On 29/06/12 18:47, Gerhard Zintel wrote: > On Friday 29 June 2012, Uwe Brauer wrote: >> > Do we actually have a procedure written anywhere that results in >> > successful installation on Ubuntu? People have access to the Wiki and >> > I would be more than willing to redirect the Ubuntu/Debian install >> > instructions to a Wiki page until R14 is released; would someone who >> > has managed to install TDE successfully be willing to write a brief >> > set of instructions for the Wiki? >> >> Hello >> >> I have installed trinity successfully in Kubuntu 10.04 (and >> will not try to upgrade to 12.04 till >> http://www.trinitydesktop.org/installation.php#ubuntu >> will add 12.04 officially. >> >> The procedure was more complicated than I thought: >> >> 1. Problem sudo: >> >> The workaround is to temporarily set a root password, install sudo-kde3, >> then unset the root password. The following commands should do that: >> 1. sudo passwd >> 2. Enter a new (temporary) root password at the prompt >> 3. sudo apt-get install sudo-kde3 >> 4. sudo passwd -l root >> >> 2. Problem: kdelibs problem >> sudo dpkg -i --force-all >> /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data-kde3_4%3a3.5.12-0ubuntu6+r1152788_all. >> deb >> >> 3 Problem hhotnetsuffrc problem >> sudo apt-get remove --purge khotnewstuffrc >> >> >> 4. Problem again kdelibs4c2a >> sudo apt-get install kdelibs4c2a-kde3 >> sudo apt-get install kdelibs4c21-kde3 kdelibs-data-kde3 >> > > To give my 2 cent to the problems that might occur and a simple workaround I > simply copy an old mail from this list (sorry for redundant information but > it should not get forgotten) > > ------------------------- snip ------------------------------------------ > On Wednesday 02 May 2012, Sl�vek Banko wrote: >> Problems with crashes GTK programs I have seen only if I had installed >> kgtk-qt3-trinity (and related), which replacing dialog boxes. But with >> gtk-qt-engine-trinity, which only changes the appearance of gui widgets, >> it does not fall. >> >> Note: These problems apparently not related to the update 3.5.13.1. >> >> Slavek > > This is a great piece of information. For month I was not able to use > > * lazarus-ide > * dropbox > * calibre > > as a normal user. The only work-arround was using 'sudo NAMEOFAPPLICATION'. > > You saved my live! I've googled a lot to know what could be the culprit > without success. Uninstalling kgtk-qt3-trinity brought all back to normal. > What a big step forward! > > kgtk-qt3-trinity should not be installed by default. Or there should be a big > warning on the www.trinitydesktop.org page! > ------------------------- snip ------------------------------------------ > > Gerhard > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- ah yes, kgtk-qt3-trinity (and related) are definitely not on my (Debian) custom install list nor used in the ExeGNU builds (gtk-qt-engine-trinity is). If that is the culprit, no wonder I never noticed. And I never use nor even configure sudo. David