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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Bug#17306: KDE 2.0 is a bug itself ...
From:       Suzanne Britton <tril () igs ! net>
Date:       2000-12-18 23:01:37
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> I'm running RedHat 7.0 with all update RPMS.

Compile from source.
Compile from source.
Compile from source.

I can't say it enough times. From all I've heard, the packagers have not
been doing a very good job with 2.x. I run 2.0.1 installed from source and
for the most part it is quite stable and functional.

Also, I recommend eradicating any trace of KDE 1.x before installing.

Here's the process I went through to install 2.0.1 on a RedHat 6.2 system:

  - Login as root
  - Install RedHat RPMS: libjpeg 6b, libpng 1.0.5, zlib 1.1.3,
    openssl 0.9.5a, and devel RPMS for them
  - Unpack QT into /usr/local/qt, KDE into /usr/local/src/kde*
  - Build QT:
      umask 022
      ./configure -no-g++-exceptions -gif -system-jpeg -system-libpng
                  -system-zlib -no-opengl
      make
      ldconfig
  - Install KDE in /usr/local/kde:
      umask 022
     ./configure --disable-debug --with-shadow --without-gl
     make
     make install
     ldconfig
     (do this in each of the KDE source dirs, first libs, then base, then
     any others)

For a little extra efficiency, I stripped installed binaries and stripped
--strip-unneeded the shared libraries. I also went into the Makefile for
kdesupport/mimelib beforehand and selected DW_PRODUCTION_VERSION (which for
some reason is not selected by default, even if you use --disable-debug). And
I'll put all this advice on a "Compiling KDE" page which will be up Real Soon
Now :-)

Yeah, it's a bit of a hassle. Hopefully this will get easier with time.  Better
yet, hopefully the RPM packagers will start creating stable, efficient RPMS.

BTW, the problems with bookmark handling (which I have encountered too) are
fixed in 2.1.

Suzanne

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goat skull on my nightstand, and it hops off and runs across the floor on
spider legs, I sleep a lot better knowing where it ran off to."
                                                          - Ted (Red Meat)
 
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