./configure -prefix /opt/qt-&qt-version; -qt-gif -system-libpng \    -system-libmng -system-zlib -system-libjpeg -no-g++-exceptions \    -thread && make && make install && if test -L /opt/qt; then rm /opt/qt; fi && ln -s /opt/qt-&qt-version; /opt/qt && ln -s /opt/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so /opt/qt/lib/libqt.so && cp -r doc/man /opt/qt/doc && cp -r examples /opt/qt/doc The build time for qt is quite long. If you want to save some time and don't want the tutorials and examples, change the first make line above to: make sub-tools There appears to be some compatibility issues for KDE that has been compiled with the 3.0.x series of QT and then updated to the QT-3.1.0. There also appears to be issues when KDE-3.0.x is compiled against QT-3.1.0. If you are looking for a stable setup and the security alerts for KDE do not affect you, KDE-3.0.4 compiled against QT-3.0.5 or QT-3.0.6 is the way to go for now.