Re: What's DE-specific, what's independent? (was: Re: KDE package manager)

2011-11-15 Thread Claudius Hubig
"Dan B." wrote: >For the various things that get installed for Gnome, KDE, etc., >which are specific to the chosen desktop environment, and which >work with any desktop environment (or perhaps any sufficiently >capable DE (e.g., FreeDesktop-compliant))? > >When a DE includes a (default) audio play

What's DE-specific, what's independent? (was: Re: KDE package manager)

2011-11-15 Thread Dan B.
Sian Mountbatten wrote: Doug writes: On 11/09/2011 03:33 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Jo, 03 nov 11, 10:59:43, Ken Heard wrote: Sian Mountbatten wrote, in part: Is there a KDE package manager available? For the various things that get installed for Gnome, KDE, etc., which are specific to

Re: KDE package manager

2011-11-14 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Doug writes: > On 11/09/2011 03:33 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Jo, 03 nov 11, 10:59:43, Ken Heard wrote: >>> Sian Mountbatten wrote, in part: >>> Is there a KDE package manager available? >>> >>> What happened to KDE's Kpackage? It is in Lenny, but I do not see it in >>> the Debian repo

Re: KDE package manager

2011-11-10 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Doug writes: > On 11/09/2011 03:33 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Jo, 03 nov 11, 10:59:43, Ken Heard wrote: >>> Sian Mountbatten wrote, in part: >>> Is there a KDE package manager available? >>> >>> What happened to KDE's Kpackage? It is in Lenny, but I do not see it in >>> the Debian repo

Re: KDE package manager

2011-11-09 Thread Doug
On 11/09/2011 03:33 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Jo, 03 nov 11, 10:59:43, Ken Heard wrote: Sian Mountbatten wrote, in part: Is there a KDE package manager available? What happened to KDE's Kpackage? It is in Lenny, but I do not see it in the Debian repositories for Squeeze and Wheezy. As

Re: KDE package manager

2011-11-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 03 nov 11, 10:59:43, Ken Heard wrote: > Sian Mountbatten wrote, in part: > > > Is there a KDE package manager available? > > What happened to KDE's Kpackage? It is in Lenny, but I do not see it in > the Debian repositories for Squeeze and Wheezy. As far as I recall kpackage did not suppo

Re: KDE package manager

2011-11-03 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Mittwoch, 2. November 2011 schrieb Doug: > On 11/02/2011 01:56 PM, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > > Camaleón wrote: > >> On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:22:14 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: [...] > >>> world's easiest program to use. > >>> > >>> Is there a KDE package manager available? > >> > >> What happe

Re: KDE package manager

2011-11-03 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:24:07 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > What happened with our beloved Synaptic? :-) >> >>> It works, but it is in /usr/sbin so it needs root permissions. >> >> But of course, as it should be. >> >>> I've found a KDE package called packagesearch whi

Re: KDE package manager

2011-11-03 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sian Mountbatten wrote, in part: > Is there a KDE package manager available? What happened to KDE's Kpackage? It is in Lenny, but I do not see it in the Debian repositories for Squeeze and Wheezy. Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: Gn

Re: KDE package manager

2011-11-03 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 03:07:16PM -0400, Doug wrote: > Of course Synaptic requires root permission. If you're not root, > you should not be allowed to install packages! Aren't you the owner > of the > Debian installation? If so, you surely have a root password. > Personally, I like aptitude's

Re: KDE package manager

2011-11-02 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Camaleón wrote: >>> What happened with our beloved Synaptic? :-) > >> It works, but it is in /usr/sbin so it needs root permissions. > > But of course, as it should be. > >> I've found a KDE package called packagesearch which will install and >> probably remove (but I have not tried that yet) p

Re: KDE package manager

2011-11-02 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 03/11/11 03:22, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > Having installed Debian/GNU wheezy onto my desktop, I am now looking > for some KDE applications. $ apt-cache search search_term | grep -i kde | more Will literally give you a list of matching KDE applications. You'll need to become root to install of

Re: KDE package manager

2011-11-02 Thread Doug
On 11/02/2011 01:56 PM, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:22:14 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Having installed Debian/GNU wheezy onto my desktop, I am now looking for some KDE applications. The only package manager provided on wheezy is aptitude which is not

Re: KDE package manager

2011-11-02 Thread Doug
On 11/02/2011 12:22 PM, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Having installed Debian/GNU wheezy onto my desktop, I am now looking for some KDE applications. The only package manager provided on wheezy is aptitude which is not the world's easiest program to use. Is there a KDE package manager available? Se

Re: KDE package manager

2011-11-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:56:06 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > >> On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:22:14 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> >>> Having installed Debian/GNU wheezy onto my desktop, I am now looking > for >>> some KDE applications. >>> >>> The only package manager provided o

Re: KDE package manager

2011-11-02 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:22:14 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > >> Having installed Debian/GNU wheezy onto my desktop, I am now looking for >> some KDE applications. >> >> The only package manager provided on wheezy is aptitude which is not the >> world's easiest program to use

Re: KDE package manager

2011-11-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:22:14 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > Having installed Debian/GNU wheezy onto my desktop, I am now looking for > some KDE applications. > > The only package manager provided on wheezy is aptitude which is not the > world's easiest program to use. > > Is there a KDE packag

Re: KDE package manager

2011-11-02 Thread J. Bakshi
On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:22:14 + Sian Mountbatten wrote: > Having installed Debian/GNU wheezy onto my desktop, I am now looking > for some KDE applications. > > The only package manager provided on wheezy is aptitude which is not the > world's easiest program to use. > software center ? not k