What it is is a "package" that depends on a prefdefined set of installable items.
It is for ease of installation.
Instead of and apt-get install <insert 350 specific packages to get a "workable" install of KDE>
You get to do this:apt-get install kde
Default browser for evolution under KDE
- (drewk)
- (15)
- April 10, 2006, 10:40:13 AM EDT
Working as designed? Don't use Evolution? :-(
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- April 10, 2006, 10:50:40 AM EDT
We're working on the workaround
- (drewk)
- April 10, 2006, 11:07:53 AM EDT
Okay, I have since chatting on jabber...
- (folkert)
- (12)
- April 10, 2006, 03:31:57 PM EDT
Tedious but straightforward
- (drewk)
- (11)
- April 10, 2006, 04:01:14 PM EDT
Debian has made the alternatives available. (plus KDE upd)
- (folkert)
- (10)
- April 10, 2006, 04:38:36 PM EDT
Problem is, Evolution isn't in the KDE configs
- (drewk)
- (9)
- April 10, 2006, 08:34:53 PM EDT
So, which browser *IS* coming up?
- (folkert)
- (8)
- April 11, 2006, 10:42:15 AM EDT
Quanta, which is an editor not a browser
- (drewk)
- (7)
- April 11, 2006, 12:47:22 PM EDT
apt-get remove --purge quanta ?
-NT
- (Yendor)
- (6)
- April 11, 2006, 01:33:10 PM EDT
Actually I should do that anyway
- (drewk)
- (5)
- April 11, 2006, 02:12:54 PM EDT
So much for $EDITOR being useful...
-NT
- (Yendor)
- April 11, 2006, 02:31:00 PM EDT
I'd purge that puppy.
- (folkert)
- (1)
- April 11, 2006, 02:38:49 PM EDT
Gonezers
- (drewk)
- April 11, 2006, 03:29:56 PM EDT
Shades of IE, eh what?
-NT
- (a6l6e6x)
- (1)
- April 12, 2006, 04:17:22 PM EDT
No, not at all.
- (folkert)
- April 12, 2006, 06:59:27 PM EDT