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  1. 05-03-2008 #1
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    Installing Gnome software on KDE

    Are there any problems or gotcha's when installing a piece of Gnome software
    (specifically Monodevelop) on KDE?
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    My only real advice is to make sure gtk-qt is installed and working. Nothing worse than the ugliness that results from cross widget installation.
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    Aside from the ugliness (which does not hamper the software), you may have to install a lot of gnome libraries.

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    And although this is probably not what you mean, usually when running KDE and Gnome apps side by side I ensure the icons themes, system colours and fonts for each are synchronised and if possible the widget themes too. I usually just pop open gnome-appearance-properties and kcontrol and use the html colour codes or the dropper tool.

    It may seem excessive and I'd certainly admit it's not necessary but it does give a nice consistent desktop feel.
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    I was thinking more on the lines of stability, but if the only drawbacks
    are in the appearance of programs, that's cool
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    You won't notice any stability differences - the only differences in stability you will notice will be dependent on the quality of the code itself.

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    Excellent. Time to play
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    Well that was disappointing.

    All Monodevelop does well is crash. So I uninstalled it using the
    command apt-get remove monodevelop and was told to use apt-get
    autoremove to clean things up.

    Wow. I won't be doing that again in a hurry! All my buttons went
    away in software like Firefox! I gave up trying to solve it last night
    and went to bed!

    This morning they are back. Maybe it was unrelated after all
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    I can install Gnome apps on my Kubuntu install... all it needs is the backends.
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