On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:38:03 -0700 JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 07/14/2010 07:44 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > > On 07/15/2010 10:32 AM, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Thomas Taylor<linxt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> Hi Folks; > >>> > >>> Every time I try to run KPackageKit to download a program it fails during > >>> the download operation. > >>> > >>> I am able to download files (large ISOs) from other programs but even > >>> relative small downloads in KPK fail. I have no network problem > >>> otherwise. > >>> > >>> I've tried downloading Kate (my favorite editor) three times with the same > >>> results. It does the simulation and lists dependencies needed to which I > >>> click on continue. It then goes to "waiting for authentication" which > >>> seems stuck for long periods (20+ minutes when I cancelled). If it gets > >>> through authentication and starts download (I think)it shortly fails with > >>> only an operation failed message. > >> Thomas, > >> > >> I'm not seeing Kate in the Fedora or RPM Fusion repositories. Can you > >> please outline how you got to this point? From what you're describing > >> here, there could be a problem with the repository you're trying to > >> install the software from. > >> > > yum whatprovides *bin/kate > > > > tells you what package supplies kate. > > It is NOT part of fedora yet. > > http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Text-Editing-Processing/Others/Kate-2317.shtml > > The latest kdebase includes or perhaps next release will include kate. > > http://linux.softpedia.com/developer/Kate-developers-24331.html When I switched into Gnome desktop, it downloaded Kate via "System > Admin > Get Software" or something like that and from the stock repos. Weird, Gnome downloads KDE stuff better than KDE does. Something must be different in the way they interface to PackageKit, or does Gnome use yum instead? Never having been a Gnome user I'm not sure about that. Any comments? Tom -- Tom Taylor - retired penguin openSuSE 11.3-RC2 x86_64 Fedora 13 x64 KDE 4.4.4, FF 3.6.4 claws-mail 3.7.6 registered linux user 263467 linxt-At-comcast-DoT-net -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
