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[kopete] Newbie Seeks Documentation
I just installed the Kopete 0.8 rpm and am totally at a loss. The installation seemed to go just fine, but there's no Kopete entry in my KDE menu (I run Mandrake 9.2), and typing "kopete" in the command line returns a "command not found" error. I can't find any documentation on Kopete that covers basic things like what directory the rpm installs to, or how you start the program. Can anybody point me in the right direction? Thanks, Shannon
From the command line type
[code:1][seb@localhost seb]$ rpm -qa | grep kopete[/code:1]
This does a query on all rpm packages installed (rpm -qa) and filters the result to return only packages with the string kopete (grep kopete).
This will tell you if the package is installed.
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as root, run the following command
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[root@localhost seb]# updatedb
[root@localhost seb]# locate kopete | grep bin
/usr/lib/kconf_update_bin/kopete-account-kconf_update
/usr/lib/kconf_update_bin/kopete-pluginloader2-kconf_update
/usr/bin/kopete
/usr/bin/kconf_update_bin/kopete-account-kconf_update
/usr/bin/kconf_update_bin/kopete-pluginloader2-kconf_update
[root@localhost seb]#
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you will see that i have an entry at "/usr/bin/kopete".
if it is in another directory, move it to /usr/bin as root. (that should fix the problem)
Check that your paths are set correctly, ie the executable directory
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[seb@localhost seb]$ echo $PATH
:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr//bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
[seb@localhost seb]$
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if you want a menu item, open up kmenuedit and add an entry in.
Hope this helps (in its craziness)
Seb
if it is in another directory, move it to /usr/bin as root.
No, do not move the kopete binary executable. When you compile kopete with a prefix it links all it libraries through relative links rather than universal links. This may cause kopete to become unstable, or even unusable. I suggest doing one of the following: Add the KDE bin directory to your path OR symbolicly link the kopete binary executable in the /usr/bin directory rather than actually moving it there.
Hi i got the same problem...the kopete file in my case get's created but when i try to run it direct or link...it start's then exit's straight away...mins i have noticed the rpm was compiled for suse and i'm running mandrake 9.2....nd oh i'm quite new to linux lol... :oops: so if anyone;s got a mandrake rpm or can help me compile my own i would be grateful....
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if it is in another directory, move it to /usr/bin as root.
Saturday, April 27th 2024, 7:38pm
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