How can I re-install KDE?

[Ole Juul]

A number of KDE programs are not working any more and since I don't know how to resolve the problem, I think it might be a good solution to reinstall KDE. Is that a good plan, and if so, what is the best method?

[pbu]

ole juul

how about reinstalling the

inoperative programs?

if other programs are working

it might not be the KDE desktop.

Have A Nice Day!

[Ole Juul]

how about reinstalling the inoperative programs?
if other programs are working it might not be the KDE desktop.

That's a very good idea, and I certainly don't know what the real problem is. However, there is no PBI, or even port for Kate or Konqueror. These programs are bundled with the desktop.

Also, KDE will not start at all, as I posted about in an earlier thread. Since there was no answer, I thought I would rephrase the question. Fluxbox is almost as good, but the programs are needed.

[pbu]

ole juul

there's always reinstalling PC-BSD.

there's a chapter on it in

'Definitive Guide'.

actually it's 'Installing Updates'.

you could install different browser and

forget Konqueror, maybe it's not supposed to

be a permanent program.

Have A Nice Day!

[bds]

@Ole Juul --

PC-BSD Control Panel > System Manager > (root password) > System Packages

KDE (or any other DE) can be installed/removed/reinstalled from this tab. Check which mirror you're using first & possibly change the default.

If you need to launch this from Fluxbox (which should be installed by default and is accessible via the login screen's panel), you can launch the Control Panel or run:
# pc-sysmanager

I hope this helps!

[Ole Juul]

PC-BSD Control Panel > System Manager > (root password) > System Packages
KDE (or any other DE) can be installed/removed/reinstalled from this tab. Check which mirror you're using first & possibly change the default.
If you need to launch this from Fluxbox (which should be installed by default and is accessible via the login screen's panel), you can launch the Control Panel or run:
# pc-sysmanager
I hope this helps!

I tried that (thanks for info) but it is not a solution. The result is that it interprets the installation of KDE as a removal of XFCE!

Removing Meta-Package XFCE

At that point it stalls. I'm not going to bother checking if that is a sources problem (I recently set that up) because this does not seem to lead in the right direction.

Fluxbox is just fine and my wife is used to using that. The KDE desktop is not really needed since it doesn't add much functionality in this particular case. However some KDE programs are very desirable. Also, Firefox cannot close once opened so there is definitely a mismatch of dependencies which I don't know how to fix. I'm afraid of dealing with this FreeBSD style using ports because it might break things further.

So. Since I am an amateur and lack the skills needed here, I'm just going to wait and hope that there is an update soon that will fix this. Otherwise I will re-install (yet again!) and perhaps even go back to FreeBSD since that seems a little simpler for my purposes.

Thanks,
Ole