topic Re: KDE installation on redhat linux in Operating System - Linux

KDE installation on redhat linux

kaushikbr — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:30:23 GMT

Hi

I have to install KDE on RHL EL5.
Being a newbie to linux I have no idea where I can get the packages from, and where can I get the installation and configuration document.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks and Regards
Kaushik

Re: KDE installation on redhat linux

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:05:31 GMT

Shalom,

KDE is an install option on versions of RHEL 4 and below. So the first place I'd look for it is the install DVD. If it has been pulled as an install option then you may need to compile it.

http://www.kde.org/

SEP

Re: KDE installation on redhat linux

Matti_Kurkela — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:28:22 GMT

No need to compile anything.

Open a command prompt window, become root and enter this command:

yum groupinstall "KDE (K Desktop Environment)"

The yum package manager will automatically download the necessary packages from RHN and install them, using RedHat default configuration for KDE.

When the package installation is complete, log out. Use the options settings in the GUI login dialog to select a KDE-type session. The system should remember your new desktop environment choice automatically.

MK

Re: KDE installation on redhat linux

Michal Kapalka (mikap) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:30:51 GMT

hi,

more about yum on redhat

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rhel-centos-fedora-linux-yum-command-howto/

mikap

Re: KDE installation on redhat linux

kaushikbr — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:47:47 GMT

Hi

Thank you all for you replies.
Yum is a very helpful tool, however since the machine will be on an internal private network, the machine does not have access to WWW. I'm unable to register the machine on the RHL website. Shalom Steve I did look on the installation DVD, I found the rpms for KDE 3.x. Being a HP-UX man, is there a command like swinstall to select an entire bundle or product for installation or do I have to install each rpm package at a time ?

Thanks and Regards
Kaushik

PS: I understand I'm asking some very basic questions, however reading all your suggestions and answers I can make an educated guess to progress the task I have on hand. Otherwise I would be trying everything ( good and bad methods ) I find on the web.

Re: KDE installation on redhat linux

Michal Kapalka (mikap) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:57:33 GMT

hi,

yum could be configured that the repository could be local DVD / CDROM or some directory.

check this link :

http://grokbase.com/topic/2007/11/07/centos-5-0-yum-install-using-the-install-cd-s-as-the-rpm-source/quJFEvZ0jBRicOQlm2GqmuTzYo4

mikap

Re: KDE installation on redhat linux

kaushikbr — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:31:41 GMT

Hi

When I try to install the rpms, I get the following error messages.

error: Failed dependencies:
kdelibs = 6:3.5.4-18.el5 is needed by kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-18.el5.x86_64
libDCOP.so.4()(64bit) is needed by kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-18.el5.x86_64
libartskde.so.1()(64bit) is needed by kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-18.el5.x86_64
libkabc.so.1()(64bit) is needed by kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-18.el5.x86_64
libkabc_dir.so.1()(64bit) is needed by kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-18.el5.x86_64
libkabc_file.so.1()(64bit) is needed by kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-18.el5.x86_64
libkabc_ldapkio.so.1()(64bit) is needed by kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-18.el5.x86_64
libkabc_net.so.1()(64bit) is needed by kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-18.el5.x86_64
libkatepartinterfaces.so.0()(64bit) is needed by kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-18.el5.x86_64

Error messages.

I'm not sure which package contains all these .so files.

When I try to install kdelibs I get the error message
error: Failed dependencies:
libkdnssd is needed by kdelibs-3.5.4-18.el5.x86_64

Thanks and Regards
Kaushik

Re: KDE installation on redhat linux

Court Campbell — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:39:57 GMT

>> I have to install KDE on RHL EL5.

Have to, or want to? If you have to, that is pretty lame.

Anyway, you can try this:

yum install @kde-desktop

Re: KDE installation on redhat linux

kaushikbr — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:03:49 GMT

hi

thanks for your replies.

:))
I have to bcos I've taken it from someone else.
I want to bcos it is my responsibility now.

However, with some help I found this white paper on the Redhat website.

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-9744

This was helpful in configuring the yum repository.

This is what my repo file looks like.

more /etc/yum.repos.d/dvd.repo
[dvd]
mediaid=1231287803.932941*
name=DVD for RHEL5
baseurl=file:///cdrom/Server
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

[dvd-cluster]
mediaid=1231287803.932941
name=DVD for RHEL5 - Cluster
baseurl=file:///cdrom/Cluster
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

[dvd-cluster-storage]
mediaid=1231287803.932941
name=DVD for RHEL5 - ClusterStorage
baseurl=file:///cdrom/ClusterStorage
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

[dvd-vt]
mediaid=1231287803.932941
name=DVD for RHEL5 - VT
baseurl=file:///cdrom/VT
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

The Linux DVD is mounted on /cdrom
The mediaid is the id from the
ll /cdrom/.discinfo
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 112 Jan 7 00:23 /cdrom/.discinfo

more /cdrom/.discinfo
1231287803.932941
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.3
x86_64
1,2,3,4,5,6
Server/base
Server/RPMS
Server/pixmaps

I'm now able to do a
yum groupinstall "(KDE (K Desktop Environment)"

yum groupinstall "KDE Software Development"

All the dependencies are now resolved and the packages install successfully.

Thank you all for you valuable comments.

Regards
Kaushik

Re: KDE installation on redhat linux

kaushikbr — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:05:13 GMT

thank you all for your valuable comments.

Regards
Kaushik