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by **James Richard Tyre** » Sat, 12 May 2001 13:29:03

> The problem is that I can't find a /kde/bin directory anywhere on my
> system, so I don't know how to set the path. Where did all these files
> go?

You won't find the "/kde/bin/" directory because it isn't there.

The Red Hat RPMs install KDE in "/usr" so most of the stuff is in
"/usr/bin".

JRT

by **James Richard Tyre** » Sun, 13 May 2001 14:16:10

> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

> regarding Re: Post-install procedure of KDE 2.1 - can't locate dir:

> > > The problem is that I can't find a /kde/bin directory anywhere on my
> > > system, so I don't know how to set the path. Where did all these files
> > > go?

> > You won't find the "/kde/bin/" directory because it isn't there.

> > The Red Hat RPMs install KDE in "/usr" so most of the stuff is in
> > "/usr/bin".

> > JRT

> Thank you. They were all there. But I still have a problem. Being very
> new to Linux, I still don't understand exactly how to configure this
> thing now that I have installed it. With the KDE binaries in usr/bin, do
> I really need to change my path settings?

"/usr/bin" should already be in your path already -- it is part of the
basic path set by "login".

To check the path:

echo $PATH

Quote:> I'm assuming that I do this in
> the .bashrc file.

The global path (basic for all accounts) should be in "/etc/profile"

There is also a local script for each user account: "$HOME/.bash_profile

In addition, "login" has a basic path hard coded into it. This is different
for user and root accounts.

AND, any script can also change the path. Typically the X start up scripts
add "/usr/X11R6/bin"

Quote:> Pardon my ignorance, but it seems that newbies must
> trip over this kind of basic information by accident if we are to ever
> find it.

> After installing KDE, I ran the Gnome Desktop Switching Tool. KDE now
> appears on the X login screen, but when I try to log in with it, all I
> get is a brief, blank gray screen, then the login window reappears. KDE
> won't start. Any ideas?

Perhaps you need to select KDE2.

I think that there are three switch desk packages:

switchdesk-3.9.5-1.i386.rpm
switchdesk-gnome-3.9.5-1.i386.rpm
switchdesk-kde-3.9.5-1.i386.rpm

I think you need to install all of them.

JRT