Re: Newbie issues installing switchdesk.

parchdtear wrote:

Hey! I'm a bit new to Linux - run Ubuntu at home and at school FC8. In class trying to get fedora core to switch from GNOME to KDE using switch desk I receive this: switchdesk KDE

bash: switchdesk: command not found

So I attempted an install.

yum install switchdesk
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
No package switchdesk available.
Nothing to do

Again - I'm very new so I saw this suggestion and decided to try it - not sure of the difference.

yum -y install switchdesk
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
No package switchdesk available.
Nothing to do

Really, I'm not sure what groupinstall does but that gives me:
Warning: Group switchdesk does not exist.
No packages in any requested group available to install or update

((I had used it on a classmates computer and he was able to get to KDE - I guess I'm not so lucky))

Really, I'm not sure where to go from here, every attempt of installation or moving on results in a missing dependency or something just not existing.

Any ideas?

$  sudo yum search switch

...

switchdesk.noarch : A desktop environment switcher for GNOME, KDE and
                 : AnotherLevel.
switchdesk-gui.noarch : A graphical interface for the Desktop Switcher.

                                   : XDM and WDM
system-switch-displaymanager-gnome.noarch : A graphical interface for the
                                         : Display Manager Switcher
...

$ sudo yum list \*switch\*

...
Available Packages

That should do it.

Good luck!

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