not if it's possible for one meta-package to
have a dependency for another meta-package.  But it would seem like that
would be the logical thing to do if it was possible.

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Roy Smith
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jakalope
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