I just typed "make all install clean" in the /usr/ports/x11/kde2 directory. It downloaded, compiled and installed the entire thing with optimizations for my CPU. Oh ... that was on my FreeBSD box :) Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miller, John" <JMiller2 at dainrauscher.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 7:06 AM Subject: RE: [TCLUG] KDE 2.1 RPMs > I just installed KDE 2.1 last night. It was a fresh install. I had to get > a couple of lib rpms but the stranges one was libkmid.so.1(?) > I did a search on rpmfind and got a list of files that containted it or a > variation of it. I then did a google search for it and found the home page. > > http://perso.wanadoo.es/antlarr/libkmid.html > > Other rpms I had to install include > libmng-0.9.4-1 > lm_sensors-2.5.2-3 > qt-2.2.4-0.70.4 > > Good luck > John Miller > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Zbikowski (Zibby) [mailto:andyzib at ringworld.org] > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 9:16 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] KDE 2.1 RPMs > > > "Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote: > > > > RPM --- gotta love it :) > > > > In this case it's not so much as the RPM format, it's the packagers. The KDE > folks were never very good a following guidelines for packages. I tried the > official KDE debs from kde.org. They liked to break. Then I found the debs > on kde.tydc.com. Mmmm...much better. > > If you can't find RPMs blessed by Red Hat, you're most likely going to be > stuck doing it the hard way. (Removing the old before installing the new.) > > Shamless Debian plug: apt-get install task-kde > > -- > | Andrew S. Zbikowski | Home: 763.591.0977 | > | http://www.ringworld.org | Work: 763.428.9119 | > | http://www.itouthouse.com | PCS: 612.306.6055 | > | This message is protected by double ROT13 | > | encryption. Any attempt to circumvent the | > | digital protection is banned by the DMCA. | > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >