KDE eradication and now ...

[Karl Larsen]

Roy Smith wrote:
> 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.
>
>   
At this moment I am convinced I dislike KDE and will want to make the 
default Gnome again. But this time it is simple and requires no apt-get 
remove or such. I will reboot and when it comes up I will select Gnome 
and KDE will be here if I want to play again. And I can use KDE to show 
how similar Ubuntu and Windows are :-)

Karl