| 1 | <sect1 id="kde-pre-install-config">
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| 2 | <?dbhtml filename="pre-install-config.html"?>
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| 3 | <title>Pre-installation configuration</title>
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| 4 |
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| 5 | <para>Based on your preference, set <envar>KDE_PREFIX</envar>.</para>
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <para>If <application><acronym>KDE</acronym></application> is your
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| 8 | desktop of choice:</para>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <screen><userinput><command>export KDE_PREFIX=/usr</command></userinput></screen>
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| 11 |
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| 12 | <para>If you want to try-out
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| 13 | <application><acronym>KDE</acronym></application>:</para>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <screen><userinput><command>export KDE_PREFIX=/opt/kde-&kde-version;</command></userinput></screen>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <para>Remember to execute <command>ldconfig</command> after installation
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| 18 | of libraries to update the library cache.</para>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <para>If you are not installing <acronym>KDE</acronym> in
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| 21 | <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> you will need to make some
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| 22 | configuration changes:</para>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <para>Add to your system or personal profile:</para>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <screen><userinput><command>export PATH=$PATH:/opt/kde-&kde-version;/bin
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| 27 | export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/opt/kde-&kde-version;/lib/pkgconfig</command></userinput></screen>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <para>Add to your <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>:</para>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"</command>
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| 32 | # Begin kde addition to /etc/ld.so.conf
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| 33 |
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| 34 | /opt/kde-&kde-version;/lib
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| 35 |
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| 36 | # End kde addition
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| 37 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <para>Add to your <filename>/etc/man.conf</filename>:</para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> /etc/man.conf << "EOF"</command>
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| 42 | # Begin kde addition to man.conf
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| 43 |
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| 44 | MANPATH /opt/kde-&kde-version;/man
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| 45 |
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| 46 | # End kde addition to man.conf
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| 47 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <tip>
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| 50 | <para>If you prefer installing <acronym>KDE</acronym> in
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| 51 | <filename class="directory">/opt</filename>
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| 52 | one trick to avoid the above configuration changes every time you
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| 53 | install the new version is to replace
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| 54 | <filename class="directory">/opt/kde-&kde-version;</filename>
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| 55 | with <filename class="directory">/opt/kde</filename> and to create a symlink from
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| 56 | <filename class="directory">/opt/kde-&kde-version;</filename>
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| 57 | to <filename class="directory">/opt/kde</filename>.</para>
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| 58 | <screen><userinput><command>ln -sf kde-&kde-version; /opt/kde</command></userinput></screen>
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| 59 | </tip>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | </sect1>
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