redhat-rpms@kde.orgThe i386 versions of these RPM packages are available at ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/1.1/distribution/rpm/ in the RedHat-4.2/i386, RedHat-5.0-egcs/i386, RedHat-5.1/i386, and RedHat-5.2/i386 subdirectories. RPM packages for other architectures may be available; substitute the architecture name (e.g, alpha) for i386.
To help install KDE-1.1 on Red Hat Linux, an installation tool is provided:
Description :
This package provides the tools for installation of KDE-1.1 on Red Hat Linux 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 systems: documentation in /usr/doc/KDE-1.1 and scripts to install the KDE RPM packages:
This should be the very first KDE RPM package installed; after it is installed, just run "install-kde-1.1", tell it where to find the KDE RPM packages, and follow the directions.
The KDE Base System consists of the following required RPM packages:
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Support Libraries used by the K Desktop Environment, but which are not part of KDE itself.
Libraries included: uulib, mimelib; depending on the Red Hat release, libraries gdbm, jpeg and gif are either also included, or the versions supplied by Red Hat are required. (The library QwSpriteField used by the "asteroids" game is now placed in a separate subpackage).
This package also provides extra KDE support for Red Hat Linux: a script "usekde" that users can run to set up KDE as their default desktop, and scripts for activating the KDE X Display Manager "kdm" to replace "xdm".
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Libraries for the K Desktop Environment: KDE Libraries included: kdecore (KDE core library), kdeui (user interface), kfm (file manager), khtmlw (HTML widget), kfile (file access), kspell (spelling checker), jscript (javascript), kab (addressbook), kimgio (image manipulation), mediatool (sound, mixing and animation).
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Core applications for the K Desktop Environment. Included are: kdm (replacement for xdm), kwm (window manager), kfm (filemanager, web browser, ftp client, ...), konsole (xterm replacement), kpanel (application starter and desktop pager), kaudio (audio server), kdehelp (viewer for kde help files, info and man pages), plus other KDE components (kcheckpass, kikbd, kvt, kscreensaver, kcontrol, kfind, kfontmanager, kmenuedit, kappfinder).
Optional Application Packages.
The optional KDE application RPM packages are listed below, grouped by the KDE application collection they come from. The names of the actual applications contained in each package are listed in parentheses.
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 (or any other
desired location using the rpm -Uvh ... --prefix ...
option).kdesupport QwSpriteField library
There is a single additional optional support library, required only for
the game package kdegames-asteroids:
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This package provides the QwSpriteField library that is used by certain KDE games, such as the Asteroids game ("kasteroids").
kdeadmin collection
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This is the application "kuser" from the "kdeadmin" collection of KDE applications. It provides a graphical interface for managing user accounts and group membership.
(note: for safety, this has been removed because it seems
to have bugs; it is recommended
that Red Hat users use linuxconf instead,
until this application is fixed)
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This is the application "ksysv" from the "kdeadmin" collection of KDE applications. It is a graphical tool for configuring Unix System V type startup and shutdown of system services.
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This is the application "kdat" from the "kdeadmin" collection of KDE applications. It is a tape backup utility originally written for DAT tape drives, but will work with other tape drives.
kdegames collection:
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This is the arcade game "Asteroids" from the "kdegames" collection of KDE applications:.
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This is a selection of boardgames from the "kdegames" collection of KDE applications:.
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This is a selection of card games from the "kdegames" collection of KDE applications:
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This is a selection of domino-type games from the "kdegames" collection of KDE applications:
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This is the game "konquest" from the "kdegames" collection of KDE applications. It is the KDE version of the game "GNU-lactic Konquest".
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This package contains "sirtet" (alias "ktetris") from the "kdegames" collection of KDE applications. It is a game similar to Tetris(tm).
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This package contains "ksmiletris" from the "kdegames" collection of KDE applications. It is a game similar to Tetris(tm).
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This is the game "Snake Race" from the "kdegames" collection of KDE applications.
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This is the game "Sokoban" from the "kdegames" collection of KDE applications.
kdegraphics collection:
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This is the application "kdvi" from the "kdegraphics" collection of KDE
applications. It displays TeX dvi-file output.
(replacement for xdvi)
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This is the application "kfax" from the "kdegraphics" collection of KDE applications. It displays fax output.
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This is the application "kfract" from the "kdegraphics" collection of KDE applications. It is a Mandelbrot set generator.
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This is the application kghostview from the "kdegraphics" collection of KDE
applications. It displays postscript output.
(replacement for ghostview and gv).
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This is the icon-editing application "kiconedit" from the "kdegraphics" collection of KDE applications.
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This is the application "kview" from the "kdegraphics" collection of KDE applications. It is an image viewer for GIF, JPEG, TIFF, etc.
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This is the application "kpaint" from the "kdegraphics" collection of KDE applications. It is a simple painting/drawing program.
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This is the application "ksnaphot" from the kdegraphics collection of KDE applications. It is a screen-capture utility.
kdemultimedia collection:
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This is the cdplayer, "kscd", from the "kdemultimedia" collection of applications. It plays sound on compact discs, and can access the online CDDB database for sound track information.
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This is "kmedia" from the "kdemultimedia" collection of KDE applications. This is a media player that can play various type of multimedia objects, such as audio (*.wav) files, MIDI music (*.mid), MPEG videos (*.mpg, *.mpeg), and Soundtracker modules (*.mod, mod.*)
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This is a MIDI player, kmidi, based on the TIMIDITY midi player, from the "kdemultimedia" collection of KDE applications.
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This is a MIDI player, "kmid", featuring real-time graphics and karaoke text highlighting of lyrics, from the "kdemultimedia" collection of KDE applications.
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This is the sound mixer control panel "kmix", from the "kdemultimedia" collection of KDE applications.
kdenetwork collection:
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This is the application "ksirc" from the "kdenetwork" collection of KDE applications. It is a client for Internet Relay Chat.
(not available for Red Hat 4.2).
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This is the application "kmail" from the "kdenetwork" collection of KDE applications. It is a fully-featured mail client for reading, sending, and managing electronic mail.
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This is the application "krn" from the "kdenetwork" collection of KDE applications. It is a news reader application for use with Internet newsgroups.
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This is the application "kppp" from the "kdenetwork" collection of KDE applications. It provides a graphical interface for setting up and managing ppp internet connections over telephone lines, with using "rules" customized for the telephone systems of many different countries.
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This is the application "ktalkd" from the "kdenetwork" collection of KDE applications. It provides a "daemon" for managing direct communication over a network with the keyboard using the "talk" protocol.
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This package supplies some network utilities from the "kdenetwork" collection of KDE applications:
kdetoys collection:
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This is the application "kmoon" from the "kdetoys" collection of KDE \ applications. It places an icon showing the current phase of the moon in the KDE Desktop panel.
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This is the application "kodo" (alias "mouse") from the "kdetoys" collection of KDE applications. It is a "mouse pedometer" which measures the total distance your mouse pointer travels across the computer screen.
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This is the application "kworldwatch" from the "kdetoys" collection of KDE applications. It shows a world map divided into current day/night regions, and reports the local and GMT time.
kdeutils collection:
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This provides "kab", the addressbook application from the "kdeutils" colection of KDE applications.
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This provides "kwrite", an advanced editor for use with KDE, that is an application from the "kdeutils" collection of KDE applications. It is useful for writing text documents, but has many extra features useful for a Programmer's editor, including a colorized syntax for many programming languages. It can be a partial alternative to more powerful Programmer's editors such as Emacs and XEmacs, and has features that can be used in conjuction with the KDE filemanager, KFM.
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This provides "kljettool", an application from the "kdeutils" collection of KDE applications for adjusting the settings of HP LaserJet(tm) printers, or any other printer that understands HP's PJL (Printer Job Language).
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This provides "kjots", an application from the "kdeutils" collection of KDE applications, for "jotting down" (writing) and organizing small notes.
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This provides "knotes", an application from the "kdeutils" collection of KDE applications that simulates "Post-It"(R) notes for placing short messages on your computer screen (but are much more versatile than the paper variety!)
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This provides "karm", the time tracker application from the "kdeutils" collection of KDE applications. It allows you to keep track of how much time you spend on different projects.
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Utilities for the K Desktop Environment. Includes:
The following are "standalone" KDE applications included in the KDE-1.1 distribution:
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KOrganizer is a complete calendar and scheduling program for KDE. It allows interchange with other calendar applications through the industry-standard vCalendar file format.
The following are "standalone" KDE applications not included in the KDE-1.1 distribution, but supplied here:
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kpackage is an graphical interface for managing .rpm (and .deb) packages. It can install and uninstall them, query the rpm database, etc.
Send comments or corrections to: redhat-rpms@kde.org