Install kdesdk with: ./configure --prefix=&kde-dir; --disable-debug \ --disable-dependency-tracking && make The make command will error out two times. On the first occurrence enter the following sed command and continue with the compilation: sed -i 's/class istream;/#include <istream.h>/' \ kbabel/common/libgettext/pofiles.cc && make Repeat the previous procedure: sed -i 's/class istream;/#include <istream.h>/' \ umbrello/umbrello/classparser/tokenizer.cc && make && make install