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<bennym>

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From: South-West Germany near Stuttg

Registered: 2006-08-29

Posts: 26

how to install kde?

hi!
How do i install kde. What other packages should i install?
thank you
benny

arooaroo

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From: London, UK

Registered: 2005-01-13

Posts: 1,268

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Re: how to install kde?

pacman -S kde

This will install all the kde packages and any dependencies that have yet to be installed.

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alikas

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From: Lithuania, Vilnius

Registered: 2006-05-24

Posts: 319

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Re: how to install kde?

And if yuo want, that start KDE login manager after yuo turn on computer yuo need edit yuo "/etc/inittab" and it must look like this:

#
# /etc/inittab
#

#  Runlevels:
#    0    Halt
#    1(S)       Single-user
#    2    Not used
#    3    Multi-user
#    4    Not used
#    5    X11
#    6    Reboot

id:5:initdefault:
#id:3:initdefault:
rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p

c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/6 linux

ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

x:5:respawn:/opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon
# End of file

Goodbee

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<bennym>

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From: South-West Germany near Stuttg

Registered: 2006-08-29

Posts: 26

Re: how to install kde?

Thank you !!!

chrismortimore

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From: Edinburgh, UK

Registered: 2006-07-15

Posts: 655

Re: how to install kde?

And if yuo want, that start KDE login manager after yuo turn on computer yuo need edit yuo "/etc/inittab" and it must look like this:
[SNIP]

Or use /etc/rc.d/kdm

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thibdb13

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From: Mechelen - Belgium

Registered: 2005-10-11

Posts: 114

Re: how to install kde?

Or adding 'kdm' in your /etc/rc.conf as last in the daemon's line

thibdb13

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From: Mechelen - Belgium

Registered: 2005-10-11

Posts: 114

Re: how to install kde?

And don't forget to install the needed kde-i18n-xx packages if necessary