problem with the installation of kde4

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Hello, I have initiated the installation of kde4 stable since

KDE/KDE4 - openSUSE # Installation via one click install as I put into that version 4.3.5 web while KDE4 - openSUSE makes me who has the 4.3.4 that this is not strange?

When I start the installation and then download and install some packages supposedly I get the following message:

Installing applications
Unable to install all packages.
Unable to install the following packages
• kde4-dolphin
• kde4-kdepasswd
• kde4-kdialog
• kde4-keditbookmarks
• kde4-KFind
• kde4-kio_sysinfo-branding-openSUSE
• kde4-kmix
• kde4-konqueror
• kde4-konsole
• kde4-kwin
• kde4-kwrite

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Conflicts can arise when downloading different versions of KDE4. I had this problem after trying out KDE4.4.1 on my spare machine and in the end I reinstalled 11.2 which was immediately updated to 4.3.5.

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I have only gnome and two applications kde installed gwenview okular and why I do not understand the problem.

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Don’t use the one-clicker here, it is not recommended to use them when installing several packages at once. The best (and generally only) way is to activate the needed repositories and install via YaST / zypper directly (when installing KDE4, one can use a pattern install, so you won’t have to choose every single package).

Which Version of KDE4 would you like to install? Which version of SuSE do you use?

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Using version 11.2 and I want to install kde 4.3.5 Stable

Thank you.

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Go to Yast Software Management Select Patterns tab select KDE selections install

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You will first have to add the needed repositories, here’s the zypper-way to do it:

zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/STABLE:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.2/ KDE4:Stable
zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Community/openSUSE_11.2/ KDE4:Stable-Community

ar = add repository, f = set to autorefresh

Make sure no other KDE4-repositories are enabled before proceeding.

As mentioned before, instead of having to choose what packages are needed by KDE4, you can install patterns which will fetch the basic KDE4-environment and some more. The patterns are ‘kde4’ and ‘kde4_basis’, and it works like this:

zypper in -t pattern kde4 kde4_basis

…and that’s pretty much it. You should now be able to switch to KDE from your login-manager (I don’t know about GNOMEs GDM, but there should be a menu called “Sessions” or “Options” or something like that to choose the desktop environment). You can find out about the KDE-version you use by entering

kde4-config -version

…just to be sure. Use YaST to browse through the two KDE-repositories to see what applications, plasmoids and extras are offered. The command

zypper search -t pattern | grep kde4

…will show you what other KDE4-patterns are available.

Hope it works out.

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ok I have it installed and working.

One more question:

in gnome I have installed the cairo-dock mac style bar but also is loaded into the kde desktop, runs but with some inconsistency.

"It mixes both desktop settings? "I can make cairo-dock to run in gnome but not in kde?

Is there any application similar to cairo-dock kde?

Thank you.

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If using openSUSE-11.2 there is no need to add KDE4:Stable.

OpenSUSE-11.2 has an “official” Novell/SuSE-GmbH update from KDE-4.3.1 to 4.3.5.

Why recommend a user update to a “KDE4:Stable” repository for 4.3.5 which is NOT supported by Novell/SuSE-GmbH when instead one can use a 4.3.5 from “Update” repository which IS supported by Novell ??

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I totally forgot about that (and that is due the fact that usually packages will not get upgraded via the ‘update’-repository - you know that very well, oldcpu), so: sorry, the KDE4:Stable-repo is not needed indeed (unlike the Community-repo, which packages will not be upgraded via ‘update’).

jony127: remove the KDE4:Stable repo.

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ok, to finish this post a query more:

if in the end decided remove kde and stay with gnome, how do I have to uninstall kde and applications installed with kde?

Thank you.

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All KDE-apps depend on certain Qt- / KDE-core packages. The following command is just a wild suggestion (I’m simply calling zypper to uninstall some core-packages of KDE4, but this should do the trick):

zypper rm libkde4 kdelibs4 kdebase4-runtime
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Thanks for this! I logged into forums specifically to search how to get rid of kde4 after giving it a try. Of course, yast2 was a nightmare of dependency hangups… Now I really see why I’ve got to take time to learn zypper! Again, thank you.
----rob