Installing KDE

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Zaphan58 · Post by **Zaphan58** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 12:46 pm

Right just installed Gentoo and now i can log in just fine, bit now i want to install either KDE or Gnome i havnt uite decided yet. From what i have just read it sounds like i just do the following:

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emerge kde

Is this correct? and will i need to compile it, or is it already done? also is there anything else i will need to do?

Deedook · Post by **Deedook** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 1:03 pm

The portage system will take care of everything for you. 'emerge kde' will work fine. Probably it will compile x and a bunch of other dep for you when you emerge kde, if that isn't done before. Don't plan to use your computer for around 10-20 hours (depending on how fast your pc is), compiling kde takes a lot of time. emerge calculates dependencies, downloads sources and compiles everything. It couldn't be easier. :-)

Zaphan58 · Post by **Zaphan58** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 1:06 pm

Deedook wrote:The portage system will take care of everything for you. 'emerge kde' will work fine. Probably it will compile x and a bunch of other dep for you when you emerge kde, if that isn't done before. Don't plan to use your computer for around 10-20 hours (depending on how fast your pc is), compiling kde takes a lot of time. emerge calculates dependencies, downloads sources and compiles everything. It couldn't be easier.

Hmm ive got 1.8Ghz of amd power, i think i'll buckle up my PC for staying on overnight. So it will compile and everythign on its own, i dont need to enter any more commands?

MrDarcy · Post by **MrDarcy** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 1:16 pm

Hmm ive got 1.8Ghz of amd power, i think i'll buckle up my PC for staying on overnight. So it will compile and everythign on its own, i dont need to enter any more commands?

Yeah, just make sure you have your USE flags defined. I think they're "+kde +qt". I let mine emerge before I left for work, so it was ready by the time I got home. So easy

Gemini · Post by **Gemini** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 1:37 pm

Perhaps you've allready read this, but if you haven't the Gentoo Linux Desktop Configuration Guide tells you how to install KDE, how to set up your USE flags and how to get KDE started up automaticly at boot time.

I have a P4, 2.0, with 512 mb PC2700 DDR RAM, and the emerge process took me about 16 hours (that is to say, I personally didn't do very much, but my computer had a though time

)

Good luck

Zaphan58 · Post by **Zaphan58** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 1:51 pm

Gemini wrote:Perhaps you've allready read this, but if you haven't the Gentoo Linux Desktop Configuration Guide tells you how to install KDE, how to set up your USE flags and how to get KDE started up automaticly at boot time.

I have a P4, 2.0, with 512 mb PC2700 DDR RAM, and the emerge process took me about 16 hours (that is to say, I personally didn't do very much, but my computer had a though time )

Good luck

Thanks for the link, i didnt notice that one. now time to put my PC to work

Post by **pjp** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 2:12 pm

Moved from Installing Gentoo.

Zaphan58 · Post by **Zaphan58** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 10:08 am

right it finished installing overnight some time, and i followed the guide. My problem in when i type "startx" i get a bunch of error messages and then it goes back to the prompt, is that the correct way to start KDE?

balk · Post by **balk** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 10:37 am

PosilFire wrote:right it finished installing overnight some time, and i followed the guide. My problem in when i type "startx" i get a bunch of error messages and then it goes back to the prompt, is that the correct way to start KDE?

yes it is

(well, depeding on your own settings it is)

But if you get errors, X is not configured. How experienced are you in terms of linux on a desktop? The graphicssystem in linux is layered. On the bottom sits the kernel and on top of it some userspace. Xfree provides the ability to open graphical programs and a window manager helps you manage the placement of these programs.

KDE or Gnome provide windowmanagers (and many many more, like a full-featured taskbar etc) but they cannot start until X is started. X can only start if it is configured right. Take a look at xf86cfg (as root) or if it does not run, xf86config. These programs will help you with your configuration.

What graphics card do you have?

By the way, take a look at the Gentoo desktop guide:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/desktop.xml#doc_chap2

Zaphan58 · Post by **Zaphan58** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 10:48 am

balk wrote:
PosilFire wrote:right it finished installing overnight some time, and i followed the guide. My problem in when i type "startx" i get a bunch of error messages and then it goes back to the prompt, is that the correct way to start KDE?
yes it is (well, depeding on your own settings it is)

But if you get errors, X is not configured. How experienced are you in terms of linux on a desktop? The graphicssystem in linux is layered. On the bottom sits the kernel and on top of it some userspace. Xfree provides the ability to open graphical programs and a window manager helps you manage the placement of these programs.

KDE or Gnome provide windowmanagers (and many many more, like a full-featured taskbar etc) but they cannot start until X is started. X can only start if it is configured right. Take a look at xf86cfg (as root) or if it does not run, xf86config. These programs will help you with your configuration.

What graphics card do you have?

By the way, take a look at the Gentoo desktop guide:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/desktop.xml#doc_chap2

ATi radeon 8500

Zaphan58 · Post by **Zaphan58** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:29 pm

right i configured xfree86, now when i type startx it brings up a white screen with the time in the top left hand corner and a command line based screen. How do i get into kde now?

balk · Post by **balk** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:47 pm

PosilFire wrote:right i configured xfree86, now when i type startx it brings up a white screen with the time in the top left hand corner and a command line based screen. How do i get into kde now?

to get in kde do 'startx /usr/kde/3.1/bin/startkde' instead of startx.
To get startx going into kde easier, make or edit ~/.xinitrc and make it:

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#!/bin/sh
/usr/kde/3.1/bin/startkde

do startx to start kde

DEMONstrator · Post by **DEMONstrator** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 5:03 pm

Hmmm.... I was expecting it to take a while, I mean in the desktop guide it said "have a nice nap!!". It didn't say "do a rip-van winkle". It's been going on my AthlonXP2700+ 768MB PC2700 pc for nearly 4 hours and is only on package 53 out of 91!!!! I just hope it all works when it's thru! I'd just like to know how long other people found it took to do...