Re: KDE INSTALLATION


"Subha" <subhadip21a@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I JUST STARTED USING LINUX.I WAS READING THE BEGINER'S TUTORIAL IN A
SITE.IT IS WRITTEN THAT KDE IS VERY USEFUL FOR BEGINNERS.SO I TRIED TO
DOWNLOAD KDE.

1)I AM USING ENTERPRISE RED HAT LINUX VERSION 3.I AM CONFUSED ABOUT
WHICH FILE SHOULD I DOWNLOAD.I DOWNLOADED
kdeaccessibility-3.4.3-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm FILE FROM THIS SITE
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.4.3/AIX/5.1/.DID I DOWNLOAD RIGHT
ONE?

Kde should have been installed during a standard installation , to check if
kde is installed , at a terminal use the command
rpm -qi kdebase
or
rpm -q kdebase
rpm -ql kdebase

If kde is installed , then at the login screen , there is a menu option of
"Session" which will give you the option of logging in using Gnome / Kde
If kde is not installed , then you will have to install it using the RH
Add/Remove packages tool.


2)WHAT IS THE .RPM EXTENTION?

3)WHERE WILL I GET THE INSTRUCTION TO INSTALL IT?.
REGARDS
SUBHADIP


RPM file extension is a for the Red Hat Package Management application , the
rpm is a very powerful tool that allows you to install , upgrade , query ,
remove and build linux packages / applications.

All linux packages are installed /removed using rpm in the format of
rpm <options> <package_ name.rpm>

Check out the man pages for rpm to see the list of options
( man rpm )


Here is just one of the many HOWTOs that you can find on Google
http://www.linuxjunkies.org/html/RPM-HOWTO.html


Also , for a more user friendlier package management tool , check up on Yum
and Yumex .


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