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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: How do I set up a development environment?
From:       John Gluck <john.gluck () sympatico ! ca>
Date:       2001-06-03 14:13:30
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Larry Wright wrote:

> What is the best way to set up a development environment for KDE? I would
> like to be able to develop for KDE, which requires updating from CVS
> periodically, but I would like to minimize the possibility that I will leave
> the system in an unusable state( which happened regularly before I rebuilt
> the system, and irritated my wife to no end). I understand that I can update
> KDE, and place it in /opt/kde/ (Mdk has it in /usr/), but is there any way to
> run the newer apps without restarting KDE and pointing KDEDIRS to /opt/kde/?
> Any help here at all would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Larry
>
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Hi

You might consider building everything in a separate directory say /opt/kde-dev. Put
your "production" kde in a directory called say /opt/kde2.1 or whatever. Then use a
softlink to switch the directory to be used by changing the softlink.  So /opt/kde
would point to /opt/kde for normal use (your wife) and for development use you
change the link to for /opt/kde to /opt/kde-dev.

You could put this in your login scripts so it sets this automagically. For example,
when your wife logs in the link is set to point to /opt/kde2.1 and when you log in
it asks you if you want the development version or the production version.

John

 
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