I don't think there should be a problem: I have both installed. In fact, I've run both at the same time.
On Friday 02 August 2002 10:12, Gerald K. Williams wrote: > Hi: > > I tried posting a while back about installing gnome when I had KDE but > got no direct response. Some mail after that mentioned the > libgif and libungif problem I had. A later message said it was fixed. > I haven't retried that but I have a more theoretical question: > > Can I run both gnome and kde by switching back and forth? > I'd like to learn about both systems to update my skills but don't > want to trash one by loading the other. > > I run OpenOffice on Xfree by > mv .xinitrc xinitrc > when I've been running KDE and mv it back to .xinitrc to get back to KDE. > > Anyone know any reason I couldn't do something like that > with gnome and kde? Are there any dependencies that would > conflict with (i.e. gnome requires ghostxxx but gnome has to have > ghostxxx+1 but the fink or apt or one of these programs won't > allow me to have both on my system?) > > I probably can't have them both running at once, but I would be happy > switching back and forth if someone could tell me how... > > Thanks in advance for any help, > Jerry > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners -- -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University Levitated Dipole Experiment MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
