Downgrading KDE

[Bram Schoenmakers]

Op woensdag 22 februari 2006 13:45, schreef John:

Hi,

> I have a vague recollection of seeing something about running more than one
> version of kde on the same machine but can't remember where. A search on
> kde.org or google might bring something up. Or maybe this might jog
> somebodies memory?
> Regards
> John

I don't know of the article, but I currently I run two different KDE versions 
next to each other (3.4 for daily usage and 3.5 as a testing platform for 
crazy experiments).

This is how I did it:

1) Retrieve the sources of KDE which you would like to install
2) Install all packages in a *different* prefix than the one chosen by your 
distro (take for example /usr/local/kde as prefix)
3) Create a new user
4) For this user, create a file ~/.xinitrc which contains the following line:

/usr/local/kde/bin/startkde

5) In ~/.bashrc, set these environment settings:

export KDEDIRS=/usr/kde/head
export PATH=/usr/kde/head/bin:$PATH

Done. Now you can login as this user and run 'the other' KDE.

Note: In case you need to install a different Qt version, install this in a 
different prefix as well (for example /usr/local/qt). For the new user, you 
should also set the enviroment variable:

export QTDIR=/usr/local/qt

Kind regards,

-- 
Bram Schoenmakers
KDE Netherlands (www.kde.nl)

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