Caraibes Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Hi Folks, I am now a happy Mandriva LE2005 user, everything works fine (apart from some radio stations that don't open in real player... but this is not the topic here...). When I installed Mandriva, I only chose to install KDE... Now I wish to have Gnome as well... -Is there a way to install Gnome afterwards, now that I have the system up and running, already well tweaked, I would hate to format te partition and start a fresh install ??? Thanks in advance for your advices and help ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 "urpmi gnome" in a root console will install most of it, and you can install later whatever missing. With some conservatism with kernel updates and major system upgrades you will probably never have to install your Mandriva from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caraibes Posted September 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 "urpmi gnome" in a root console will install most of it, and you can install later whatever missing.With some conservatism with kernel updates and major system upgrades you will probably never have to install your Mandriva from scratch. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Great !!! I just tried, and it asks for more details. It gives me a whole lists of gnome-related stuff... Which one is it ? Maybe gnome-desktop ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aomighty Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 (edited) You can try by installing only the bare essentials with "gnome-desktop" or whatnot, and then install more as you need it. Edited September 1, 2005 by Aomighty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caraibes Posted September 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Thank you both ! I am happily surfing the web from Gnome in Mandriva ! It's fun to change window manager from time to time... I'll try IceWM as well... Maybe Enlightment too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 > When I installed Mandriva, I only chose to install KDE... Now I wish to have Gnome as well... FWIW whenever I installed Mandrake/Mandriva I always install both KDE and Gnome. Apps work in both but I have run accross a couple apps that will not install (RPM) unless their native desktop is up and active first. K3b was not a happy camper installing on a Gnome only platform. Once installed it worked just fine on both Gnome and KDE. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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