Pre-installation configuration
Based on your preference, set KDE_PREFIX.
If KDE is your
desktop of choice:
export KDE_PREFIX=/usr
If you want to try-out
KDE:
export KDE_PREFIX=/opt/kde-&kde-version;
Remember to execute ldconfig after installation
of libraries to update the library cache.
If you are not installing KDE in
/usr you will need to make some
configuration changes:
Add to your system or personal profile:
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/kde-&kde-version;/bin
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/opt/kde-&kde-version;/lib/pkgconfig
Add to your /etc/ld.so.conf:
cat >> /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"
# Begin kde addition to /etc/ld.so.conf
/opt/kde-&kde-version;/lib
# End kde addition
EOF
Add to your /etc/man.conf:
cat >> /etc/man.conf << "EOF"
# Begin kde addition to man.conf
MANPATH /opt/kde-&kde-version;/man
# End kde addition to man.conf
EOF
If you prefer installing KDE in
/opt
one trick to avoid the above configuration changes every time you
install the new version is to replace
/opt/kde-&kde-version;
with /opt/kde and to create a symlink from
/opt/kde-&kde-version;
to /opt/kde.
ln -sf kde-&kde-version; /opt/kde