Help with KDE3 Please
Hi All,
My goal is to contribute toward Linux, and it looks to me like
Debian is my best avenue to do so. I think of it as giving back
to all of you who have already given to me.
Primarily from reading the excellent "mypage.bluewin.ch/kde3-debian"
and "davidpashley.com/debian-kde/faq.html" I've been trying to install
the 3.1Beta, but it looks like I've done something wrong.
(Note: To learn Debian, I originally installed 'stable' 3.0 (woody),
then recently upgraded to 'unstable'.)
To save time/bandwidth, I'm stacking all my questions here, in order
of priority.
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QUESTION ABOUT DOCS:
>From http://mypage.bluewin.ch/kde3-debian, the "How to Install
KDE3 on Debian 3.x.y/Sarge (testing/unstable)" section appears to
have an obvious typo. Shouldn't the first line be "up-to-date Sarge
system" instead of "up-to-date Woody system"?
>From the same web page and section, after my installation I could
not log in to KDE because I didn't have the 'kdelibs4-bin' package
installed. Should this section explicitly mention 'kdelibs4-bin' too?
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PRIMARY QUESTION:
(Reading the above docs, most of my uncertainty involved the correct
way to remove KDE2, and I *suspect* my current problems may be related
more to improper removal of KDE2 than improper installation of KDE3.)
I can login in to KDE3 and run, but I don't get the menubar across
the bottom of the screen, so when I minimize a window, I don't know
how to get it back! I'd thought 'kicker' was what I needed, but that
is installed fine.
How do I fix this? (Related question: where are the debugging/logging
files for KDE3?)
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SECONDARY QUESTION(s):
Upon bootup, when KDM presents the login screen it places the name
of a nonexistent user ('pgd' or something) into the 'login' box.
Also, the title is German, "Valkommem till Linux pa sandra".
(Hmmm, the packager/compiler had a German locale, and I am missing
having an English locale?)
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MINOR QUESTION:
sandra:~# dpkg --get-selections "*kde*"
kde purge
kdebase install
kdebase-audiolibs purge
kdebase-bin install
kdebase-data install
kdebase-dev install
kdebase-doc purge
kdebase-libs purge
kdebugdialog install
kdelibs3 purge
kdelibs3-bin purge
kdelibs3-doc purge
kdelibs4 install
kdelibs4-bin install
kdelibs4-data install
kdepasswd purge
kdepim-libs install
kdeprint install
kdesktop install
kdewallpapers purge
libkdenetwork1 purge
sandra:~#
Is there a way to get 'dpkg' to forget that (for example) kdelibs3
was ever installed? I can be mistake prone, so anything I can do to
'cleanup' is extremely helpful. (i.e. I don't want the 'kdelibs3'
line to appear in the output.)
Side question: KDE3 doesn't have a 'kde3' or 'kde' package? (I
tried to find/install, but no go.)
Sneaky question: Does this 'dpkg' output show that my prior problems
might be due to a missing package(s)?
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FINAL QUESTION:
Any pointers to further FAQs, manuals, or web sites which would have
helped me answer these questions myself?
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Thank you all very much for any help.
--Tom
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