source: kde/inst/kde-libs.xml@ 5530bb7

<sect1 id="kde-libs" xreflabel="kdelibs-&kde-version;">
<title>kdelibs-&kde-version;</title>
 
<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>kdelibs</application></title>

<para>This package includes libraries that are central to the
development and execution of a <acronym>KDE</acronym> program, as well 
as internationalization files for these libraries, misc 
<acronym>HTML</acronym> documentation, theme modules and regression 
tests.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&kde-libs-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&kde-libs-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &kde-libs-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &kde-libs-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &kde-libs-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>kdelibs</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="kde-core-arts"/></para></sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
<xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
<xref linkend="cups"/>,
<xref linkend="openldap"/>,
<xref linkend="libfam"/>,
<xref linkend="pcre"/>,
<xref linkend="openssl"/>,
<xref linkend="libart_lgpl"/>,
<xref linkend="alsa"/>,
<xref linkend="libtiff"/>,
<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/">Libidn</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper/">JasPer</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/">graphviz</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/">doxygen</ulink>
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>kdelibs</application></title>

<para>Install <application>kdelibs</application> with:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=&kde-dir; --disable-debug \
    --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-fast-malloc=full --disable-pcre &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

<note><para>If you wish to create the <acronym>API</acronym> documentation and you have
doxygen and graphviz installed, <command>make apidox</command> must be done
before <command>make install</command>. This applies to all packages
which can utilize doxygen.</para></note>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Command explanations</title>
<para><parameter>--prefix=&kde-dir;</parameter> : This option tells
the process to install the package in <filename
class="directory">&kde-dir;</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>--disable-debug</parameter> : This option causes the
system to be compiled without debugging code.</para>

<para><parameter>--disable-dependency-tracking</parameter> : This option
speeds up one time builds.</para>

<para><parameter>--enable-fast-malloc=full</parameter> : This option tells
<acronym>KDE</acronym> programs to use an internal memory allocation scheme 
optimized for <acronym>KDE</acronym>.</para>

<para><parameter>--disable-pcre</parameter> : Omit this switch if you
have <acronym>PCRE</acronym> installed and you want improved regular expression support
in the <acronym>KDE</acronym> JavaScript engine.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>kdelibs</application></title>

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

<para>Add <filename class="directory">/opt/kde/bin</filename> to
your <envar>PATH</envar> environment variable:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>export PATH=$PATH:/opt/kde/bin</command></userinput></screen>

</sect3>
</sect2>

<sect2><title>Contents</title>
<para>kdelibs provides numerous libraries needed by
<acronym>KDE</acronym> programs.</para>

</sect2>
</sect1>