[lug] Gnome-RPM

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Monday 10 March 2003 12:10 pm, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> On Monday 10 March 2003 10:26 am, The Matt wrote:
> > On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 07:30, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> > > On Friday 07 March 2003 09:25 pm, The Matt wrote:
> > > > And, of course:
> > > >
> > > > apt-get update
> > > > apt-get upgrade
> > > > &c.
> > > >
> > > > Frankly, I can't stand Redhat without APT.  Especially if you play
> > > > around in Rawhide.  It is dependency hell in Rawhide and only apt
> > > > makes it sane.
> > >
> > > Have you been able to apt-get KDE 3.1, yet?  I keep getting
> > > unresolved dependencies.  (I don't to rawhide, just the standard 8.0
> > > releases).
> >
> > As far as I know, you can't.  I kept trying and gave up (there could
> > be an APT source out there that can do it?).  I then added Rawhide to
> > my sources and apt exploded with 2 pages of dependencies.  The reason
> > is that rpm is upgraded, and so breaks apt, and I have Gnome as well. 
> > But, I think it will upgrade with Rawhide.
>
> I've been trying with the KDE-RedHat project on sourceforge
> <http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/>.  They put their rpms out on an apt
> server and they are supposed to be for RH 8.0.  I've just not been able
> to get them to install.
>
> > If you want to try KDE 3.1 and stay with Red Hat, I suggest
> > Phoebe3--the 8.0.94 beta--and the Phoebe APT.  Frankly, I like it MUCH
> > better.  The menus are now comprehendible by humanity, and I haven't
> > noticed any instability[1].  But, I don't run any servers, &c. on my
> > home box and there could be nasty bugs there, so YMMV.
>
> What is Phoebe?  I haven't heard of it.

Semi-coincidentally I had open the KDE-RedHat page and just decided to 
click on the Fedora project link.  That led to Pheobe, so I think I know 
what you mean now.

Michael