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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <sect1 id="kde-pre-install-config">
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9 | <sect1info>
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10 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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11 | <date>$Date$</date>
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12 | </sect1info>
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13 | <?dbhtml filename="pre-install-config.html"?>
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14 | <title>Pre-installation configuration</title>
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15 |
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16 | <para>Based on your preference, set <envar>KDE_PREFIX</envar>.</para>
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17 |
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18 | <para>If <application><acronym>KDE</acronym></application> is your
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19 | desktop of choice:</para>
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20 |
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21 | <screen><userinput><command>export KDE_PREFIX=/usr</command></userinput></screen>
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22 |
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23 | <para>If you want to try-out
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24 | <application><acronym>KDE</acronym></application>:</para>
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25 |
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26 | <screen><userinput><command>export KDE_PREFIX=/opt/kde-&kde-version;</command></userinput></screen>
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27 |
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28 | <para>Remember to execute <command>ldconfig</command> after installation
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29 | of libraries to update the library cache.</para>
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30 |
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31 | <para>If you are not installing <acronym>KDE</acronym> in
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32 | <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>, you will need to make some
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33 | configuration changes:</para>
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34 |
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35 | <para>You should consider installing the <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/>
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36 | package. Though not required, this package will allow you to easily use
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37 | existing <filename>.desktop</filename> files in
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38 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/applications</filename> (and any other
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39 | locations identified by <envar>XDG_DATA_DIRS</envar>), and automatically add
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40 | these applications to the <acronym>KDE</acronym> menu system.</para>
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41 |
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42 | <para>Add to your system or personal profile:</para>
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43 |
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44 | <screen><userinput><command>export PATH=$PATH:/opt/kde-&kde-version;/bin
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45 | export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/opt/kde-&kde-version;/lib/pkgconfig</command></userinput></screen>
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46 |
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47 | <para>Add to your <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>:</para>
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48 |
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49 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"</command>
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50 | # Begin kde addition to /etc/ld.so.conf
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51 |
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52 | /opt/kde-&kde-version;/lib
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53 |
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54 | # End kde addition
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55 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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56 |
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57 | <para>Add to your <filename>/etc/man.conf</filename>:</para>
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58 |
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59 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> /etc/man.conf << "EOF"</command>
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60 | # Begin kde addition to man.conf
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61 |
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62 | MANPATH /opt/kde-&kde-version;/man
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63 |
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64 | # End kde addition to man.conf
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65 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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66 |
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67 | <tip>
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68 | <para>If you prefer installing <acronym>KDE</acronym> in
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69 | <filename class="directory">/opt</filename>, one trick to avoid the
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70 | above configuration changes every time you
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71 | install a new version is to replace
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72 | <filename class="directory">/opt/kde-&kde-version;</filename>
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73 | with <filename class="directory">/opt/kde</filename> and to create a symlink from
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74 | <filename class="directory">/opt/kde-&kde-version;</filename>
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75 | to <filename class="directory">/opt/kde</filename>.</para>
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76 |
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77 | <screen><userinput><command>ln -sf kde-&kde-version; /opt/kde</command></userinput></screen>
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78 | </tip>
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79 |
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80 | </sect1>
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