how do i uninstall/disable afterstep?

[XeoNoX]

i just want my KDE to look normal again, every time i try to start KDE it goes into afterstep, even if i type startx kde

can someone help me please, thanks.

[ehawk]

Which distribution are you using and how did you install afterstep?

[XeoNoX]

Which distribution are you using and how did you install afterstep?


i installed from Konsole and i am using OpenSuse 10

[ehawk]

normally, I thought software packages were managed (added/updated/removed) in opensuse using YAST. It looks like you can also uninstall using zen:

http://en.opensuse.org/Using_zen-updater
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/suse-linux-help/23436-uninstall-software.html
(scan down the page, it mentions how to uninstall using YAST)

If you added it via rpm at the command line using Konsole, you should be able to remove it by entering

rpm -e <softwarename(s)> (you need to have root access (su) to do this, and know what rpm you used to install it)
http://www.faqs.org/docs/securing/chap4sec23.html

If you installed from source code (file.tar.gz), then you normally go to the README file that gets installed when you untar the file and follow the directions for uninstalling. It normally involves entering

make uninstall

where you typed make install to install it.

You can find where all the files corresponding to a package are located using commands like

find (package)
locate (package)
whereis (package)

and then you can delete them manually if you need to. You can remove entire directories and all the subdirectories using the rm command. You can read up on the instructions for that command here:

http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?rm

Hope this helps. If at all possible you should use the default package management system, which is YAST I think. That handles all the dependency problems that can occur when installing and uninstalling packages.

I think you may also need to change the configuration for Xorg, since it will be looking for afterstep unless you use something like YAST, which handles dependencies and configuration files. After you remove afterstep, you can reinstall/overwrite everything to set it back to KDE by using YAST to remove then reinstall/update KDE. That will set the Xorg configuration file to look for KDE again.

If you read the opensuse 10.3 review on the justlinux start page, it mentions the "1 click installer" which makes use of the "YAST metapackage handler". Maybe you can use that also.