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The average installation will require 83MB of free space - 22MB for downloading the packages and 61MB for installing them.

Preparation

• Download the base packages from ftp://linux.fnal.gov/linux/521/i386/contrib/kde/kde-dist/ to a new, clean directory or enter the ~contrib/kde/kde-dist/ directory on the CDROM.

• Installation
• Install the package kde-installer-1.1.1-2rh5x.i386.rpm
• Create the following symbolic links:
  • ln -s qt-1.44-4.i386.rpm qt-1.42-rh51.i386.rpm
  • ln -s qt-devel-1.44-4.i386.rpm qt-devel-1.42-rh51.i386.rpm
• Run /usr/sbin/install-kde-1.1.1. The program will prompt you for information.

Running KDE

• To start KDE, either the super user can execute the command '/opt/kde/bin/usekde ' or the individual user can execute the command.
• Be sure to add the /opt/kde/bin directory to your PATH environment variable:
  • For bash and sh add this line somewhere in your .profile:
    • export PATH="$PATH:/opt/kde/bin"
  • For csh and tcsh add this line somewhere in your .cshrc:
    • setenv PATH "${PATH}:/opt/kde/bin"

Done