how do I get KDE 4.x or 5 on Fedora 16

[clariceoshea]

I tried
yum install kde* (mountains of errors never seen before...should this work)

and yum install groupinstall kde (mountains of errors never seen before...should this work)

eons ago there was switchdesk

and

a desktop selector at the bottom of the page where the login dialog appeared

[greyhound]

yum grouplist
yum install @yourgroupname

[clariceoshea]

I did
yum groupinstall kde showed (I guess) no errors..many .messages "already installed"

I must presume kde is there somewhere

su -
yum install switchdesk
yum install switchdesk-gui ......no errors

switchdesk kde .....no errors

rebooted ...just in case I didn't miss anything

logged in and got gnome again

running switchdesk-gui did NOTHING

yum install @"KDE Software Compilation" yielded:

yum install @"KDE Software Compilation"
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
You need to be root to perform this command.
[qt4user@lmkiii ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@lmkiii ~]# yum install @"KDE Software Compilation"
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
Package kdebase-workspace-4.7.4-5.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package kdebase-runtime-4.7.4-2.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 6:kdelibs-4.7.4-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package kdm-4.7.4-5.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package xorg-x11-apps-7.6-2.fc15.i686 already installed and latest version
Package matching scribus-1.3.9-6.fc16.i686 already installed. Checking for update.
Package dejavu-serif-fonts-2.33-1.fc16.noarch already installed and latest version
Package 1:kde-plasma-networkmanagement-pptp-0.9-0.67.20111203git.nm09.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 1:kde-plasma-networkmanagement-0.9-0.67.20111203git.nm09.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package oxygen-gtk-1.1.6-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package krusader-2.4.0-0.1.beta1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package digikam-2.4.1-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 1:kde-plasma-networkmanagement-vpnc-0.9-0.67.20111203git.nm09.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package dejavu-sans-mono-fonts-2.33-1.fc16.noarch already installed and latest version
Package dejavu-sans-fonts-2.33-1.fc16.noarch already installed and latest version
Package bluedevil-1.2.2-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package kamoso-2.0.2-2.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package konversation-1.4-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 7:kdegraphics-4.7.4-1.fc16.noarch already installed and latest version
Package xsettings-kde-0.12.2-2.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package cagibi-0.2.0-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package system-config-services-0.101.7-1.fc16.noarch already installed and latest version
Package kipi-plugins-2.4.1-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package abrt-desktop-2.0.7-2.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package kcm_touchpad-0.3.1-6.fc15.i686 already installed and latest version
Package plasma-scriptengine-python-4.7.4-5.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 6:kdeutils-printer-applet-4.7.4-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 7:kdepim-4.7.4-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 6:kdebase-4.7.4-2.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 6:kdemultimedia-kmix-4.7.4-2.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package cups-pk-helper-0.1.3-3.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package xterm-271-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package apper-0.7.1-0.4.20111021.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 1:kde-plasma-networkmanagement-openvpn-0.9-0.67.20111203git.nm09.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 6:kdegames-4.7.4-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 6:kdeutils-4.7.4-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package ktorrent-4.1.3-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 2:phonon-backend-gstreamer-4.5.90-3.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 6:kdemultimedia-juk-4.7.4-2.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package system-config-date-1.9.67-1.fc16.noarch already installed and latest version
Package kcm-gtk-0.5.3-7.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 7:system-config-printer-kde-4.7.4-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 7:kdenetwork-4.7.4-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package system-config-firewall-1.2.29-4.fc16.noarch already installed and latest version
Package kdeplasma-addons-4.7.4-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 6:kdemultimedia-kscd-4.7.4-2.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package ksshaskpass-0.5.3-2.fc15.i686 already installed and latest version
Package amarok-2.5.0-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 6:kdemultimedia-dragonplayer-4.7.4-2.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 1:kdeaccessibility-4.7.4-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package kwebkitpart-1.2-0.2.20111030.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package konq-plugins-4.6.1-1.fc15.i686 is obsoleted by 6:kdebase-4.7.4-2.fc16.i686 which is already installed
Package 1:k3b-2.0.2-5.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package kdeartwork-screensavers-4.7.4-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package kde-settings-pulseaudio-4.7-14.fc16.noarch already installed and latest version
Package pinentry-qt-0.8.1-4.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package ibus-qt-1.3.1-5.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.30-5.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 1:libreoffice-kde-3.4.4.2-6.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Package imsettings-qt-1.2.6-1.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Warning: Group kde-desktop does not have any packages.
Nothing to do

[pinkfloyd]

Can't you try to just logout and there choose KDE and then login again

[marko]

Just so you know, switchdesk/switchdesk-gui only affects the behavior of "startx" which is the command line way to get to your desktop. It has no effect on the GUI KDM or GDM login.

The gui tool is in KDE's Administration area as "Desktop Switching Tool", the launcher seems to call "switchdesk" so somehow it figures out it's being called to run in
gui mode because when I ran it it was a gui panel.

[clariceoshea]

documentation says otherwise

switchdesk worked years ago

thanks anyway!

---------- Post added at 08:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:35 PM ----------

Can't you try to just logout and there choose KDE and then login again


(1) as I said earlier, there is no way I know of to choose KDE...this is the whole purpose of this thread

once there was switchdesk and a list below the login dialog (in F15) that allowed selection of desktop

(2) log out login has been shown NOT to be 100%...just wanted to be safe...theory says log in log out SHOULD work

---------- Post added at 08:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:18 PM ----------

solved by me

at login, a password dialog appears and there is a "sessions" pop down list

select "kde" or whatever

BTW KDE has a desktop switch so Gnome MUST have one

[tox]

no such thing as in KDE5 yet. maybe sometime next year