kde install problem after gnome install

[ramaswamyps]

i installed fc5 with great difficulty.
the following problems occured.
the kge selected for install hangs at the end of 2nd disk.
i selected gnome desktop and installed finally at 6th try.
the package manager is refusing to install kde saying it has no key installed.
the dependency calculation window itself get stuck.
i have to do only yum install kde.
any body can help?
i just bought the 6cd set.whats the use.
the system never did a firsttime boot setup.though gnome desktop works ok sound card also works.
i am not able to set up a user account.
somehow i liked the old fc4 mongrams and screens better than this new theme.
the upgraded xorg is working good .why the kde from disk not installable.????
my fc4 install works fine with kde-3.5.2.
i had great hopes when i bought the cd set for fc5.say somewhat disappointed.
ofcourse the system is more stable and appealing.
if only kde i could install from cds. i wish

[Christy]

have you tried installing KDE through yum?

[ramaswamyps]

yum install kde wants to download 99mb files.

[ramaswamyps]

i did not find any add/remove programs like fc4 in this fc5.
is there noway to install from cd kde packages?

[JEO]

Originally Posted by ramaswamyps

i did not find any add/remove programs like fc4 in this fc5.
is there noway to install from cd kde packages?

In FC5, if you are in gnome, and press the applications button, look for the Add/Remove Software menu item that is the new package manager. It runs /usr/bin/pirut

[ramaswamyps]

Originally Posted by JEO

In FC5, if you are in gnome, and press the applications button, look for the Add/Remove Software menu item that is the new package manager. It runs /usr/bin/pirut

Add/Remove Software

it looks for software updates from net not cds.
also it gets stuck at dependency resolution.never comes out of it.
there is no program which asks for cds to install from.
pfcourse i could install yum kdebase
and required minimum libraries for it to work.
this i could have done with cd no.1 only
the rest of the 6 cds are not use ful
thanks for reply.

[JEO]

Originally Posted by ramaswamyps

Add/Remove Software

it looks for software updates from net not cds.
also it gets stuck at dependency resolution.never comes out of it.
there is no program which asks for cds to install from.
pfcourse i could install yum kdebase
and required minimum libraries for it to work.
this i could have done with cd no.1 only
the rest of the 6 cds are not use ful
thanks for reply.

You say it gets stuck at dependency resolution, have you added any non-fedora core 5 packages already to your fc5 installation? Is the FC5 a clean install and not an upgrade of an older fedora? You could remove those and see if it will install kde.

[ramaswamyps]

Originally Posted by JEO

You say it gets stuck at dependency resolution, have you added any non-fedora core 5 packages already to your fc5 installation? Is the FC5 a clean install and not an upgrade of an older fedora? You could remove those and see if it will install kde.

no its not upgrade from fc4
clean install from fc5 cd set. direct install of kde fails at some point and anaconda terminates.
only gnome install went throuh ok. the first boot screens did not come up on first boot.
it directly went to login screen.
i think i should try a clean install once again.
i have not yet added any non fc5 progs yet

[Christy]

you're in Gnome, right? it should be at the bottom of the Applications menu. Once you're in it, check the KDe check box under Desktop Environments and click apply. It should then ask you for cds (I think)

[u-noneinc-s]

That is correct, Now everything depends on yum. There have been several posts on how to add/remove software from
CDs, but I only have this one bookmarked (but it looks like a lot of work).

http://www.city-fan.org/tips/YumRepoFromImages.

Another thing you can do is mount the cd and anvigate to the files you want and install them with rpm.
If you want to install a lot of packages, put them all in one place and rpm -ivh *.rpm. The problem with this is you need to
track down all the dependencies.
I guess the CD's automount by default now, and I think you can install by doubleclicking the rpm as well, but I've never
used this method so I don't know if it works in gnome or kde or both. and again, if there are dependencies, it's still not
going to install.

[ramaswamyps]

Originally Posted by u-noneinc-s

That is correct, Now everything depends on yum. There have been several posts on how to add/remove software from
CDs, but I only have this one bookmarked (but it looks like a lot of work).

http://www.city-fan.org/tips/YumRepoFromImages.

Another thing you can do is mount the cd and anvigate to the files you want and install them with rpm.
If you want to install a lot of packages, put them all in one place and rpm -ivh *.rpm. The problem with this is you need to
track down all the dependencies.
I guess the CD's automount by default now, and I think you can install by doubleclicking the rpm as well, but I've never
used this method so I don't know if it works in gnome or kde or both. and again, if there are dependencies, it's still not
going to install.

rpm -Uvh *.rpm from cd Fedora RPMS itried to install before posting problem.
but the dependecies it wants to download only from site ,doesnot want to look in the cd if its there.
i should have installed kde in the first place while installing.
if this yum install kdebase kde* files. i will try a clean install.
there is a drastic change in organisation of RPMS and their accesibility from cd ,from an installed fc5.
even now i have problem installing wine.
it says some x message is to be installed.
all my one year experience with fc4 does not help resolving fc5 problems.
i am still keeping the fc4 installation in the old patition.
the new fc5 has many advantages and equal or more number of problems too.