On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:21:12 +0000, Alan wrote: > On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:20:55 -0500 > Beartooth <beartooth@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Upshot : rpm -q always tells me not installed. Yum install doesn't find >> it. I went to http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/ -- which someone >> here had recommended. It advised me to do yum install qt kdelibs kdebase >> and then yum update. I did. It still won't launch, and rpm -q still tells >> me it's not installed. > > bash-3.1$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/konqueror > kdebase-3.5.5-0.2.fc5 OK, rpm q tells me I have bash-3.1-9.fc5.1 (I do keep my machines up to date) -- and rpm -qf ("force"??) gives me that kdebase. >> So how *do* I get it back?? Mumbling "Turin Turambar Turun Ambartanen" >> into my beard is no help .... > > I've no idea how kde-redhat package their stuff, but for the default it > is part of kdebase, and if kdebase is installed and it isn't around then > > rpm --verify kdebase > > and check the package thinks it is installed properly Hadn't even heard of the --verify option. Tried it, both as user and as root. Both took a while (I know KDE is large, and I suppose kdebase must be.), then went back to the prompt. Without reporting anything. So I tried rpm -q konqueror again -- and still got "not installed." I also tried the big hammer -- the GUI that says "Add/Remove Software," and opens a window called Package Manager." That confirms that Konqueror is supposed to be in kdebase, which is checked. (I did a search on konqueror.) I went to list mode, made sure it was still checked, and told it Apply. It's busy resolving dependencies now. Stay tuned. I don't often open this app, but I've known it to do things that yum and pirut couldn't. -- Beartooth Staffwright, Wordcrafty Squirreler FC5; Pine 4.64, Pan 0.14.2.91; Privoxy 3.0.3; CXO 5.0.1 Dillo 0.8.5, Opera 9.01, Firefox 1.5, Galeon 2.0.1 Remember I have little idea what I am talking about.
