> > I will give this a try. SInce I have you online perhaps you can help > with another problem. Whenever I attempt activate an application like > Kate from the prompt using sudo kate I receive an error unable to > connect to X server.
That's because the root user doesn't have permission to access the ordinary users X session in this way. In GNOME there's gksudo, which allows you to run graphical apps as root, there's almost definitely something similar for KDE. > I have also attempted to install the kdeveloper > app but I receive an error about the X libraries location being > unknown. I having development experience in windows but not in linux > so these error and correcting them are a problem for me. THanks. Ubuntu doesn't install any of the development stuff by default, and thus I don't think any of the headers will be available. You'll need to look at some of the dev packages. > > joe > > On 12/21/06, stephen donaldson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sudo aptitude install ubuntu-desktop should do the trick > > Use aptitude because it will make it easier to uninstall should u choose.. > > > > The /ubuntu-desktop/ metapackage will install the standard Ubuntu > > version of Gnome with the appropriate artwork and defaults favored by > > Ubuntu. > > > > A good link http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/gnome > > > > > > > > Steve > > * > > * > > > > __________________________ > > Stephen Donaldson > > General Manager > > OpenOZ Pty Ltd > > RedHat Certified Engineer > > Novell Authorised Partner > > www.openoz.net > > > > > > > > Joseph Kerr wrote: > > > Hi Kevin, > > > > > > I have tried installing gimp from kde and I get the error message > > > break install. > > > > > > joe > > > > > > On 12/21/06, Kevin McDermott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hi Joseph, > > >> > > >> You should only need to "apt-get install gimp" and it will take care of > > >> things for you... > > >> > > >> Kevin > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Scottish mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish > > >> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Scottish mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish > > > > > -- > Joe > > _______________________________________________ > Scottish mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
