A nice tip from lami20j ,describing the steps to install KDE3.5.4 on a desktop pc.

Configuration :(OS Mandriva PowerPack 2006 6CDs version ; PIII 900 Mhz with 256 SDRAM )

The garonk file contains variables that can be modified according to your preferences.

However we will not change anything but use the variable:

GARCHIVEDIR=$(HOME)/kde3.5.4-sources

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to download the sources for kde.

The default configuration will suit in most cases.

$ mkdir /home/username/src $ cd /home/username/src $ wget developer.kderg/build/konstruct/stable/konstruct-stablear.bz2

$ mkdir /home/username/kde3.5.4-sources $ cd /home/username/kde3.5.4-sources $ wget fr2pmfindet/linux/KDE/stable/3.5.4/src/*tar.bz2 From now the /home/username/kde3.4.5-sources folder, will contain the sources. $ ls -1 /home/username/kde3.5.4-sources arts-1.5.4ar.bz2 kdeaccessibility-3.5.4ar.bz2 kdeaddons-3.5.4ar.bz2 kdeadmin-3.5.4ar.bz2 kdeartwork-3.5.4ar.bz2 kdebase-3.5.4ar.bz2 kdebindings-3.5.4ar.bz2 kdeedu-3.5.4ar.bz2 kdegames-3.5.4ar.bz2 kdegraphics-3.5.4ar.bz2 kdelibs-3.5.4ar.bz2 kdemultimedia-3.5.4ar.bz2 kdenetwork-3.5.4ar.bz2 kdepim-3.5.4ar.bz2 kdesdk-3.5.4ar.bz2 kdetoys-3.5.4ar.bz2 kdeutils-3.5.4ar.bz2 kdevelop-3.3.4ar.bz2 kdewebdev-3.5.4ar.bz2

You do not have to download sources.

They are automatically downloaded during installation.

You can choose full installation. In the README you will find other options

$ cd /home/username/src $ tar xjvf konstruct-stablear.bz2 $ cd konstruct/meta/kde $ make install

During installation you can also install the following dependencies:

$ urpmi libaspell15-devel $ urpmi libbzip2_1-devel $ urpmi gssapi $ urpmi imlib-devel

Once installation is complete Iyoou can edit the file /home/username/.bashrc

And add the following lines

export QTDIR=~/kde3.5.4 export KDEDIR=~/kde3.5.4 export KDEDIRS=~/kde3.5.4 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/kde3.5.4/lib export PATH=~/kde3.5.4/bin:$PATH export KDEHOME=~/.kdetest Create the following file .xinitrc echo "startkde" >> /home/username/.xinitrc

startx

At this point there are several questions that may arise:

If I have multiple users,the kde3.5.4 670M file must be present in each directory?

The answer is no.

To be added in /etc/profile:

export QTDIR=/home/lami20j/kde3.5.4 export KDEDIR=/home/lami20j/kde3.5.4 export KDEDIRS=/home/lami20j/kde3.5.4 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/lami20j/kde3.5.4/lib export PATH=/home/lami20j/kde3.5.4/bin:$PATH

- For each user

echo "export KDEHOME=~/.kdetest" >> ~/.bashrc echo "startkde" >> ~/.xinitrc

Restart with startx