From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 14 19:10:37 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.rdc1.ab.home.com (ha1.rdc1.ab.wave.home.com [24.64.2.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8DD637B64A for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 19:10:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tdimsdale@home.com) Received: from tim ([24.68.188.68]) by mail.rdc1.ab.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with SMTP id <20000815021024.HTTX8553.mail.rdc1.ab.home.com@tim> for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 19:10:24 -0700 Message-ID: <000001c00666$f63e9020$0200a8c0@tim> Reply-To: "Tim Dimsdale" From: "Tim Dimsdale" To: Subject: installing kde doesn't work, everything else works Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 07:17:37 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0009_01C005BF.B9626660" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C005BF.B9626660 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I downloaded all of the install files from about three ftp sites onto a = dos partition, as well as all of the package files. My question is, = where do I put these files in the \FREEBSD directory so that the = sysinstall will know where kde is ?? I tried putting the kde directory = in the \freebsd\ports\kde, \freebsd\packages\kde, and \freebsd\kde. = With these I have tried using different index files too. I get the = option in the sysinstall menus to install kde as a package or a port = (depending on which index file I used) but the install always comes up = with errors saying that it cannot find the files. It can some other = packages when I choose "all", but ones that I don't really need. I'm not really sure where to go from here. I have all of the necessary = files, but I don't know where to put them in the dos partition so that = they'll actually install. =20 FreeBSD itself and x-windows have both installed ok.. but I just need to = know how to get kde running plz. I've looked in errata files, manual = pages, and so forth but I can't find the information I need. Can you help me ? tdimsdale@home.com timothy@dimsdale.com ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C005BF.B9626660 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I downloaded all of the = install files=20 from about three ftp sites onto a dos partition, as well as all of the = package=20 files. My question is, where do I put these files in the \FREEBSD=20 directory so that the sysinstall will know where kde is ?? I tried = putting=20 the kde directory in the \freebsd\ports\kde, \freebsd\packages\kde, and=20 \freebsd\kde. With these I have tried using different index = files=20 too. I get the option in the sysinstall menus to install kde as a = package=20 or a port (depending on which index file I used) but the install always = comes up=20 with errors saying that it cannot find the files. It can = some other=20 packages when I choose "all", but ones that I don't really = need.

I'm not really sure where to go from = here. I=20 have all of the necessary files, but I don't know where to put them = in the=20 dos partition so that they'll actually install.

FreeBSD itself and x-windows have both = installed=20 ok.. but I just need to know how to get kde running plz. I've = looked in=20 errata files, manual pages, and so forth but I can't find the = information I=20 need.

Can you help me ?

tdimsdale@home.com

timothy@dimsdale.com

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