On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 07:30 +0100, Clayton wrote:
How are you filtering the packages in Yast? If you choose "Patterns" for the filter, you will find a section for Graphical Environments, and the Gnome DE patterns below that.
Software Manager > RPM Groups > Metapackages > patterns-openSUSE-Gnome
There seemed to be no other logical way of ensuring I got a full/default Gnome install since there is no One-Click for Gnome. Picking some random Gnome package and crossing my fingers that the rest of the default Gnome install is pulled with it as dependencies seems like a really poor way of installing Gnome as a second DE.
Installing a Gnome package will add the required Gnome base and libs, not the DE.
I have both Gnome and KDE4 installed, but not 'patterns-openSUSE-kde4_pure.'
Which did you install first? Gnome or KDE4? If you installed KDE4 first, you will have patterns-openSUSE-kde4_pure installed. Once you've got both, you won't have that package since it conflicts with Gnome.
Gnome was chosen as the default, but I don't have "pure" Gnome or "pure" KDE.
By the description, it is "installed if a pattern is selected to have a working update path." The package contains one file, '/usr/share/doc/packages/patterns-openSUSE/kde4_pure.txt.' I don't know why Gnome wants to remove it, but KDE will run without it.
It appears to be meaningless... if it's not needed why is it selected and installed with a default KDE4 install on 11.2? It's certainly caught a number of people tinkering with 11.2. I've found several Google hits on it while trying to figure out what it was and why it needed to be removed.
I'm curious as to what these files residing in 'patterns-openSUSE' are now. I have 55 text files, all with a single line "This file marks the pattern xxx to be installed." None have been modified since the 11.2 installation. They must be used as a reference for Yast/zypper. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org