On Thursday 23 Jan 2003 10:10 am, Sendak, John wrote: > Hi > > > Mandrake 9.0 > > As a user, I appear to have access to kpackage only in a limited way i.e. I > can open an rpm with it. > As root, however, I have complete access to kpackage i.e. I can open > kpackage and see a list of all rpm's installed, by using a menu arrow in > the toolbar at the foot of the desktop. > I cannot see the equivalent menu as a user. > > Is the full kpackage available to a user, and, if so, how do I make it > available and launch it. > > > Regards > > John >
This not the quite the answer to your question but :- KPackage is the default app which opens when you click on an RPM to install it. However it is quite slow and clumsy, and is not able to resolve any dependencies the RPM has. There is a better application called gurpmi which is smaller faster, and most importantly *will* resolve dependencies. To make gurpmi the default package installer in KDE open KDEControlCentre>FileInformation>FileAssociations Type rpm in the search box and highlight the 'x-rpm' item which then appears. In the right hand pane highlight 'Software Installer' and click 'Move Up' until it is top of the list. Click 'Apply' and you are done. HTH derek BTW: If Kpackage is missing from your user menu. It may be because you have selected customised menus for your user. Open Kmenu>Configuration>Other>Menudrake and menudrake will open in user mode. Click on 'Menu Style' and select 'System settings' You should then see the same menu items as root. -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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