How to install KDE? Yum install kde didn't work..

QueenZ · 03-03-2009, 02:24 PM

In Ubuntu i just did sudo apt-get install kde and it installed KDE 4.2 for me. I'm wondering how i can do this in Fedora that i'm using right now.. i did yum install kde and it returned this..

Quote:

[queenz@localhost ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# yum install kde
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
No package kde available.
Nothing to do
[root@localhost ~]#

pixellany · 03-03-2009, 02:30 PM

Did you try the GUI package manager?
Are the repositories configured correctly?
Does Fedora in fact have a package named "kde" (It might be called something else.)

QueenZ · 03-03-2009, 02:46 PM

Hey pixellany.

When i Add/Remove Software (PackageKit Package Manager) and searched for KDE I got a lot of stuff like games and apps and core utils and language support etc but no KDE Desktop Environment itself..

I don't know what repositories i must add to install KDE and i don't even know how to add them either..

pixellany · 03-03-2009, 08:15 PM

This is a partial answer:
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-kde

I started looking for the Fedora repositories and did not get very far. Look in your package manager and get the url of one of the repositories--plug this into a browser and see if you can find the kde package that way. OR--the Fedora wiki might have something.

QueenZ · 03-03-2009, 10:36 PM

hmmm... Would it work if i install all these ? https://admin.fedoraproject.org/upda...DORA-2009-1387

davecgs · 03-04-2009, 05:37 PM

Yum install kdepim. That worked great for me.

lokask · 05-01-2009, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davecgs

Yum install kdepim. That worked great for me.

sorry i am new here and to Linux

but this helped me install KDE so Thank you.

forrestt · 05-01-2009, 03:17 PM

If you want JUST kde, it is "yum install kdebase". The reason "yum install kdepim" works is that kdebase is a dependency of kdepim, and therefore yum installs it to satisfy the dependency (as well as all of the other dependencies).

Hope that clears things up,

Forrest

axelfc · 05-09-2009, 02:31 AM

The correct procedure for installing the whole KDE is described here:

Fedora 10 Installation Guide

reddazz · 05-09-2009, 05:11 AM

Code:

yum -y groupinstall "KDE (K Desktop Environment)"

The commands above should install KDE on Fedora.