From kde-core-devel  Thu Dec 02 12:28:19 1999
From: Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 12:28:19 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: User installed apps, Was: kded excluding dirs?
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=94413784919535

weis wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> lets try again:
> 
> At university our students can not install apps since they are not
> root. So they can install only in their home directories.
> People reported to me that they can not install the RPM
> packages in their home dirs. Is there any way?
> 
> And further more: Can we set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to contain
> $HOME/.kde/libs ? Distributors should in addition
> add $HOME/.kde/bin to $PATH, or we do that in startkde.
No, don't use $HOME/.kde - that is for written files. You can
install into any file. You won't have to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH
with anything compiled out of KDE's configure :)
And when you can install software, you surely can also extend
PATH :)

> 
> And (related to ksycoca) if two services of the same name and the
> same servicetype exists. One of the user and one in the global
> environment. In this case it would IMHO be a good idea to perfer
> the service the user has installed himself. How does KSyCoCa handle
> this ?
> 
KStandardDirs eliminates duplicates by default

Greetings, Stephan

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