Thank you but it did not work...I may have to try to reinstall SL6 (Redhat6)
[nick@darkstar ~]$ su
Password:
[root@darkstar nick]# ls
Desktop Downloads octave-core Programs Templates
Documents Music Pictures Public Videos
[root@darkstar nick]# cd Programs/
[root@darkstar Programs]# ls
fritzing-0.9.3b.linux.AMD64
[root@darkstar Programs]# cd fritzing-0.9.3b.linux.AMD64/
[root@darkstar fritzing-0.9.3b.linux.AMD64]# ./install_fritzing.sh
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fritzing mime types already registered
/usr/bin/xdg-mime: line 531: kde-config: command not found
mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory
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No directories in update-desktop-database search path could be processed and updated.
installed fritzing system icons
[root@darkstar fritzing-0.9.3b.linux.AMD64]#
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interesting....