repdeck Posted November 7, 2004 Report Share Posted November 7, 2004 I need to install XPde for my parents on their computer so that they can use Mandrake Linux(Which I installed ofr them). THe problem is they have no clue how to use KDE and need something alot closer to Windows. I decided on XPde becuase I could find any better ones. I don't know how to install it and need a lot of help installing it on Mandrake 10.0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted November 7, 2004 Report Share Posted November 7, 2004 i never used it but from the information i found on the web, it seems to be an ordinary tarball-file. thus you simply have to extract the file in the users directory and compile it. just open a terminal, type su, then the root password and run "./configure", "make" and "make install". you might add some prefix to the install path, if you want. after that, simply start the executable file and it should guide you through the rest of the setup, i guess. question: does it need to be added to the login-manager manually? (e.g.kdm) if yes, look for some howtows on that one and if you need further help, post your questions here and tell us what you have done so far, what is working and what ain't work. good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repdeck Posted November 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 When I extract it it is not source code which is what is confusing me. There are two directories, bin and src. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 have you checked for binaries in bin, and source code in src? I don't mean to be cheeky, but its hard to think of a nice way to put that! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repdeck Posted November 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 There is an binary in the bin folder but when I luanch it I get this message. libborqt-6.9-qt2.3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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