<br><blockquote style="margin: 1.5em 0pt;"></blockquote><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Roy Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amigaman@rsmith59.heliohost.org">amigaman@rsmith59.heliohost.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5">Karl F. Larsen wrote:<br>
> Roy Smith wrote:<br>
>> Karl Larsen wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> When I started this morning to try kde I made several errors of<br>
>>> ignorance. Alas the Ubuntu system does not protect us from ignorance. I<br>
>>> was able to do $ sudo aptitude install kde and it sent me a whole lot of<br>
>>> files. But didn't work. Error 1.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Since this didn't work I then started the synpatic file system and<br>
>>> it also has a lot of kde files. I clicked on kde and a whole bunch were<br>
>>> lit up. I installed these files. I then got a real kde desktop but it<br>
>>> didn't work properly. Error 2.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Just now I did a couple of "remove" things and now I have what<br>
>>> appears to be a clean gnome based 8.10 that works because this message<br>
>>> is typed on it.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Now I plan to use the $ sudo aptitude kubuntu-desktop and see what<br>
>>> damage it can do. At least I will have just one thing to remove if it<br>
>>> fails :-)<br>
>>><br>
>> If you want to get the complete KDE desktop then do this in a terminal:<br>
>><br>
>> $ sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop kde<br>
>><br>
>> If you want to see what's going to be installed then do this:<br>
>><br>
>> $ aptitude show kubuntu-desktop<br>
>> $ aptitude show kde<br>
>><br>
>> This will show you all the packages that will be installed, naturally<br>
>> any duplicates between the two meta-packages will be ignored.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
> Hi Roy, I think that might be educational, but I am just trying to<br>
> make both gnome and kde work. Using $ sudo aptitude install<br>
> kubuntu-desktop has fixed my system. I do think it would be nice if when<br>
> an idiot tries to get kde, the system should suggest that you really<br>
> want kubuntu-desktop. Same with the synaptic system.<br>
<br>
</div></div>I don't know whether or not if it's possible for one meta-package to<br>
have a dependency for another meta-package. But it would seem like that<br>
would be the logical thing to do if it was possible.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>check out<br><br> <a href="http://tnerd.com/2008/11/12/how-to-uninstall-or-remove-kde-and-restore-gnome-desktop-manager-in-ubuntu/">http://tnerd.com/2008/11/12/how-to-uninstall-or-remove-kde-and-restore-gnome-desktop-manager-in-ubuntu/</a><br clear="all">
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