%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ LXQt can be installed in /usr or /opt/lxqt. Installing in /usr creates a simpler setup. Run: export LXQT_PREFIX=/usr Either add that to your own .bash_profile so that it will still be set if you build the packages over a period of time, or else add it to the system profile as the root user: cat >> /etc/profile.d/lxqt.sh << "EOF" # Begin LXQt addition export LXQT_PREFIX=/usr # End LXQt addition EOF The rest of this page is for people who wish to use the alternative prefix. Installing in /opt/lxqt may simplify upgrading to a later version of LXQT. Some variables need to be defined in your system profile, as the root user: install -vdm755 /opt/lxqt/{bin,lib,share/man} cat >> /etc/profile.d/lxqt.sh << "EOF" # Begin LXQt addition export LXQT_PREFIX=/opt/lxqt pathappend /opt/lxqt/bin PATH pathappend /opt/lxqt/share/man/ MANPATH pathappend /opt/lxqt/lib/pkgconfig PKG_CONFIG_PATH # End LXQt addition EOF Expand your /etc/ld.so.conf file: cat >> /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF" # Begin LXQt addition /opt/lxqt/lib # End LXQt addition EOF Before starting to install the packages in the following pages, remember to execute: source /etc/profile Some packages may also install icons from the "hicolor" icon set. Since that icon set is used by many packages, it is a good idea to create a symlink to the one in /usr/share to avoid having multiple installations of . Run the following commands as the root user: source /etc/profile && install -v -dm755 $LXQT_PREFIX/share/icons && ln -sfv /usr/share/icons/hicolor $LXQT_PREFIX/share/icons Sometimes, the installation paths are hardcoded into installed files. This is the reason why /opt/lxqt is used as installation prefix instead of /opt/lxqt-&lxqt-version;. After installing LXQt Desktop, you may rename the directory and create a symlink: mv /opt/lxqt{,-&lxqt-version;} ln -sfv lxqt-&lxqt-version; /opt/lxqt Later on, you may want to install other versions of LXQt Desktop. To do that, just remove the symlink and use /opt/lxqt as the prefix again. Which version of LXQt Desktop you use depends only on where the symlink points. No other reconfiguration will be needed.