source: kde/inst/kde-network.xml@ 05efa52

<sect1 id="kde-network" xreflabel="kdenetwork-&kde-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="kde-network.html" dir="kde"?>
<title>kdenetwork-&kde-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>kdenetwork</application></title>

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

<sect3><title><application>kdenetwork</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="kde-base"/>
</para></sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
<xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
<xref linkend="ppp"/>,
<xref linkend="openssl"/>,
<xref linkend="libtiff"/>,
<xref linkend="xmms"/>,
<ulink url="http://www.openslp.org/">OpenSLP</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html">Wireless Tools</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://dev.null.pl/ekg/">libgadu</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper/">JasPer</ulink>
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

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

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

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring kdenetwork</title>

<para>Install <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/lisa</filename> init script
included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/>
package.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>make install-lisa</command></userinput></screen>

<para>There is no explicit configuration for the rest of the kdenetwork
package, however individual packages need to be set up with user
information.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>Major programs in <application>kdenetwork</application> include
<command>kdict</command>,
<command>kget</command>,
<command>knewsticker</command>,
<command>kopete</command>,
<command>kpf</command>,
<command>kppp</command>,
<command>krdc</command>,
<command>krfb</command>,
<command>ksirc</command>,
<command>ktalkd</command>,
<command>kwifimanager</command> and
<command>lisa</command>.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>kdict</title>
<para><command>kdict</command> is a graphical client for the
Dictionary Server Protocol (DICT).</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>kget</title>
<para><command>kget</command> allows you to group
downloads.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>knewsticker</title>
<para><command>knewsticker</command> is a news applet for the
<acronym>KDE</acronym> Application Launcher Panel.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>kopete</title>
<para><command>kopete</command> is <acronym>KDE</acronym>'s
multi-protocol instant messenger client.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>kpf</title>
<para><command>kpf</command> allows you to share files over a
network.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>kppp</title>
<para><command>kppp</command> is a dial-up utility.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>krdc</title>
<para><command>krdc</command> is a client application that allows you to
view or even control the desktop session on another machine that is
running a compatible (<acronym>VNC</acronym>) server.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>krfb</title>
<para><command>krfb</command> is a server application that allows you to
share your current session with a user on another machine, who can use a
<acronym>VNC</acronym> client to view or even control the
desktop.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>ksirc</title>
<para><command>ksirc</command> is a chat client.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>ktalkd</title>
<para><command>ktalkd</command> is an enhanced <command>talk</command>
daemon - a program to handle incoming <command>talk</command> requests,
announce them and allow you to respond to them using a talk
client.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>kwifimanager</title>
<para>The <command>kwifimanager</command> suite can be used to
configure and monitor wireless <acronym>LAN</acronym>
cards.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>lisa</title>
<para><command>lisa</command> is intended to provide a kind of network
neighborhood, but only relying on the
<acronym>TCP</acronym>/<acronym>IP</acronym> protocol stack, no
<acronym>SMB</acronym> or anything else required.</para></sect3>

</sect2>
</sect1>