Installing parallel version of KDE for testing development version (3.4)

[Jes Hall]

> 1)How do you carry out a parallel installation? We would like to have a
> stable installation (kde 3.3.2), and a separate installation of kde 3.4. We
> would like to start KDE 3.4 on request at login, for instance, as we can
> select another DM like gnome.

In order to carry out a parallel installation from source, simply build with 
the option --prefix=/somewhere/else. Then to run it, set your 
KDEDIR=/somewhere/else/kde and then your path to 
include /somewhere/else/kde/bin in a logical place (~/.xinitrc if you use 
'startx', check the documentation for your display manager if you use one, to 
see how to add a new session to it). 

Sample .xinitrc
==========

KDEDIR=/opt/kde-3.4
PATH=$KDEDIR/bin:$PATH

export KDEDIR PATH

exec /opt/kde-3.4/bin/startkde

>
> 2)Which are the base packages we MUST install? Can we avoid installing the
> kde-i18n-xxxxx package (it is large and we have slow connection)?

You _must_ have arts, kdelibs and kdebase and they must be installed in that 
order. Any other packages are optional, and you can decide for yourself if 
you need them. 

-- 
Jes Hall
KDE Documentation Team: http://i18n.kde.org/doc
KDE FAQ: http://docs.kde.org/en/HEAD/kdebase/faq
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