I started off with openSUSE GNOME 12.3 then I installed KDE’s base pattern as a side DE. Apper got installed as well. Ever since then, whenever I need to install an .rpm file, be it on GNOME or KDE, a QT applet handles the installation instead of the default GTK one. How can I make the GTK applet handle installing .rpm again?
Straight from the book of openSUSE:
[Tip] Changing the Toolkit Flavor
By default, YaST is started with the toolkit matching your desktop (GTK+ under GNOME, Qt under KDE). To alter this default setting system-wide, change the variable WANTED_GUI in /etc/sysconfig/yast2 to either qt or gtk.
If you do not want to change the system-wide settings, you can nevertheless start YaST in the desired flavor from command line by using the --gtk or --qt parameter, respectively. For example: yast2 --gtk.
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That’s what I did 3 days ago and it didn’t work. Yast now uses a GTK UI on KDE but the rpm installation applet is still a qt based one.
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zypper in <fullpath>/abc*.rpm
Best way to do it and it give you proper errors. only repos based upgrades can be safely left to packagekit
On 2013-03-26 02:56, Vagrant232 wrote:
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> That’s what I did 3 days ago and it didn’t work. Yast now uses a GTK UI
> on KDE but the rpm installation applet is still a qt based one.
Yes, the WANTED_GUI setting affects yast, not apper.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)
This is what it looks like in QT/KDE:
http://paste.opensuse.org/view/download/85053133
This is working for me. Have a look again.
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OK, now I see you speak of Apper, which I do not use myself and is intended to work with KDE as far as I know. Sorry for the confusion: https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Apper_troubleshooting
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I would like the DEs(KDE,GNOME) to stop “managing packages” and leave it to distros like openSUSE,Fedroa etc who are obviously doing a better job(personal belief) than them.
Disabling Apper from KDE’s system system settings didn’t work. Here’s a screenie just in case I still have you confused:
http://s14.postimg.org/6h2di2qjz/Screenshot_from_2013_03_26_10_27_57.png
The screen capture did not show up. Why not save it as a file and post it in SuSE Paste here: SUSE Paste, select image over code (top right), set delete after to never,keep image under 512 meg, Gwenview is great is resizing images when needed. Post a link to the image in your next message.
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Thanks for the tip. I resized and uploaded the image. I kept it slightly large so that the details of the UI can still be visible.
http://paste.opensuse.org/images/40573826.png
How did you get Cinnamon? i Don’t see Cinnamon in 12.3 repos
Uhmmmm … This is gnome-shell 3.6 not Cinnamon 
And you can install the cinnamon desktop with a single click : software.opensuse.org:
Is that Shell 3.6? i see an infinity symbol at the top left hand side and hence i thought it is cinnamon
We had semi-official packages for cinnamon for 12.2 . They are not yet out for 12.3 (Portal:Cinnamon - openSUSE Wiki)
I’m using Faience as gnome-shell’s theme. It replaces the “Acitivities” with an infinity icon.
So the link I posted gives instructions on how to disable Apper from the KDE desktop: SDB:Apper troubleshooting - openSUSE Wiki
I would log into KDE and bring up the KDE Service Manager, Find and Stop Apper and save your changes.
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Yes, I did exactly that and apper still handles .rpm packages in GNOME and KDE.