startkde not found

[shalimar]

Hello, I installed from dvd the last version and when I type startkde it says

command not found

Also the same with konsole
Of course I selected drom dvd the KDE packaged.

 

[Nightweaver]

KDE is located in /usr/local/kde4/ so your startkde will be in /usr/local/kde4/bin - try that. Or update your paths so that entire system sees location of KDE4.

 

[shalimar]

If I do this:

# ls /usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde*

I get this:

/usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde	/usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde4

# pkg_info -W /usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde

and this:

/usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde was installed by package kdebase-workspace-4.5.5

 

[Nightweaver]

Well, it's startkde4, obviously, since it's KDE4 you have installed.

 

[wblock@]

The Interrupted Unix FAQ, #3.

More detail:
% man csh | less -p rehash

 

[shalimar]

Yes, but it does not start. Still

commmand not found

 

[wblock@]

Then it may be a command that startkde4 is trying to run, or maybe something in .xinitrc or a bad shebang in a script.

 

[phoenix]

If you check the output of
$ echo $PATH

You will notice that /usr/local/kde4/bin is not listed. Thus, when you try to run KDE4 commands from the shell, they will not be found. The shell looks in each directory listed in $PATH.

If you want to start KDE4 commands from the shell, then you need to add /usr/local/kde4/bin to your path. And then you need to tell your shell to update it's internal cache. How you do that depends on the shell you are using.

 

[shalimar]

You're right, it is not listed. So how do I add it?

 

[phoenix]

How you do that depends on the shell you are using.

Read the man page for your shell. It will tell you which files are used when you start your shell. Edit that file to update the PATH statement.

 

[avilla@]

You all probably missed the point. I think he's trying to start KDE from the shell using startkde, but that will of course not work.

shalimar: read this.