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terranair

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Registered: 2010-06-25

Posts: 2

Automatic install of kde

Hi!
Is there a package or script that can automatically install kde (meta packages preferred), xorg, hal and set up everything needed for things to work automatically?
TY!

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: Automatic install of kde

pacman -S xorg kdebase && /etc/rc.d/hal start && /etc/rc.d/kdm start

anything else?

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mutlu_inek

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From: all over the place

Registered: 2006-11-18

Posts: 683

Re: Automatic install of kde

1.) kdebase is not a meta package. The command "pacman -Ss kde-meta" will list all the meta packages for the different KDE modules. "pacman -S kde" will install all of KDE.

2.) hal needs to be added to /etc/rc.conf to be started automatically at boot. kdm could be added there, too, for convenience.

3.) In general, please read the wiki. To install and set up KDE, have a look at this page: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kde

randomguy

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Registered: 2007-06-19

Posts: 101

Re: Automatic install of kde

... and set up everything needed for things to work automatically?...

Thats just not what ArchLinux intends to deliver. But as wonder pointed out it's really only a few commands. The wiki is very comprehensive, too.

Last edited by randomguy (2010-06-25 18:13:20)