> I am new to Debian, but not to Linux. I will install potato at the end of this > week, and I would like to put the kde2.1 final onto it. I know, I could use > apt-get to do this, but I only have a dialup connection. So I decided to go to > the potato (main) mirrors at kde.debian.net to download the packages at work > where the bandwith is higher. In the potato/main/i386binaries/ directory, I've > found zillions of packages some of them not releted to kde2.1 final at all. > Also, when looked at the packages description, I found that there are > conflicting basic packages like this: > > Package: kdebase > Version: 4:2.1.0.1-0.potato4 > <snip> > Conflicts: konqueror (<< 4:2.1-final-0), konsole (<< 4:2.1-final-0) > > So I am really confused about what is essential to download for a working > KDE2.1 on potato...
for starters...everything in "main" is related to KDE...they are either KDE packages or packages required for KDE. > In the past, when I used an rpm based distro, kde was packaged into bigger > chunks, and it was easy to decide which is essential for the system. go download the rpm's from RedHat and install them. :) > Could anyone point me the right direction in terms of what packages should I > download for a basic KDE system? After that I do not mind to use apt-get and > gradually getting the remaining debs at the pace I like... first off ignore all the conflicts like what you see above...your getting ahead of yourself by worrying about them. secondy, look at the task-kde package...pick the packages you want to install, and install them. start off with "kdelibs3, libarts, libkmid, kdebase-libs, libqt2, libmng1", everything beyond that is up to you. Ivan -- ---------------- Ivan E. Moore II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://snowcrash.tdyc.com GPG KeyID=90BCE0DD GPG Fingerprint=F2FC 69FD 0DA0 4FB8 225E 27B6 7645 8141 90BC E0DD
