On Thursday, 2009-12-03 at 20:43 +0100, Clayton wrote:
So, I've installed 11.2 on a test-bed computer, using all defaults to get KDE4. I've updated to KDE4.3.4, and now it's time to install Gnome. I'd like to install Gnome Factory, but I'll settle for the stable version from the 11.2 repos to get started.
There's no one-click install for Gnome that I can find on the openSUSE Wiki... Why not? KDE4 has them... is there any reason Gnome doesn't?
If I go into YaST and find the most logical metapackage for installing Gnome, "patterns-openSUSE-Gnome" and select it for installation, YaST wants to remove "patterns-openSUSE-kde4_pure"... whatever that is. I've searched the docs, the Wiki and general searching with Google... lots of references to that package but nothing that tells me what it is, or what will be missing if I remove it.
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. I have both Gnome and KDE4 installed, but not 'patterns-openSUSE-kde4_pure.' 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. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org