The Analog Real-time Synthesizer (aRts) provides sound support for KDE. It provides necessary libraries for kdelibs. Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download size: &arts-size; Estimated Disk space required: &arts-buildsize; Estimated build time: &arts-time; , and , and Before starting the build, ensure you have the QTDIR environment variable set: export QTDIR=/opt/qt Install aRts by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=&kde-dir; --disable-debug \ --disable-dependency-tracking && make && make install && ln -sfn &kde-dir; /opt/kde Another configure option is --enable-final. This option can speed up the build process, but requires a lot of memory. If you have less than 256MB of RAM, this option may cause swapping and significantly slow compilation. --prefix=&kde-dir; : This option tells the process to install the package in &kde-dir;. We put aRts here because this package is required before installing KDE. --disable-debug : This option causes the system to be compiled without debugging code. --disable-dependency-tracking : This option speeds up one time builds. ln -sfn &kde-dir; /opt/kde : This command creates a link for access to KDE. If a newer version of KDE is released, the new system can be built by changing the --prefix location and then set up by changing the link as this command does. The library directory /opt/kde/lib should appear in /etc/ld.so.conf so that ldd can find the shared libraries. The following command will add it if it is missing: cat >> /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF" # Begin kde addition to /etc/ld.so.conf /opt/kde/lib # End kde addition EOF ldconfig