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nixitinthebud

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Registered: 2006-07-17

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Does Arch Linux have KDE?

When I issue either of the following commands;

pacman --add kde

or

pacman -A kde

I get the following error message;

failed to add target 'kde' (could not find or read file)

Does Arch Linux come with KDE, or do I need to try another distro?

defcon

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From: Germany, Bruchsal

Registered: 2006-08-16

Posts: 177

Re: Does Arch Linux have KDE?

try

pacman -S kde

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jdhore

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From: NYC

Registered: 2007-08-01

Posts: 156

Re: Does Arch Linux have KDE?

I belive to install KDE, the command is: pacman -S kde (try as caps and without caps)

nixitinthebud

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Registered: 2006-07-17

Posts: 5

Re: Does Arch Linux have KDE?

Dang! I just figured that out. I was going to delete the question but you had already replied. Odd, I swore I saw on the manpage that one could use either of --add or -A as an option to the command. Thatnks for the help. I am installing it right now from a chroot on this system.

Cerebral

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From: Waterloo, ON, CA

Registered: 2005-04-08

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Re: Does Arch Linux have KDE?

-A is to add a package file -- it only works when pointed to an actual .pkg.tar.gz file.

If you ever want to install anything from the repos, it's pacman -S

Last edited by Cerebral (2007-08-14 18:22:27)

Misfit138

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Registered: 2006-11-27

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Re: Does Arch Linux have KDE?

Here's an excellent resource for you if you are new to Arch.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide

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Doehni

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-05-19

Posts: 175

Re: Does Arch Linux have KDE?

There is also KDEmod. That's kde with split packages.
You can get more infos here: http://www.kdemod.ath.cx/

jb

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From: Florida

Registered: 2006-06-22

Posts: 466

Re: Does Arch Linux have KDE?

Wasn't --add suppose to be deprecated and removed since it's essentially a subset of --upgrade?

Edit: I just checked the man page; I guess it already was deprecated, just not removed.

Last edited by jb (2007-08-15 02:27:53)

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mridc

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Registered: 2007-08-08

Posts: 21

Re: Does Arch Linux have KDE?

There is also KDEmod. That's kde with split packages.
You can get more infos here: http://www.kdemod.ath.cx/

I love KDEmod! It runs a lot smoother than the original KDE and packs more eye-candy to boot. If you're going to install KDE, go straight for KDEmod, it's really well done.

nixitinthebud

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Registered: 2006-07-17

Posts: 5

Re: Does Arch Linux have KDE?

There is also KDEmod. That's kde with split packages.
You can get more infos here: http://www.kdemod.ath.cx/

Heehee! You are probably sick of hearing from people like me, those Gentoo refugees. (No, I will not discuss the recent expat debacle on Gentoo.) Trust me, there's nothing I love better than split KDE. I love KDE, but installing the monolithic packages will leave kuite a bit of klutter in your menus. However, I did peruse one split KDE Arch repository, which didn't seem to have all of the split apps I use. In the meantime, I have installed the monolithic and fixed my menus to be fairly usable.

I will have to bookmark your link and then go nose around a bit to see what I can find.

Doehni

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-05-19

Posts: 175

Re: Does Arch Linux have KDE?

There is also KDEmod. That's kde with split packages.
You can get more infos here: http://www.kdemod.ath.cx/

Heehee! You are probably sick of hearing from people like me, those Gentoo refugees. (No, I will not discuss the recent expat debacle on Gentoo.) Trust me, there's nothing I love better than split KDE. I love KDE, but installing the monolithic packages will leave kuite a bit of klutter in your menus. However, I did peruse one split KDE Arch repository, which didn't seem to have all of the split apps I use. In the meantime, I have installed the monolithic and fixed my menus to be fairly usable.

I will have to bookmark your link and then go nose around a bit to see what I can find.

Until 2 years ago I also complied all packages for myself...
Got bored of it, and found Arch after a year with Kubuntu. I'm perfecly happy with Arch and KDEmod!!

johnisevil

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From: Hamilton, ON Canada

Registered: 2003-08-07

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Re: Does Arch Linux have KDE?

There is also KDEmod. That's kde with split packages.
You can get more infos here: http://www.kdemod.ath.cx/

Heehee! You are probably sick of hearing from people like me, those Gentoo refugees. (No, I will not discuss the recent expat debacle on Gentoo.)

I don't really see why it would be considered a "debacle".  While I use Arch at home on my systems I do admin a Gentoo server and much like anything else in Linux, general knowledge and reading documentation go a long way.  A simple revdep-rebuild fixed it for me.