Re: installing kate text editor >

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 09:04:59AM -0800, robin bajaj wrote:
> hi
> i am trying to install Kate Text Editor( i use it as a C editor) for my 
> coding purposes.
> Since i didnt install KDE while installing RH9 and did only the gnome 
> part..its not available on my system.
> so i went online at kate.kde.org and tried downloading it..and found 
> that i need to have kdebase ,kdebase-common
> and all those kde related packages before i can install it.So i went 
> ahead and tried upgrading my linux installation from CD's
> and selected almost all the relevant libs and packages i cud find there 
> in the custom packages list..relevant to kde..
> but still when i tried installing kate's main rpm ,,it failed on other 
> dependencies. 
> I had installed Apt which is a very cool tool.. finds out dependencies 
> on its own ..gets them from the Repositories and installs the packages 
> ...this worked out good for installing xine  and other stuff.. but i 
> havent been able to find any repository hosting KATe packages.
> So i guess if anybody can suggest me some repository having KATE rpm's 
> which i can install using Apt ..that will be really cool.!!
> or please suggest me some other way..i can install kate.. though i have 
> KDE stuff installed now..on my machine ..
> 
> this is the best i can make out ...
> please help this newbie..and tell me a sureshot way ..of doing 
> installations ..i mean finding all those packages one by one...
> sorting thru all those websites wihch have all those linux versions on 
> them ..*which makes it even more confusing for me to find out what i 
> actually want..!!!
> 
> regards
> 
> robin

Install the kdebase and kdebase-common RPMs and any others that they
require.  "kate" is part of the kdebase RPM.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure earthlink net  http://www.bobcatos.com
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