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Deus_Apollo   02-07-2002 at 01:06:22 AM

Is it possible to run a program made for KDE in Gnome, more specificly I want to run Kwintv.

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HolyGrenade   02-07-2002 at 02:19:13 AM
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If you have both KDE and Gnome installed, then most KDE apps work fine in Gnome. I'm not sure about that specific app though.

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Red_Zealot   02-07-2002 at 02:43:59 AM
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Exactly. AS long as you have all the Kde/Qt libraries installed, then you can run GNOME and still have access to the great KDE apps. This is exactly what I do.

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Deus_Apollo   02-07-2002 at 05:46:10 AM
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So all I need to install is the libraries and it should hopefully work?

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Deus_Apollo   02-07-2002 at 08:45:48 PM
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Can someone help me I can't get these libraries installed correctly

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poorboy   02-08-2002 at 12:30:52 AM
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Download the rpms from kde.org, or use the ones on your cd.

Install whichever rpms kwintv needs, using "rpm -Uvh your-rpm-here.rpm". It'll tell you when you try to install it...

Edit: Start with the qt rpms, then the kdelibs rpm, and go from there.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by poorboy on 02/07/02 06:36 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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Deus_Apollo   02-08-2002 at 04:38:01 AM
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I tried installing like that already, but I think I know what's wrong(perhaps incorrectly) I think the directory it installed to is not the one it should be. I tried to reinstall the libraries. For the Qt libraries my exact command was

rpm -uvvh qt-2.3.1-5.src.rpm

It showed them being installed to /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/ Does anyone know if this is where they should be, or if they should be somewhere else? I think the installation notes for kwintv mentioned something about the qt libraries usually being in /usr/lib

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Deus_Apollo   02-08-2002 at 05:37:03 AM
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Ok I've realized my stupidity, these being source files and all.

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silverpig   02-08-2002 at 07:14:21 AM
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Yep, for sources, use rpm -i yourrpm.src.rpm

then cd into /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES

gzip -d yourrpm.tar.gz
tar -xvf yourrpm.tar

cd yourrpm

./configure
make
make install


And that should do it.


If you find the yourrpm.ix86.rpm
then just use rpm -Uvh yourrpm.ix86.rpm and it'll be done... easier :smile:

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poorboy   02-08-2002 at 10:12:11 AM
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Try rpm --rebuild yourrpm.src.rpm
then cd into /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i386
and rpm -Uvh yourrpm.rpm

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silverpig   02-08-2002 at 10:36:47 AM
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Yep. That'll work too...

Prolly a little easier than gzip/tar/etc....

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HolyGrenade   02-09-2002 at 01:34:28 AM
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I thought 'tar -xvzf' lets you skip the gzip part.

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silverpig   02-09-2002 at 07:07:39 AM
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Yeah, it does, but I learned it by doing the gzip first... I've gzip -d so many files now that it's just a reflex...

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HolyGrenade   02-09-2002 at 01:17:42 PM
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This is cool, this reminds me of the good ol' dos days.... but now with more power! :cool:

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silverpig   02-10-2002 at 08:55:48 PM
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Just don't rm -rf / yourself...

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HolyGrenade   02-15-2002 at 03:31:26 AM
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Hey now! I don't respond too well to cryptic remarks. ;-)

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silverpig   02-15-2002 at 03:47:54 AM
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Try it and see what it does... :smile:

When you've finished reformatting everything, and reinstalling, take out your rage on the CPU forum.

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HolyGrenade   02-16-2002 at 07:18:45 PM
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hmm... Something tells me you're not gonna be there. Oh well! looks like I'm gonna have to lash out at AMDMeltdown and Fugger.

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silverpig   02-17-2002 at 12:39:55 AM
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That's the idea :smile:

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