Arch Linux

zzano

Member

Registered: 2005-05-18

Posts: 40

k3b continues to be difficult

I just installed Arch and all seems to be working well with the exception of k3b. After some checking in this forum, the wiki and Google. It seems that there is a k3bsetup file that must be used before CD burning can take place. All attempts to use kde3setup have been unsuccessful.

My first attempt to solve the problem was to use # pacman -S k3b --force. After the application was on my system I executed it and it confirmed that I needed  a file called kdesu. I was unable to use pacman to secure the file directly. Does this mean that I have to download the whole KDE base in order to get this file or is there somwhere else I can get it?

TNX

Stinky

Member

From: The Colony, TX

Registered: 2004-05-28

Posts: 187

Re: k3b continues to be difficult

Far as I know, kdebase is the only way to get kdesu. 
Correct me if I'm wrong....It's happened before.

insane

Member

Registered: 2006-06-04

Posts: 106

Re: k3b continues to be difficult

An alternative: Download and configure sudo and run sudo k3bsetup from a terminal.

Another alternative: Login as root in X and run k3bsetup

zzano

Member

Registered: 2005-05-18

Posts: 40

Re: k3b continues to be difficult

I tried logging in as root and then performing the setup program but that did not work.

I finally downloaded KDE-base and then I was able to run the setup routine.

Thanks for your help.

T-Dawg

Forum Fellow

From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

Posts: 2,736

Re: k3b continues to be difficult

If you're concerned with the huge kde dependencies, take a look at graveman. Not as elaborate as k3b but it gives you most of everything you need.