----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Howells <chrish@gmx.co.uk> To: <suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Re: KMail
Try ~/.signature -- ~/Mail is intended for the actual messages AFAIK...
Thanks, I'll give it a try.
BTW, finding kde for debian-potato (the current stable release) is nigh on impossible until you stumble on the correct instructions hidden in the discussions of a FAQ in the archive of the kde-debian mailing list...
Just a matter of adding the correct line to /etc/apt/sources.list and doing and apt-get update, and then apt-get install <whatever> I would have thought..
Quite! But this begs the question what, exactly, goes in the <whatever> space? Please bear in mind that there are two debians, as it were, at issue here. Potato is the stable version, Woody is the unstable version. All guides to installing kde on debian say that you need 11 packages which you can get from www.kde.org; kde-support is a must for debian, then kde-base and kde-libs; then choose from kde-admin, kde-toys, kde-utils, kde-games, kde-network and so on - see http://www.kde.org/documentation/faq/install.html for the details. All clear so far? The problem is that although this is perfectly correct and well explained in a general sense it is also TOTALLY WRONG for installing a stable version of kde on a stable version of debian. To install a stable version of kde (2.1.2) onto a stable version of debian-potato (2.2.r3) DO NOT go to www.kde.org and follow their links http://www.kde.org/download.html or their instructions http://www.kde.org/documentation/userguide/installing-debian.html. They will point to packages that only work with woody. Instead you need to go to http://kde.debian.net/ of which no mention is made on the kde "download and install" pages. There you will find references to various download sites in the form of lines to paste into your /etc/apt/sources.list. Choose one of the lines and, using your favourite text editor, paste it into your /etc/apt/sources.list . The only thing to remember is that after you have altered /etc/apt/sources.list you MUST do 'apt-get update'. Having leapt these hurdles you are still one totally unavailable bit of information away from success. That's right! We might have the right download site but we still haven't a clue what to stick in there after 'apt-get install' in place of <whatever>. The answer and so the package needed is 'task-kde'. This, by the way is not mentioned, on any debian or kde page. So, do 'apt-get install task-kde' and the whole glorious shooting box installs quickly and reliably. The package, 'task-kde' is a kind of meta-package containing the other packages that actually make up kde. From 'Woody' onwards this is no longer going to be used - instead you install the actual packages themselves. But for 'Potato' (which, by the way, is the stable release) the 'soon to be obsolescent' task-kde IS needed. Nigel.