[kde-solaris] KDE 3.1.1 Solaris 8 32-bit packages

[Stefan Teleman]

I am not sure that KDE can even be run at all on Solaris without root 
privileges, at least for install, since there are several setuid root 
executables in the distribution.

--Stefan

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On Monday 21 April 2003 12:50, Jake Colman wrote:
> >>>>> "MW" == Marco Walther <Marco.Walther at sun.com> writes:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "JC" == Jake Colman <colman at ppllc.com> writes:
>
>    JC> Can the packages be installed by a non-root user for
> personal use?  Or will JC> the pkgadd installation only work if it
> does by root for general release?
>
>    MW> No:-( The pkgadd command needs to be executed by root. The
> pkg system MW> keeps a DB of all the installed software on the
> system. And that's MW> only writable by root.
>
> What options are there for the non-root user who wants to install
> it for personal use?

-- 
Stefan Teleman          'Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition'
steleman at nyc.rr.com                          -Monty Python