Re: KDEbian FAQ
--- Jaime Robles <jaime@kde.org> wrote:
> Debian & KDE users FAQ V-0.1
>
> Jaime Robles (jaime@kde.org)
> Begin 27/Jan/2001
> Last update 16/Mar/2001
Hi Jamie.
If you are the maintainer of this FAQ, (and if you are not, would you
please pass this request on to the mainainer?) would you please ad
something along the lines of this:
==========
Q: After I install X and get it configured, then install KDE for Debian
Stable/Potato, the system starts up with a KDE style login. But when I
log in I get a gray GUI screen, and the left mouse button gives a menu
of options, but this is not the KDE window manager (it is the twm
window manager). How do I get the KDE WM?
A: Create a file called .xsessions in each user's home directory and
put in it the following line:
exec startkde
==========
I think that will save many people a lot of search time!
I don't know where in the FAQ you want to put it, but I'd recommend a
place not far behind the "How do I install it?" question.
PS: Is there a better way than the one I've suggested to accomplish the
goal of the above question?
PPS: Are there any other necessary things for the person doing the
installation to do to get the KDE system working properly?
(I'm posting this request because that _was_ a necessary step required
to get Debian KDE working on my system, and it did take me many hours
of searching to find it. It was not even on the Debian KDE web site.
I found it in the KDE _Users_ guide (which is a guide that would seem
to be relevant only _after_ a properly completed installation, not
before).)
Thanks for your work on KDE for Debian.
> 6.-Q: How do I install it...I can't find a package called "kde"?
> A: 27 Jan 2001
> Go to http://kde.debian.net/ find a mirror close to
> you...throw that apt line
> in...apt-get install task-kde.
>
>
> 7.-Q: What is the proper line to add to /etc/apt/sources.list?
> A: 16 Mar 2001
> Look at http://kde.debian.net Apt lines are listed with a
> breakdown
> of what they are..however they are:
> main = current release of KDE + all required and
> optional packages
> crypto = crypto packages (libssl + -crypto kde
> modules)
> optional = some extra packages I packaged with no
> warranty
> kde2 = KDE 2.0.1 packages (old)
> qt1apps = Really old (and unsupported) QT1/KDE1 apps
> sword = Sword modules converted from .rpm via alien
> (needed for sword and Bibletime)
>
>
> 13.-Q: What are the packages installed by task-kde and what are the
> others
> I have to install one by one.?
> A: 27 Jan 2001
> For offline viewing do "apt-get update", then use dselect,
> console-apt, aptitude, etc.
> Online, use http://www.debian.org/Packages to see what is
> available, then either download and do "dpkg -i ..."
> or use "apt-get ...
>
> 14.-Q: How to install one package at a time as well as with task-kde
> (it can be easier if you have a slow or time limited
> connection).
>
> 16.-Q:If I install a package, how I can know what programs
> (executables) will be settled to the hard drive. Or a simpler way:
> what
> are the commands I have to use after installation.
> A: 16 Mar 2001
> You can always look at what files were installed by checking
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/packagename.list
>
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