[kde-linux] KDE 3.2.1 after konstruct

[Marc Heyvaert]

Hello,

I have used Konstrukt once to install a new KDE and
IIRC there is an excellent README that explains it
all.

Marc

--- James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj at acm.org> wrote:
> Note that I CC'd this here to comment on it.  It
> appears that since I keep 
> posting these same instructions on the support lists
> that Konstruct is very 
> lacking in documentation.  In fact, what it actually
> needs is a HOWTO/Tutorial.
> 
> Please note that this user's errors are probably due
> to incorrectly 
> following the very incomplete instructions that come
> with it.
> 
> I have never used Konstruct, so I don't think that I
> am the one to write 
> the HOWTO/Tutorial.  I am, however, available to
> provide general technical 
> information on how to install KDE from source on
> Linux if someone that has 
> installed from Konstruct would consider writing the
> HOWTO/tutorial.
> 
> It would also be nice if the bugs in KDM that makes
> it install WRONG on 
> Linux could be fixed.  It first adds redundant items
> to the PATH and then 
> removes them.  Very odd.
> 
> In addition to the bug mentioned, the Xsession file
> is still not optimum 
> for Linux.
> 
> James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> > Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:
> > 
> >>
> >> I used konstruct to compile kde 3.2.1 on Redhat
> 9.0
> >>
> >> KDE loads okay, for the most part.
> >>
> >> However,
> >>
> >>
> >> When I click no the K-menu button under the All
> Applications heading 
> >> it's empty and says No Entries grayed out.
> >>
> >> I cannot open Date and Time format to change the
> clock format to 24 
> >> hour time
> >>
> >> I cannot open control cente from the little
> magnifying glass on the 
> >> start bar
> >>
> >> running kcontrol from the konsole gets
> >>  kio (KSycoca): Trying to open ksycoca from 
> >> /var/tmp/kdecache-mikesd/ksycoca
> >> kcontrol: WARNING: No K menu group with
> X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings found 
> >> ! Defaulting to Settings/
> >>
> >> Using kmenuedit won't save any of the menus
> > 
> > 
> > KMenuedit should save changes for the user account
> that opens it.
> > 
> >>
> >> I have set exports in .bashrc
> > 
> > 
> > Changes to the environment should be put in:
> profile, ~/.bash_profile, 
> > or in a 'profile.d' script.  Since these are
> global settings they should 
> > not be put in your user's $HOME files.
> > 
> >>
> >>    export QTDIR=/usr/local/kde3.2.1
> > 
> > 
> > Is this a TYPO?  Didn't you install Qt in:
> "/usr/local/qt-3.3.1/"?
> > 
> >>    export KDEDIR=/usr/local/kde3.2.1
> >>    export KDEDIRS=/usr/local/kde3.2.1
> >>    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/kde3.2.1/lib
> >>    export PATH=/usr/local/kde3.2.1/bin:$PATH
> >>
> >>    export KDEHOME=~/.kde
> > 
> > 
> > I do not know if this is the problem but that is
> not the correct way to 
> > set it up.  Linux/Bash specific instructions are
> to place two scripts 
> > in: "/etc/profile.d/".  These must be
> root:root:544:
> > 
> > 
> > kde.sh
> >
>
------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<
> > # KDE initialization script (sh)
> >     
> > KDEDIR="/usr/local/kde3.2.1"
> > KDEHOME=$HOME/.kde
> > PATH="$KDEDIR/bin:$PATH"
> > KDEDIRS="/usr/local/kde3.2.1:/usr:/usr/local"
> > 
> > export KDEDIR KDEHOME PATH KDEDIRS
> > 
> >
>
------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<
> > 
> > qt.sh
> >
>
------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<
> > # Qt initialization script (sh)
> > 
> > QTDIR="/usr/local/qt-3.3.1"
> > MANPATH=$QTDIR/doc/man:$MANPATH
> > PATH="$QTDIR/bin:$PATH"
> > 
> > export QTDIR MANPATH PATH
> > 
> >
>
------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<
> > 
> > Your paths may be different, and please check to
> be sure that they are 
> > correct.
> > 
> > You should NOT use: "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" on Linux
> except for SO overrides.
> > 
> > As root, add to: /etc/ld.so.conf:
> > 
> >     /usr/local/kde3.2.1/lib
> >     /usr/local/qt-3.3.1/lib
> > 
> > If there are older versions of these in the file,
> be certain that the 
> > newer ones are added ahead of them.
> > 
> > Then as root, execute: ldconfig.
> > 
> > You will have to restart KDE for these changes to
> take effect.
> > 
> > There is a bug (status WONTFIX) in KDM.  Your
> configuration file needs 
> > to be edited [as root].  Open the file:
> "$KDEDIR/share/config/kdm/kdmrc"
> > 
> > These two lines in the: [X-*-Core] section should
> be as follows:
> > 
> >
>
SystemPath=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
> > UserPath=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
> > 
> > Do not add any other additional PATH entries here.
>  Use a 'profile.d' 
> > script.
> > 
> > Also note that: "/usr/X11R6/bin" should be added
> in: "/etc/profile" 
> > {paths may vary}.
> 
> --
> JRT
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